(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Board of State and Community Corrections shall contract with an academic institution, public policy center, or other research entity for an independent evaluation of the act that enacted this section, particularly of the impact of the act by race, ethnicity, gender, and income level. This evaluation shall be submitted to the Secretary of the State Senate and the Chief Clerk of the State Assembly by no later than January 1, 2024.
(b) Beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year, state funds shall supplement, not supplant, local funds allocated to pretrial supervision, assessments, services or other purposes related to pretrial activities, excluding detention.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 244, Sec. 4. (SB 10) Effective date (January 1, 2019) suspended pursuant to referendum petition. Effective only if Ch. 244 is approved as a referendum measure at the November 3, 2020, election.)