Section 5075.1 Of Chapter 3. The Board Of Parole Hearings From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
5075.1
. The Board of Parole Hearings shall do all of the following:
(a) Conduct parole consideration hearings, parole rescission
hearings, and parole progress hearings for adults and juveniles under
the jurisdiction of the department.
(b) Conduct mentally disordered offender hearings.
(c) Conduct sexually violent predator hearings.
(d) Review inmates' requests for reconsideration of denial of
good-time credit and setting of parole length or conditions, pursuant
to Section 5077.
(e) Determine revocation of parole for adult offenders under the
jurisdiction of the Division of Adult Parole Operations, pursuant to
Section 5077.
(f) Carry out the functions described in Section 1719 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, and make every order granting and
revoking parole and issuing final discharges to any person under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(g) Conduct studies pursuant to Section 3150 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(h) Investigate and report on all applications for reprieves,
pardons, and commutation of sentence, as provided in Title 6
(commencing with Section 4800) of Part 3.
(i) Exercise other powers and duties as prescribed by law.
(j) Effective January 1, 2007, all commissioners appointed and
trained to hear juvenile parole matters, together with their duties
prescribed by law as functions of the Board of Parole Hearings
concerning wards under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, are transferred to the Director of
the Division of Juvenile Justice. All applicable regulations in
effect at the time of transfer shall be deemed to apply to those
commissioners until new regulations are adopted.