1203.055
. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in sentencing a person
convicted of committing or of attempting to commit one or more of
the offenses listed in subdivision (b) against a person who is a
passenger, operator, driver, or other occupant of any public transit
vehicle whether the offense or attempt is committed within the
vehicle or directed at the vehicle, the court shall require that the
person serve some period of confinement. If probation is granted, it
shall be a condition of probation that the person shall be confined
in the county jail for some period of time. If the time spent in jail
prior to arraignment is less than 24 hours, it shall not be
considered to satisfy the requirement that some period of confinement
be imposed.
As used in this subdivision, "public transit vehicle" means any
motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, bus, shuttle, light rail
system, rapid transit system, subway, train, taxi cab, or jitney,
which transports members of the public for hire.
(b) Subdivision (a) applies to the following crimes:
(1) Murder.
(2) A violation of Section 241, 241.3, 241.4, 244, 245, 245.2, or
246.
(3) Robbery, in violation of Section 211.
(4) Kidnapping, in violation of Section 207.
(5) Kidnapping, in violation of Section 209.
(6) Battery, in violation of Section 243, 243.1, or 243.3.
(7) Rape, in violation of Section 261, 262, 264, or 264.1.
(8) Assault with intent to commit rape or sodomy, in violation of
Section 220.
(9) Any other offense in which the defendant inflicts great bodily
injury on any person other than an accomplice. As used in this
paragraph, "great bodily injury" means "great bodily injury" as
defined in Section 12022.7.
(10) Grand theft, in violation of subdivision (1) of Section 487.
(11) Throwing of a hard substance or shooting a missile at a
transit vehicle, in violation of Section 219.2.
(12) Unlawfully causing a fire, in violation of Section 452.
(13) Drawing, exhibiting, or using a firearm or deadly weapon, in
violation of Section 417.
(14) A violation of Section 214.
(15) A violation of Section 215.
(16) Kidnapping, in violation of Section 209.5.
(c) Probation shall not be granted to, nor shall the execution or
imposition of sentence be suspended for, any person convicted of a
felony offense falling within this section if the person has been
previously convicted and sentenced pursuant to this section.
(d) (1) The existence of any fact which would make a person
ineligible for probation under subdivisions (a) and (c) shall be
alleged in the accusatory pleading, and either admitted by the
defendant in open court, or found to be true by the jury trying the
issue of guilt or by the court where guilt is established by a plea
of guilty or nolo contendere or by a trial by the court sitting
without a jury.
A finding bringing the defendant within this section shall not be
stricken pursuant to Section 1385 or any provision of law.
(2) This subdivision does not prohibit the adjournment of criminal
proceedings pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) or
Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(e) The court shall require, as a condition of probation for any
person convicted of committing a crime which took place on a public
transit vehicle, except in any case in which the court makes a
finding and states on the record clear and compelling reasons why the
condition would be inappropriate, that the person make restitution
to the victim. If restitution is found to be inappropriate, the court
shall require as a condition of probation, except in any case in
which the court makes a finding and states on the record its reasons
that the condition would be inappropriate, that the defendant perform
specified community service. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
construed to limit the authority of a court to provide additional
conditions of probation.
(f) In any case in which a person is convicted of committing a
crime which took place on a public transit vehicle, the probation
officer shall immediately investigate and report to the court at a
specified time whether, as a result of the crime, property damage or
loss or personal injury was caused by the defendant, the amount of
the damage, loss, or injury, and the feasibility of requiring
restitution to be made by the defendant. When a probation report is
required pursuant to Section 1203 the information required by this
subdivision shall be added to that probation report.