Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1765 · Article 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1765
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department of the Youth Authority and the Youth Authority Board shall keep under continued study a person in their control and shall retain him or her, subject to the limitations of this chapter, under supervision and control so long as in their judgment that control is necessary for the protection of the public.
(b) The board shall discharge that person as soon as in its opinion there is reasonable probability that he or she can be given full liberty without danger to the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 33. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.
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