Welfare and Institutions Code section 1760.6

The department may provide for the payment of wages to wards for work performed pursuant to Section 2816 of the Penal Code, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward, in any manner and in any proportions that the department directs.

Source: Section 1760.6, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=1760.6. (updated Jan. 1, 2009; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_1760.6

Original Source: Section 1760.6, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=1760.6. (last accessed May 12, 2025).