Pen. Code, § 3006 · Article 1. General Provisions
Pen. Code, § 3006
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Department of Corrections may require parolees participating in relapse prevention treatment programs or receiving medication treatments intended to prevent them from committing sex offenses to pay some or all of the costs associated with this treatment, subject to the person’s ability to pay.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “ability to pay” means the overall capability of the person to reimburse the costs, or a portion of the costs, of providing sex offender treatment, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, consideration of all of the following factors:
(1) Present financial position.
(2) Reasonably discernible future financial position.
(3) Likelihood that the person shall be able to obtain employment after the date of parole.
(4) Any other factor or factors which may bear upon the person’s financial capability to reimburse the department for the costs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 127, Sec. 28. Effective July 10, 2000.
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