Annually, 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 calculate a statewide performance incentive payment for each eligible county for the most recently completed calendar year, as follows:
(a) For a county identified as having a return to prison rate less than 1.5 percent, the incentive payment shall be equal to 100 percent of the highest year of funding that a county received for the California Community Incentive Grant Program from the 2011-12 fiscal year to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) For a county identified as having a return to prison rate of 1.5 percent or greater, but not exceeding 3.2 percent, the incentive payment shall be equal to 70 percent of the highest year of funding that a county received for the California Community Incentive Grant Program from the 2011-12 fiscal year to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive.(c) For a county identified as having a return to prison rate of more than 3.2 percent, not exceeding 5.5 percent, the incentive payment shall be equal to 60 percent of the highest year of funding that a county received for the California Community Incentive Grant Program from the 2011 -12 fiscal year to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive.(d) For a county identified as having a return to prison rate of more than 5.5 percent, not exceeding 6.1 percent, the incentive payment shall be equal to 50 percent of the highest year of funding that a county received for the California Community Incentive Grant Program from the 2011-12 fiscal year to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive.(e) For a county identified as having a return to prison rate of more than 6.1 percent, not exceeding 7.9 percent, the incentive payment shall be equal to 40 percent of the highest year of funding that a county received for the California Community Incentive Grant Program from the 2011-12 fiscal year to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive.(f) A county that fails to provide information specified in Section 1231 to the Administrative Office of the Courts is not eligible for a statewide performance incentive payment.(g) This section shall not be used to calculate incentive payments for the 2021-22 fiscal year.Amended by Stats 2021 ch 80 (AB 145),s 5, eff. 7/16/2021.Amended by Stats 2015 ch 26 (SB 85),s 21, eff. 6/24/2015.Added by Stats 2013 ch 310 (SB 105),s 9, eff. 9/12/2013.