California Penal Code

§ 2780.6

PEN § 2780.6 Effective Jan 1, 2026Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 5 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding paragraph (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 3370 of the Labor Code, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall, pursuant to subdivision (b), pay a death benefit in an amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (c) for the death of any state prison incarcerated individual hand crew member assigned to the California Conservation Camp program.

(b)The death benefit shall be paid within 60 days of the death of an incarcerated individual hand crew member to the beneficiary designated by the crew member to receive the death benefit if the crew member dies during any of the following circumstances:

(1)During, and resulting from, the performance of their duties on an active deployment.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 711, Sec. 1. (AB 799) Effective January 1, 2026.