Section 4758 Of Chapter 6. Local Expenses From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) A county shall be entitled to reimbursement for
reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the county with respect to
an inmate housed and treated at a state hospital in that county
pursuant to Section 2684, including, but not limited to, any trial
costs related to a crime committed at the hospital by an inmate
housed at the hospital.
(b) Where an inmate referred for treatment to a state hospital
pursuant to Section 2684 commits a crime during transportation from
prison to the hospital, or commits a crime during transportation from
the hospital to the prison, a county that prosecutes the defendant
shall be entitled to reimbursement for the costs of prosecution.
(c) No city, county, or other jurisdiction may file, and the state
may not reimburse, a claim pursuant to this section that is
presented to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or to
any other agency or department of the state more than six months
after the close of the month in which the costs were incurred.