HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12121995 - C55 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR
County Administrator
DATE: December 12, 1995
SUBJECT: Responsibility for Prosecuting Sexually Violent Predators
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
DESIGNATE, as recommended by the District Attorney and County Counsel, the District Attorney as the
county attorney for Sexually Violent Predator proceedings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No additional funding is provided for these services.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
As of January 1, 1996, counties will assume the burden of conducting legal proceedings, including jury
trials, to extend commitments of sexually violent predators. The State Department of Corrections will
determine those individuals who, after requisite examinations and other criteria are met, will be
recommended for the commitment proceedings. The petition for commitment will be filed in the
Superior Court of the County in which the person was convicted of the offense for which he or she is
under jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.
The legislation directs the County Board of Supervisors to designate either the District Attorney or County
Counsel to be the County attorney for these proceedings. It is the recommendation of both the District
Attorney and County Counsel that the District Attorney be designated for Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve , Other
Signature(s):
Action of Board on: 1.1. 12,_ I q q S Approved as Recommended�� Other
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes:_ Noes:_ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent:_Abstain:_
Attested: ha,� e—A 1, "�)9 9 S
cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
District Attorney of Supervisors and County Administrator
County Counsel
By: , DEPUTY