Section 273.81 Of Chapter 2.5. Spousal Abusers From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.5.
273.81
. (a) There is hereby established in the Department of
Justice a program of financial and technical assistance for district
attorneys' or city attorneys' offices, designated the Spousal Abuser
Prosecution Program. All funds appropriated to the Department of
Justice for the purposes of this chapter shall be administered and
disbursed by the Attorney General, and shall to the greatest extent
feasible, be coordinated or consolidated with any federal or local
funds that may be made available for these purposes.
The Department of Justice shall establish guidelines for the
provision of grant awards to proposed and existing programs prior to
the allocation of funds under this chapter. These guidelines shall
contain the criteria for the selection of agencies to receive funding
and the terms and conditions upon which the Department of Justice is
prepared to offer grants pursuant to statutory authority. The
guidelines shall not constitute rules, regulations, orders, or
standards of general application.
(b) The Attorney General may allocate and award funds to cities or
counties, or both, in which spousal abuser prosecution units are
established or are proposed to be established in substantial
compliance with the policies and criteria set forth in this chapter.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon
application executed by the county's district attorney or by the city'
s attorney and approved by the county board of supervisors or by the
city council. Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant
local funds that would, in the absence of the California Spousal
Abuser Prosecution Program, be made available to support the
prosecution of spousal abuser cases. Local grant awards made under
this program shall not be subject to review as specified in Section
10295 of the Public Contract Code.
(d) Local government recipients shall provide 20 percent matching
funds for every grant awarded under this program.