Pen. Code, § 14140 · Title 10.5. VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
Pen. Code, § 14140
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Each county is authorized and encouraged to create a county task force on violent crimes against women. The board of supervisors of a county which elects to create a task force under this section shall notify the Office of Emergency Services that the county is establishing, by appointment, a countywide task force. Each county task force shall develop a countywide policy on violent crimes against women.
(b) The Office of Emergency Services may provide technical assistance to, and collect and disseminate information on, the county task forces established under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 472. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.
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