California Penal Code

§ 1557

PEN § 1557 Effective Jun 27, 2017Title 12 · Part 2 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)This section shall apply when this state or a city, county, or city and county employs a person to travel to a foreign jurisdiction outside this state for the express purpose of returning a fugitive from justice to this state when the Governor of this state, in the exercise of the authority conferred by Section 2 of Article IV of the United States Constitution, or by the laws of this state, has demanded the surrender of the fugitive from the executive authority of any state of the United States, or of any foreign government.

(b)Upon the approval of the Governor, the Controller shall audit and pay out of the State Treasury as provided in subdivision (c) or (d) the accounts of the person employed to bring back the fugitive, including any money paid by that person for all of the following:

(1)Money paid to the authorities of a sister state for statutory fees in connection with the detention and surrender of the fugitive.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 17, Sec. 36. (AB 103) Effective June 27, 2017.