Pen. Code, § 4001.2 · Chapter 1. County Jails
Pen. Code, § 4001.2
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(a) Each county jail shall, upon detention of a person, ask if the person has served in the United States military and document the person’s response.
(b) The county jail shall make this information available to the person, his or her counsel, and the district attorney.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 281, Sec. 1. (AB 2568) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.
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