California Penal Code

§ 999y

PEN § 999y Effective Sep 26, 2013Title 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.4

Statute text

The Office of Emergency Services shall report annually to the Legislature concerning the program established by this chapter. The office shall prepare and submit to the Legislature on or before December 15, 2002, and within six months of the completion of subsequent funding cycles for this program, an evaluation of the Child Abuser Prosecution Program. This evaluation shall identify outcome measures to determine the effectiveness of the programs established under this chapter, which shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following, to the extent that data is available:

(a)Child abuse conviction rates of Child Abuser Prosecution Program units compared to those of nonfunded counties.

(b)Quantification of the annual per capita costs of the Child Abuser Prosecution Program compared to the costs of prosecuting child abuse crimes in nonfunded counties.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 415. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.