Section 290.3 Of Chapter 5.5. Sex Offenders From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.5.
290.3
. (a) Every person who is convicted of any offense specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 290 shall, in addition to any
imprisonment or fine, or both, imposed for commission of the
underlying offense, be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars
($300) upon the first conviction or a fine of five hundred dollars
($500) upon the second and each subsequent conviction, unless the
court determines that the defendant does not have the ability to pay
the fine.
An amount equal to all fines collected pursuant to this
subdivision during the preceding month upon conviction of, or upon
the forfeiture of bail by, any person arrested for, or convicted of,
committing an offense specified in subdivision (c) of Section 290,
shall be transferred once a month by the county treasurer to the
Controller for deposit in the General Fund. Moneys deposited in the
General Fund pursuant to this subdivision shall be transferred by the
Controller as provided in subdivision (b).
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), out of the moneys
deposited pursuant to subdivision (a) as a result of second and
subsequent convictions of Section 290, one-third shall first be
transferred to the Department of Justice Sexual Habitual Offender
Fund, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subdivision. Out of the
remainder of all moneys deposited pursuant to subdivision (a), 50
percent shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Sexual
Habitual Offender Fund, as provided in paragraph (1), 25 percent
shall be transferred to the DNA Identification Fund, as established
by Section 76104.6 of the Government Code, and 25 percent shall be
allocated equally to counties that maintain a local DNA testing
laboratory, as provided in paragraph (2).
(1) Those moneys so designated shall be transferred to the
Department of Justice Sexual Habitual Offender Fund created pursuant
to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 11170 and, when
appropriated by the Legislature, shall be used for the purposes of
Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 13885) and Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 13890) of Title 6 of Part 4 for the purpose
of monitoring, apprehending, and prosecuting sexual habitual
offenders.
(2) Those moneys so designated shall be allocated equally and
distributed quarterly to counties that maintain a local DNA testing
laboratory. Before making any allocations under this paragraph, the
Controller shall deduct the estimated costs that will be incurred to
set up and administer the payment of these funds to the counties. Any
funds allocated to a county pursuant to this paragraph shall be used
by that county for the exclusive purpose of testing DNA samples for
law enforcement purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may collect a fine
imposed pursuant to this section from a person convicted of a
violation of any offense listed in subdivision (c) of Section 290,
that results in incarceration in a facility under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. All moneys
collected by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under
this subdivision shall be transferred, once a month, to the
Controller for deposit in the General Fund, as provided in
subdivision (a), for transfer by the Controller, as provided in
subdivision (b).
(d) An amount equal to one-third of every first conviction fine
collected and one-fifth of every second conviction fine collected
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be transferred to the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to help defray the cost of the global
positioning system used to monitor sex offender parolees.