California Government Code

§ 76000.5

GOV § 76000.5 Effective Jan 1, 2017Title 8 · Ch. 12 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for purposes of supporting emergency medical services pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797.98a) of Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code, in addition to the penalties set forth in Section 76000, the county board of supervisors may elect to levy an additional penalty in the amount of two dollars ($2) for every ten dollars ($10), or part of ten dollars ($10), upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, including violations of Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code relating to the control of alcoholic beverages, and all offenses involving a violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code. This penalty shall be collected together with and in the same manner as the amounts established by Section 1464 of the Penal Code.

(2)This additional penalty does not apply to the following:

(A)A restitution fine.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 147, Sec. 1. (SB 867) Effective January 1, 2017. Inoperative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.