Section 11838 Of Chapter 9. Services To Persons Convicted For Driving While Under The Influence Of Alcohol And Other Drugs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 9.
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. (a) The Legislature encourages all counties to utilize the
procedure described in this chapter, but recognizes that it is not
feasible for every county to establish its own programs. Accordingly,
two or more counties may jointly establish programs pursuant to
Section 11796 of this code or Article 1 (commencing with Section
6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code or
may furnish by contract the program services to residents of another
county pursuant to Section 11796 of this code. The board of
supervisors of the county in which the program is located shall be
responsible for assuring the integrity of the program as required
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11837.6.
(b) For the purpose of determining a person's eligibility to
participate in an approved program where the person's county of
residence establishes a program with another county or contracts for
services pursuant to subdivision (a), the following eligibility
requirements shall apply:
(1) Where two or more counties jointly establish a program
pursuant to Section 11796 of this code or Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code, subdivision (b) of Section 11838.2 shall apply.
(2) Where a county contracts for program services from another
county, only those residents alleged to have committed a violation of
Section 23152 or 23153 of the Vehicle Code on or after the date
their county of residence executes a contract pursuant to subdivision
(a) to provide program services to their residents shall be eligible
to participate in such approved program pursuant to Section 11837.2.
Counties which contract for services pursuant to subdivision (a)
of this section shall notify the department not later than 14 days
following such action.