Section 5002 Of Chapter 1. The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) The department shall succeed to and is hereby vested with
all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the
following departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and officers
when such powers and duties are not otherwise vested by law:
(1) The Department of Penology.
(2) The State Board of Prison Directors.
(3) The Bureau of Paroles.
(4) The warden and the clerk of the California State Prison at San
Quentin.
(5) The warden and the clerk of the California State Prison at
Folsom.
(6) The warden of and the clerk of the California Institution for
Men.
(7) The California Crime Commission.
(b) Whenever any designation of any of the departments, boards,
bureaus, commissions, or officers mentioned in subdivision (a) is
contained in any provision of law and this designation is expressly
made to refer to the Department of Corrections, the Board of
Corrections or the Board of Prison Terms, then the Department of
Corrections, the Board of Corrections or the Board of Prison Terms,
to whichever one the designation is made to refer, shall exercise the
power or perform the duty heretofore exercised or performed by the
particular departments, boards, bureaus, or officers mentioned in
subdivision (a).
(c) The powers and duties of the State Board of Prison Directors
and of the clerks of the state prisons and the California Institution
for Men are transferred to and shall be exercised and performed by
the Department of Corrections, except as may be otherwise expressly
provided by law.
(d) The powers and duties of wardens of the state prisons and the
California Institution for Men, presently or hereafter, expressly
vested by law in them shall be exercised by them but such exercise
shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Director of
Corrections. All powers and duties not expressly vested in the
wardens are transferred to and shall be exercised and performed by
the Department of Corrections. When the designation of warden is
expressly made to refer to the Department of Corrections, the
department shall exercise the power and perform the duty heretofore
exercised or performed by the warden.
(e) The Board of Prison Terms shall succeed to and is hereby
vested with all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by
the following boards when such powers and duties are not otherwise
vested by law:
(1) The Board of Prison Terms and Paroles.
(2) The Advisory Pardon Board.
(3) The Adult Authority.
(4) The Women's Board of Terms and Paroles.
(5) The Community Release Board.