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Pen. Code, § 5054 · Chapter 2. The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Pen. Code, § 5054

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Commencing July 1, 2005, the supervision, management and control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care, custody, treatment, training, discipline and employment of persons confined therein are vested in the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 41. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=5054.
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