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2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2760.

2760. The Department of Transportation of the State of California may employ or cause to be employed, prisoners confined in the state prisons in the improvement and maintenance of any state highway.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2760.1.

2760.1. “Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 681, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2761.

2761. The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment by the Department of Transportation in the improvement and maintenance of state highways, and shall establish lists of prisoners eligible for such employment. Upon the requisition of said department, the Director of Corrections shall send to the place and at the time designated the number of prisoners requisitioned or such number thereof as have been determined to be eligible for such employment and are available.
The director may return to prison any prisoner transferred to camp pursuant to this section, when the need for such prisoner’s labor has ceased or when the prisoner is guilty of any violation of the rules and regulations of the prison or camp.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 20.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2762.

2762. The Director of Corrections shall fix a daily rate to be expended for convict labor, and when so fixed, the Department of Transportation shall monthly set aside funds to the director to pay for this labor from funds appropriated in the Budget Act for this purpose, and where no funds are available to the Department of Transportation the director may set aside the department’s own funds to pay for this labor from funds appropriated in the Budget Act for this purpose. The Department of Corrections shall set up an account for each convict which shall be credited monthly with an amount computed by multiplying the daily rate by the number of days such convict actually performed labor during the month. Such account shall be debited monthly with the convict’s proportionate share of expenses of camp maintenance, including the expenses for food, medicine, medical attendance, clerical and accounting personnel, and the expenses necessary to maintain care and welfare facilities such as camp hospital for first aid, barbershop and cobbler shop, and the convict’s personal expenses covering his drawings from the commissary for clothing, toilet articles, candy, and other personal items. The charge for camp maintenance may be made at a standard rate determined by the department maintaining the camps to be adequate to cover expenses and shall be adjusted periodically at the discretion of the department as needs of the camp require. No charge shall be made against such account for the costs of transporting prisoners to and from prison and camp or for the expense of guarding prisoners, which items shall be paid by the Department of Corrections from appropriations made for the support of the department. The director, by regulation, may fix the maximum amount, over and above all deductions, that a convict may receive. The Department of Corrections, in computing the debits to be made to the convict’s accounts, may add not to exceed 10 percent on all items.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 798, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 798.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2765.

2765. When any prisoner shall wilfully violate the terms of his employment or the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections, the Director of Corrections may in his discretion determine what portion of all moneys earned by the prisoner shall be forfeited by the said prisoner and such forfeiture shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a fund known as the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1666.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2766.

2766. This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any prisoner used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1347.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2767.

2767. No prisoner while engaged in such construction, maintenance and improvement of a state highway shall drive a motor truck or other vehicle or wagon outside of the limits established for the camp or construction work.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1380.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2768.

2768. Said prisoners when employed under the provisions of this article shall not be used for the purpose of building any bridge or structure of like character which requires the employment of skilled labor.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2770.

2770. The Department of Transportation shall designate and supervise all road work done under the provisions of this article. It shall provide, supervise and maintain necessary camps and commissariat, except that where no funds are available to the Department of Transportation, the director may provide, erect, and maintain the necessary camps.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2771.

2771. The Director of Corrections shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the prisoners employed on said roads.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1380.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 4 - Employment at Road Camps › Section 2772.

2772. Any person who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any prisoners employed pursuant to this article, and any person not authorized by law, who gives or attempts to give to any prisoner so employed any controlled substances or any intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever, or firearms, weapons or explosives of any kind, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 and shall be disqualified from holding any state office or position in the employ of this state. Any person who interferes with the discipline or good conduct of any prisoner employed pursuant to this article, while that prisoner is in the confines or limits of the state prison road camp is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by both that fine and imprisonment. Any peace officer or any officer or guard of any state prison or any superintendent of that road work, having in charge the prisoners employed upon such highways or state roads, may arrest without a warrant any person violating any provisions of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 464. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2780.

2780. Any department, division, bureau, commission or other agency of the State of California or the Federal Government may use or cause to be used convicts confined in the state prisons to perform work necessary and proper to be done by them at permanent, temporary, and mobile camps to be established under this article. The director may enter into contracts for the purposes of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1583.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2780.1.

2780.1. Money received from the rendering of services under the prison camp work program shall be paid to the Treasurer monthly and shall be credited to the support appropriation of the prison rendering such services, in augmentation thereof. The appropriation to be credited shall be the appropriation current at the time of rendering the services. Nothing in this section shall apply to prison road camps established under Article 4 (commencing with Section 2760) of this chapter, except that, by mutual agreement between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, such prison road camps may be administered, instead, under the provisions of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2780.5.

2780.5. The Director of Corrections may, during declared fire emergencies, allow the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use prisoners for fire suppression efforts outside of the boundaries of California, not to exceed a distance in excess of 25 miles from the California border, along the borders of Oregon, Nevada, or Arizona.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 419, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2781.

2781. The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment under Section 2780, and shall establish and modify lists of prisoners eligible for such employment. Upon the requisition of an agency mentioned in Section 2780, the Director of Corrections may send to the place and at the time designated the number of prisoners requisitioned or such number thereof as have been determined to be eligible for such employment and are available.
The director may return to prison any prisoner transferred to camp pursuant to this section, when the need for such prisoner’s labor has ceased or when the prisoner is guilty of any violation of the rules and regulations of the prison or camp.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1666.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2782.

2782. The director may fix a daily rate to be expended for such convict labor, and when so fixed, the agency shall monthly set aside funds to the director to pay for such labor, and where no funds are available from the agency the director may set aside the department’s own funds to pay for such labor. The director, by regulation, may authorize any or all deductions to be made from the pay due convicts as provided for convicts at road camps under Section 2762. The director, by regulation, may also fix the maximum amount, over and above all deductions, that a convict may receive.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2785.

2785. Whenever prisoners are paid for their labor under this article and a prisoner wilfully violates the terms of his employment or the rules of the camp or the Department of Corrections the Director of Corrections may in his discretion determine what portion of all moneys earned by the prisoner shall be forfeited by the prisoner and such forfeiture shall be deposited in the State Treasury in the fund known as the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1666.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2786.

2786. All money received pursuant to this article in the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby appropriated for educational, recreational, and other purposes described in Section 5006 at the various prison camps established under this article and shall be expended by the secretary upon warrants drawn upon the State Treasury by the Controller after approval of the claims by the Department of General Services. It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys in this fund only be expended on services other than those that the department is required to provide to inmates.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 249. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2786.1.

2786.1. The secretary shall make weight training equipment available to inmates assigned to fire suppression efforts pursuant to this article. The weight training equipment shall be used in accordance with the provisions of Section 5010.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 737, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2787.

2787. The agency providing work for convicts under this article shall designate and supervise all work done under the provisions of this article. The agency shall provide, erect and maintain the necessary camps, except that where no funds are available to the agency, the director may provide, erect and maintain the necessary camps. The director shall supervise and manage the necessary camps and commissariat.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2788.

2788. The director shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the convicts performing work under this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2790.

2790. Any person, who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any convict used pursuant to this article and any person not authorized by law, who gives or attempts to give to any state prison convict so employed any controlled substances, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever, or firearms, weapons or explosives of any kind is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 and shall be disqualified from holding any state office or position in the employ of this state. Any person who interferes with the discipline or good conduct of any convict used pursuant to this article, while that convict is in such camps is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or by both that fine and imprisonment. Any peace officer or any officer or guard of any state prison or any superintendent of that work, having in charge the convicts used in those camps, may arrest without a warrant any person violating any provisions of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 465. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2791.

2791. This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any convict used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1347.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 5 - Employment of Prisoners › ARTICLE 5 - Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. › Section 2792.

2792. Camps may be established under this article for the employment of paroled prisoners.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 363.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2800.

2800. Commencing July 1, 2005, there is hereby continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the Prison Industry Authority. As used in this article, “authority” means the Prison Industry Authority. Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of Corrections shall refer to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 510. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2801.

2801. The purposes of the authority are:
(a) To develop and operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises employing prisoners in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, which enterprises may be located either within those institutions or elsewhere, all as may be determined by the authority.
(b) To create and maintain working conditions within the enterprises as much like those which prevail in private industry as possible, to assure prisoners employed therein the opportunity to work productively, to earn funds, and to acquire or improve effective work habits and occupational skills.
(c) To operate a work program for prisoners which will ultimately be self-supporting by generating sufficient funds from the sale of products and services to pay all the expenses of the program, and one which will provide goods and services which are or will be used by the Department of Corrections, thereby reducing the cost of its operation.
(1) This subdivision does not require immediate cash availability for funding retiree health care and pension liabilities above amounts established in the Budget Act, or as determined by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or the Director of Finance for the fiscal year.
(2) The Prison Industry Authority shall not establish cash reserves to support funding retiree health care and pension liabilities above the amounts specified in paragraph (1).
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 17, Sec. 37. (AB 103) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2802.

2802. Commencing July 1, 2005, there is hereby continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a Prison Industry Board. The board shall consist of the following 11 members:
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or his or her designee.
(b) The Director of the Department of General Services, or his or her designee.
(c) The Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee.
(d) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint two members to represent the general public.
(e) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint two members to represent the general public.
(f) The Governor shall appoint four members. Of these, two shall be representatives of organized labor, and two shall be representatives of industry. The initial term of one of the members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall be two years, and the initial term of the other shall be three years. The initial term of one of the members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall be two years, and the initial term of the other shall be three years. The initial terms of the four members appointed by the Governor shall be four years. All subsequent terms of all members shall be for four years. Each member’s term shall continue until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 401, Sec. 51. (AB 2763) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2803.

2803. The Secretary of the Department Corrections and Rehabilitation shall be the chairperson of the board. The chairperson shall be the administrative head of the board and shall exercise all duties and functions necessary to insure that the responsibilities of the board are successfully discharged. The board shall hold meetings on the call of the chairperson or a majority of the board. Six members of the board, including the chairperson, shall constitute a quorum. The vote of a majority of the members serving on the board is necessary for the transaction of the business of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 18. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2804.

2804. The appointed members of the board shall receive a per diem to be determined by the chairperson, but not less than the usual per diem rate allowed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees during travel out of state. All members, including the chairperson, shall also receive their actual and necessary expenses of travel incurred in attending meetings of the commission and in making investigations, either as a board or individually as members of the board at the request of the chairperson. All the expenses shall be paid from the Prison Industries Revolving Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 19. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2805.

2805. The authority shall assume jurisdiction over the operation of all industrial, agricultural, and service operations formerly under the jurisdiction of the Correctional Industries Commission. In addition, the authority shall have the power to establish new industrial, agricultural and service enterprises which it deems appropriate, to initiate and develop new vocational training programs, and to assume jurisdiction over existing vocational training programs. The authority shall have control over and the power to buy and sell all equipment, supplies and materials used in the operations over which it assumes control and jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2806.

2806. There is hereby constituted a permanent revolving fund in the sum of not less than seven hundred thirty thousand dollars ($730,000), to be known as the Prison Industries Revolving Fund, and to be used to meet the expenses necessary in the purchasing of materials and equipment, salaries, construction and cost of administration of the prison industries program. The fund may also be used to refund deposits either erroneously made or made in cases where delivery of products cannot be consummated. The fund shall at all times contain the amount of at least seven hundred thirty thousand dollars ($730,000), either in cash or in receivables, consisting of raw materials, finished or unfinished products, inventory at cost, equipment, or any combination of the above. Money received from the rendering of services or the sale of products in the prisons and institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to this article shall be paid to the State Treasurer monthly and shall be credited to the fund. At any time that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Director of Finance jointly determine that the balance in that revolving fund is greater than is necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority, they shall so inform the Controller and request a transfer of the unneeded balance from the revolving fund to the General Fund of the State of California. The Controller is authorized to transfer balances upon request. Funds deposited in the revolving fund are not subject to annual appropriation by the Legislature and may be used without a time limit by the authority.
The Prison Industries Revolving Fund is not subject to the provisions of Articles 2 (commencing with Section 13320) and 3 (commencing with Section 13335) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Any major capital outlay project undertaken by the authority pursuant to this article shall be subject to review by the Public Works Board pursuant to the provisions of Part 10.5 (commencing with Section 15752) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 20. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2807.

2807. (a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation thereof, or for any other public use. Products may be purchased by state agencies to be offered for sale to inmates of the department and to any other person under the care of the state who resides in state-operated institutional facilities. Fresh meat may be purchased by food service operations in state-owned facilities and sold for onsite consumption.
(b) All things authorized to be produced under subdivision (a) shall be purchased by the state, or any agency thereof, and may be purchased by any county, city, district, or political subdivision, or any agency thereof, or by any state agency to offer for sale to persons residing in state-operated institutions, at the prices fixed by the authority. State agencies shall make maximum utilization of these products, and shall consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt existing products to meet their needs.
(c) All products and services provided by the authority may be offered for sale to a nonprofit organization, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The nonprofit organization is located in California and is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(2) The nonprofit organization has entered into a memorandum of understanding with a local educational agency. As used in this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, state special school, or charter school.
(3) The products and services are provided to public school students at no cost to the students or their families.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may purchase personal protective equipment from the authority or private entities, based on the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s needs and assessment of quality and value.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 127. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2809.

2809. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2005, the authority may recruit and employ civilian staff that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, and shall establish recruiting, testing, hiring, promotion, disciplinary, and dismissal procedures and practices which will meet the unique personnel needs of the authority. The practices may include incentives based on productivity, profit-sharing plans, or other criteria which will encourage civilian employee involvement in the productivity goals of the authority. The procedures and practices shall apply to all employees working in enterprises under the jurisdiction of the authority. The general manager shall be the appointing authority for all personnel of the authority other than the general manager.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 23. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2810.

2810. Commencing July 1, 2005, the general manager, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may authorize the borrowing of money by the authority for purposes of any of the following:
(a) Operating the business affairs of the authority.
(b) Purchasing new equipment, materials and supplies.
(c) Constructing new facilities, or repairing, remodeling, or demolishing old facilities.
Funds may be borrowed from private sources, upon those terms that the Department of Finance deems appropriate, including but not limited to, the use of equipment under the jurisdiction of the authority, and of the future income of an enterprise under the jurisdiction of the authority, as collateral to secure any loan.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 24. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 1 - Prison Industry Authority › Section 2810.5.

2810.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2005, the Pooled Money Investment Board, or its successor, may grant loans to the authority when money is appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature, upon application by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in order to finance the establishment of a new industrial, agricultural, or service enterprise. All loans shall bear the same interest rate as the pooled money market investment rate and shall have a maximum repayment period of 20 years from the date of approval of the loan.
Prior to making its decision to grant a loan, the Pooled Money Investment Board, or its successor, shall require the authority to demonstrate all of the following:
(a) The proposed industry project cannot be feasibly financed from private sources under Section 2810. The authority shall present proposed loan conditions from at least two private sources.
(b) The proposed industry project cannot feasibly be financed from proceeds from other Prison Industry Authority enterprises.
(c) The proceeds from the proposed project provide for a reasonable payback schedule to the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 25. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
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2811. Commencing July 1, 2005, the general manager shall adopt and maintain a compensation schedule for inmate employees. That compensation schedule shall be based on quantity and quality of work performed and shall be required for its performance, but in no event shall that compensation exceed one-half the minimum wage provided in Section 1182 of the Labor Code, except as otherwise provided in this code. This compensation shall be credited to the account of the inmate.
Inmate compensation shall be paid from the Prison Industries Revolving Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 26. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
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2812. It is unlawful for any person to sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale within this state, any article or articles manufactured wholly or in part by convict or other prison labor, except articles the sale of which is specifically sanctioned by law.
Every person selling, exposing for sale, or offering for sale any article manufactured in this state wholly or in part by convict or other prison labor, the sale of which is not specifically sanctioned by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 28.)
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2813. The director may provide for the manufacture of small articles of handiwork by the prisoners out of raw materials purchased by the prisoners with their own funds or funds borrowed from the Inmates’ Welfare Fund, or from raw materials furnished by the director without compensation therefor as provided in this section which articles may be sold to the public at the state prisons, in public buildings, at fairs, or on property operated by nonprofit associations. State-owned property shall not be given to prisoners for use under this section, unless all proceeds from the sale thereof shall be deposited in the Inmates’ Welfare Fund. The director may provide that all or a part of the sale price of all other articles manufactured and sold under this section be deposited to the account of the prisoner manufacturing the article.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1549, Sec. 28.)
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2813.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter except subdivision (i) of Section 2808, and notwithstanding subdivision (
l) of Section 22851.3 of the Vehicle Code, the Director of Corrections may provide for the inmates in trade and industrial education or vocational training classes established under Section 2054 to restore and rebuild donated salvageable and abandoned vehicles. If these vehicles comply with Section 24007.5 of the Vehicle Code, they may be sold at public auction to private persons. This activity shall be subject to the public hearing requirements of subdivision (i) of Section 2808 at any time that this activity involves a gross annual production of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
The proceeds of the sale after deduction of the cost of materials shall be deposited in the Restitution Fund in the State Treasury and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be used for indemnification of victims of crimes.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1157, Sec. 1.)
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2814. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, products and byproducts of agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, except nursery stock, may be sold to private persons, at public or private sale, under rules prescribed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1150, Sec. 3.)
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2815. Commencing July 1, 2005, the authority may, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, dispose of products developed from the operations of industrial enterprises in prisons and institutions under the jurisdiction of the authority by sale to foreign governments, corporations for distribution in foreign countries, and private persons or their agents in markets outside the United States and in countries which permit the importation of prison-made goods. All sales made pursuant to this section shall be reported to the Legislature in the general manager’s annual report pursuant to Section 2808.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 27. Effective May 10, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 99 of Ch. 10.)
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2816. (a) With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred to, or deposited in, the Prison Industries Revolving Fund for purposes authorized by this section, money appropriated from any source including sources other than state appropriations.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 2808, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may order any authorized public works project involving the construction, renovation, or repair of prison facilities to be performed by inmate labor or juvenile justice facilities to be performed by ward labor, when the total expenditure does not exceed the project limit established by the first paragraph of Section 10108 of the Public Contract Code. Projects entailing expenditure of greater than the project limit established by the first paragraph of Section 10108 of the Public Contract Code shall be reviewed and approved by the chairperson, in consultation with the board.
(c) Money so transferred or deposited shall be available for expenditure by the department for the purposes for which appropriated, contributed, or made available, without regard to fiscal years and irrespective of the provisions of Sections 13340 and 16304 of the Government Code. Money transferred or deposited pursuant to this section shall be used only for purposes authorized in this section.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 337, Sec. 14. (SB 823) Effective September 30, 2020.)
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2817. The Inmate and Ward Construction Revolving Account is hereby created in the Prison Industries Revolving Fund, established in Section 2806, to receive funds transferred or deposited for the purposes described in Section 2816.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 116, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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2818. The New Industries Revolving Account is hereby created in the Prison Industries Revolving Fund to receive General Fund or other public money transferred or deposited for the purpose of financing new enterprises or the expansion of existing enterprises. Money in the fund may be disbursed by the board subject to the conditions prescribed in Section 2810.5.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 966, Sec. 3. Effective September 26, 1985. Operative October 1, 1985, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 966.)
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2880. To the extent and insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the acts of Congress, all goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured, produced, or mined wholly or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or probation) or manufactured, produced, or mined wholly or in part in any state prison, transported into the State of California and remaining herein for use, consumption, sale, or storage, shall upon arrival and delivery in this state be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of this state to the same extent and in the same manner as though those commodities had been manufactured, produced, or mined in this state by prisoners or in any state prison, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced in the original package or otherwise.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 125.)
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2881. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this State shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assembled, produced or mined in whole or in part by prisoners in any penitentiary, prison, reformatory or other establishment in which prison labor is employed, unless such prison-made goods, wares, or merchandise are plainly, legibly, conspicuously and indelibly branded, molded, embossed, stenciled or labeled with the words “Convict-made” in plain, bold letters followed by the name of such penitentiary, prison, reformatory or other establishment in which the goods, wares or merchandise were made.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
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2882. It is hereby specifically provided that any article of prison-made goods, wares or merchandise, as described in the preceding section, may be labeled by the attachment of a label not smaller than four inches long and two inches wide, upon which is printed the words “Convict-made” in plain, bold letters followed by the name of such penitentiary, prison, reformatory, or other establishment in which the goods, wares or merchandise were made; provided, that in the judgment of officials charged with the enforcement of this article such prison-made goods, wares or merchandise can not be legibly, conspicuously and indelibly branded, molded, embossed, stenciled or labeled as provided in said preceding section.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
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2883. The size and type of such stenciling or label must be consistent with the size and character of the merchandise to which such stenciling or label applies. The size, type and character of such stenciling or label will be subject to the approval of the officials of the State of California responsible for the enforcement of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
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2884. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this state shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose, or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assembled, produced, or mined in whole or in part by prisoners in any penitentiary, prison, reformatory, or other establishment in which prison labor is employed, unless those prison-made goods, wares, or merchandise have first been disinfected or sterilized in a plant located in California and licensed by the State Department of Health Services in accordance with any regulations of the State Department of Health Services now in force or which later may be made effective.
It is hereby further provided that certificate of that disinfection or sterilization must accompany, be stamped on or attached to those goods, wares, or merchandise in a manner or form prescribed by the officials of the State of California responsible for the enforcement of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 126.)