California Penal Code

§ 3001

PEN § 3001 Effective Jun 27, 2012Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 8 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any person referred to in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 3000 who was not imprisoned for committing a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, not imprisoned for a serious felony, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7, or is not required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290, has been released on parole from the state prison, and has been on parole continuously for six months since release from confinement, within 30 days, that person shall be discharged from parole, unless the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation recommends to the Board of Parole Hearings that the person be retained on parole and the board, for good cause, determines that the person will be retained.

(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any person referred to in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 3000 who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act or who was imprisoned for committing a serious felony described in either subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7 or subdivision (a) of Section 1192.8, has been released on parole from the state prison, and has been on parole continuously for one year since release from confinement, within 30 days, that person shall be discharged from parole, unless the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation recommends to the Board of Parole Hearings that the person be retained on parole and the board, for good cause, determines that the person will be retained.

(3)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any person referred to in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 3000 who was imprisoned for committing a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, has been released on parole from the state prison for a period not exceeding three years and has been on parole continuously for two years since release from confinement, or has been released on parole from the state prison for a period not exceeding five years and has been on parole continuously for three years since release from confinement, the department shall discharge, within 30 days, that person from parole, unless the department recommends to the board that the person be retained on parole and the board, for good cause, determines that the person will be retained. The board shall make a written record of its determination and the department shall transmit a copy thereof to the parolee.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 38. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012. Note: This section was amended on Nov. 7, 2006, by initiative Prop. 83.