Section 11502 Of Title 1.5. Statewide Programs Of Education, Training, And Research For Local Public Prosecutors And Public Defenders From California Penal Code >> Title 1.5. >> Part 4.
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. (a) Criteria for selection of education, training, and
research programs for local public prosecutors and public defenders
shall be developed by the Office of Emergency Services in
consultation with an advisory group entitled the Prosecutors and
Public Defenders Education and Training Advisory Committee.
(b) The Prosecutors and Public Defenders Education and Training
Advisory Committee shall be composed of six local public prosecutors
and six local public defender representatives, all of whom are
appointed by the Director of Emergency Services, who shall provide
staff services to the advisory committee. In appointing the members
of the committee, the director shall invite the Attorney General, the
State Public Defender, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
President pro Tempore to participate as ex officio members of the
committee.
(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the
advisory committee, shall develop specific guidelines including
criteria for selection of organizations to provide education,
training, and research services.
(d) In determining the equitable allocation of funds between
prosecution and defense functions, the Office of Emergency Services
and the advisory committee shall give consideration to the amount of
local government expenditures on a statewide basis for the support of
those functions.
(e) The administration of the overall program shall be performed
by the Office of Emergency Services. The office may, out of any
appropriation for this program, expend an amount not to exceed 7.5
percent for any fiscal year for those purposes.
(f) No funds appropriated pursuant to this title shall be used to
support a legislative advocate.
(g) To the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the State
Bar of California relating to certification of training for legal
specialists, the executive director shall ensure that, where
appropriate, all programs funded under this title are open to all
members of the State Bar of California. The program guidelines
established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall provide for the
reimbursement of costs for all participants deemed eligible by the
Office of Emergency Services, in conjunction with the Legal Training
Advisory Committee, by means of course attendance.