Section 14033.
14033. (a) The Governor’s budget shall specify the estimated amount in the Restitution Fund that is in excess of the amount needed to pay claims pursuant to Sections 13960 to 13965, inclusive, of the Government Code, to pay administrative costs for increasing restitution funds, and to maintain a prudent reserve. (b) It is the intent of the […]
Section 14023.
14023. The Attorney General shall give priority to matters involving organized crime, gang activities, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cases involving a high degree of risk to the witness. Special regard shall also be given to the elderly, the young, battered, victims of domestic violence, the infirm, the handicapped, and victims of hate incidents. (Amended […]
Section 14024.
14024. The Attorney General shall coordinate the efforts of state and local agencies to secure witness protection, relocation, and assistance services and then reimburse those state and local agencies for the costs of the services that he or she determines to be necessary to protect a witness from bodily injury, assure the witness’s safe transition […]
Section 14025.
14025. The witness protection agreement shall be in writing, and shall specify the responsibilities of the protected person that establish the conditions for local or state prosecutors providing protection. The protected person shall agree to all of the following: (a) If a witness or potential witness, to testify in and provide information to all appropriate law […]
Section 14025.5.
14025.5. The State of California, the counties and cities within the state, and their respective officers and employees shall not be liable for any condition in the witness protection agreement that cannot reasonably be met due to a witness committing a crime during participation in the program. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 210, Sec. 6. […]
Section 14026.
14026. Funds available to implement this title may be used for any of the following: (a) To protect witnesses where credible evidence exists that they may be in substantial danger of intimidation or retaliatory violence because of their testimony. (b) To provide temporary and permanent relocation of witnesses and provide for their transition and well-being into a […]
Section 14026.5.
14026.5. For the purposes of this title, notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, a witness, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 14021, selected by local or state prosecutors to receive services under the program established pursuant to […]
Section 14027.
14027. The Attorney General shall issue appropriate guidelines and may adopt regulations to implement this title. These guidelines shall include: (a) A process whereby state and local agencies shall apply for reimbursement of the costs of providing witness protection services. (b) A 25-percent match that shall be required of local agencies. The Attorney General may also establish […]
Section 14028.
14028. The State of California, the counties and cities within the state, and their respective officers and employees shall have immunity from civil liability for any decision declining or revoking protection to a witness under this title. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
Section 14029.
14029. All information relating to any witness participating in the program established pursuant to this title shall remain confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and, if a change of name has been approved by […]