California Penal Code 11502 – (a) Criteria for selection of education, training, and research …
(a) Criteria for selection of education, training, and research programs for local public prosecutors and public defenders shall be developed by the Office of Emergency Services in consultation with an advisory group entitled the Prosecutors and Public Defenders Education and Training Advisory Committee.
(b) The Prosecutors and Public Defenders Education and Training Advisory Committee shall be composed of six local public prosecutors and six local public defender representatives, all of whom are appointed by the Director of Emergency Services, who shall provide staff services to the advisory committee. In appointing the members of the committee, the director shall invite the Attorney General, the State Public Defender, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate President pro Tempore to participate as ex officio members of the committee.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 11502
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall develop specific guidelines including criteria for selection of organizations to provide education, training, and research services.
(d) In determining the equitable allocation of funds between prosecution and defense functions, the Office of Emergency Services and the advisory committee shall give consideration to the amount of local government expenditures on a statewide basis for the support of those functions.
(e) The administration of the overall program shall be performed by the Office of Emergency Services. The office may, out of any appropriation for this program, expend an amount not to exceed 7.5 percent for any fiscal year for those purposes.
(f) No funds appropriated pursuant to this title shall be used to support a legislative advocate.
(g) To the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the State Bar of California relating to certification of training for legal specialists, the executive director shall ensure that, where appropriate, all programs funded under this title are open to all members of the State Bar of California. The program guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall provide for the reimbursement of costs for all participants deemed eligible by the Office of Emergency Services, in conjunction with the Legal Training Advisory Committee, by means of course attendance.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 424. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)