SECTIONS 11500-11504 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 11500-11504

11500. The purpose of this title is to improve the administration
of criminal justice by providing funding for statewide programs of
education, training, and research for local public prosecutors and
public defenders.

11501. (a) There is hereby established in the California Emergency
Management Agency, a program of financial assistance to provide for
statewide programs of education, training, and research for local
public prosecutors and public defenders. All funds made available to
the agency for the purposes of this chapter shall be administered and
distributed by the secretary of the agency.
(b) The Secretary of Emergency Management is authorized to
allocate and award funds to public agencies or private nonprofit
organizations for purposes of establishing statewide programs of
education, training, and research for public prosecutors and public
defenders, which programs meet criteria established pursuant to
Section 11502.
(c) Annually, the secretary shall submit a report to the
Legislature describing the operation and accomplishments of the
statewide programs authorized by this title.

11502. (a) Criteria for selection of education, training, and
research programs for local public prosecutors and public defenders
shall be developed by the California Emergency Management Agency in
consultation with an advisory group entitled the Prosecutors and
Public Defenders Education and Training Advisory Committee.
(b) The Prosecutors and Public Defenders Education and Training
Advisory Committee shall be composed of six local public prosecutors
and six local public defender representatives, all of whom are
appointed by the Secretary of Emergency Management, who shall provide
staff services to the advisory committee. In appointing the members
of the committee, the secretary shall invite the Attorney General,
the State Public Defender, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the
Senate President pro Tempore to participate as ex officio members of
the committee.
(c) The California Emergency Management Agency, in consultation
with the advisory committee, shall develop specific guidelines
including criteria for selection of organizations to provide
education, training, and research services.
(d) In determining the equitable allocation of funds between
prosecution and defense functions, the California Emergency
Management Agency and the advisory committee shall give consideration
to the amount of local government expenditures on a statewide basis
for the support of those functions.
(e) The administration of the overall program shall be performed
by the California Emergency Management Agency. The agency may, out of
any appropriation for this program, expend an amount not to exceed
7.5 percent for any fiscal year for those purposes.
(f) No funds appropriated pursuant to this title shall be used to
support a legislative advocate.
(g) To the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the State
Bar of California relating to certification of training for legal
specialists, the executive director shall ensure that, where
appropriate, all programs funded under this title are open to all
members of the State Bar of California. The program guidelines
established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall provide for the
reimbursement of costs for all participants deemed eligible by the
California Emergency Management Agency, in conjunction with the Legal
Training Advisory Committee, by means of course attendance.

11503. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Local
Public Prosecutors and Public Defenders Training Fund for the support
of the Prosecutors and Public Defenders Education and Training
Program, established pursuant to this title.

11504. To the extent funds are appropriated from the Assessment
Fund to the Local Public Prosecutors and Public Defenders Training
Fund established pursuant to Section 11503, the California Emergency
Management Agency shall allocate financial resources for statewide
programs of education, training, and research for local public
prosecutors and public defenders.