Pen. Code, § 2780 · Article 5. Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc.
Pen. Code, § 2780
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any department, division, bureau, commission or other agency of the State of California or the Federal Government may use or cause to be used convicts confined in the state prisons to perform work necessary and proper to be done by them at permanent, temporary, and mobile camps to be established under this article. The director may enter into contracts for the purposes of this article.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1583.
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