Section 13881 Of Chapter 9. California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 9.
13881
. (a) There is hereby established in the office a program of
financial and technical assistance for district attorneys' offices,
designated the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law. All
funds appropriated to the office for the purposes of this chapter
shall be administered and disbursed by the director in consultation
with the California Council on Criminal Justice, and shall to the
greatest extent feasible be coordinated or consolidated with federal
funds that may be made available for these purposes.
(b) The director is authorized to allocate and award funds to
counties in which the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution
Law is implemented 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 and approved
by its board of supervisors. Funds disbursed under this chapter shall
not supplant local funds that would, in the absence of the
California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law, be made available
to support the prosecution of felony drug cases. Funds available
under this program shall not be subject to review, as specified in
Section 14780 of the Government Code.
(d) The director shall prepare and issue written program and
administrative guidelines and procedures for the California Major
Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Program consistent with this chapter,
which shall be submitted to the Chairpersons of the Assembly
Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Criminal
Procedure. These guidelines shall permit the selection of a county
for the allocation and award of funds only on a finding by the office
that the county is experiencing a proportionately significant
increase in major narcotic cases. Further, the guidelines shall
provide for the allocation and award of funds to small county
applicants, as designated by the director. The guidelines shall also
provide that any funds received by a county under this chapter shall
be used only for the prosecution of cases involving major narcotic
dealers. For purposes of this subdivision, "small county" means a
county having a population of 200,000 or less.