Gov. Code, § 12838.5 · Article 14. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Gov. Code, § 12838.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hereby succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the following entities, which shall no longer exist: Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, Department of Corrections, Department of the Youth Authority, Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, Board of Corrections, and State Commission on Juvenile Justice, Crime and Delinquency Prevention. For purposes of this article, the above entities shall be known as “predecessor entities.”
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History
Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 6. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10 and Section 12838.13.
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