California Penal Code 3000.09 – (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any parolee who was paroled …
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any parolee who was paroled from state prison prior to October 1, 2011, shall be subject to this section.
(b) Parolees subject to this section shall remain under supervision by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation until one of the following occurs:
Terms Used In California Penal Code 3000.09
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
- 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
(1) Jurisdiction over the person is terminated by operation of law.
(2) The supervising agent recommends to the Board of Parole Hearings that the offender be discharged and the parole authority approves the discharge.
(3) The offender is subject to a period of parole of up to three years pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 3000 and was not imprisoned for committing a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, a serious felony, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7, or is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290, and completes six consecutive months of parole without violating their conditions, at which time the supervising agent shall review and make a recommendation on whether to discharge the offender to the Board of Parole Hearings and the Board of Parole Hearings approves the discharge.
(c) Parolees subject to this section who are being held for a parole violation in state prison on October 1, 2011, upon completion of a revocation term on or after November 1, 2011, shall either remain under parole supervision of the department pursuant to Section 3000.08 or shall be placed on postrelease community supervision pursuant to Title 2.05 (commencing with Section 3450). Any person placed on postrelease community supervision pursuant to Title 2.05 (commencing with Section 3450) after serving a term for a parole revocation pursuant to this subdivision shall serve a period of postrelease supervision that is no longer than the time period for which the person would have served if the person remained on parole. Notwithstanding Section 3000.08, any parolee who is in a county jail serving a term of parole revocation or being held pursuant to Section 3056 on October 1, 2011, and is released directly from county jail without returning to a state facility on or after October 1, 2011, shall remain under the parole supervision of the department. Any parolee that is pending final adjudication of a parole revocation charge prior to October 1, whether located in county jail or state prison, may be returned to state prison and shall be confined pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 3057. Any subsequent parole revocations of a parolee on postrelease community supervision shall be served in county jail pursuant to Section 3056.
(d) Any parolee who was paroled prior to October 1, 2011, who commits a violation of parole shall, until July 1, 2013, be subject to parole revocation procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department consistent with Division 2 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations. On and after July 1, 2013, any parolee who was paroled prior to October 1, 2011, shall be subject to the procedures established under Section 3000.08.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 36. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)