Penal Code section 1233.4

The Director of Finance, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the Judicial Council, shall, for the most recently completed calendar year, annually calculate a county performance incentive payment for each eligible county. A county shall be eligible for compensation for each of the following:

(a)

The estimated number of felons on probation that were successfully prevented from being incarcerated in the state prison as calculated in subdivision (d) of Section 1233.1, multiplied by 35 percent of the state’s costs to incarcerate a prison felony offender in a contract facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1233.1.

(b)

The estimated number of felons on mandatory supervision that were successfully prevented from being incarcerated in the state prison as calculated in subdivision (h) of Section 1233.1, multiplied by 35 percent of the state’s costs to incarcerate a prison felony offender in a contract facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1233.1.

(c)

The estimated number of felons on postrelease community supervision that were successfully prevented from being incarcerated in the state prison as calculated in subdivision (k) of Section 1233.1, multiplied by 35 percent of the state’s costs to incarcerate a prison felony offender in a contract facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1233.1.

(d)

This section shall not be used to calculate incentive payments for the 2021–22 fiscal year.

Source: Section 1233.4, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1233.­4.­ (accessed May 4, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

§ 1233.4’s source at ca​.gov