(a) The Department of Finance and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall release a report that provides an updated comprehensive plan for the state prison system, including a permanent solution to the decaying infrastructure of the California Rehabilitation Center. The report shall be submitted with the Governor’s 2016-17 Budget to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares that given the reduction in the prison population, further investment in building additional prisons is unnecessary at this time, and that the California Rehabilitation Center may be closed without jeopardizing the court-ordered prison population cap.

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(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 26, Sec. 43. (SB 85) Effective June 24, 2015.)