County penalties.

Existing law, as amended by the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, requires an additional penalty of $1 for every $10 or part thereof to be levied in each county upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, as specified. The act requires the county board of supervisors to establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund, into which the collected penalties are to be deposited. The act specifies the purposes for which funds in the county's DNA Identification Fund may be used, including to reimburse local sheriff, police, district attorney, and regional state crime laboratories for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, tracking, and storage of DNA crime scene samples, as specified. The act provides for its amendment by the Legislature if the amendments further the act and are consistent with its purposes to enhance the use of DNA identification evidence for the purpose of accurate and expeditious crime solving and exonerating the innocent. Existing law requires that the funds deposited, along with any interest accrued, is to be held by the county treasurer separate from any funds subject to transfer or division, as specified. Under existing law, deposits to the fund may continue through and including the 20th year after the initial calendar year when the surcharge is collected or longer if necessary to make payments on any lease or leaseback arrangement utilized to finance any of the specified projects. This bill would instead authorize deposits to the fund through and including January 1, 2028, or longer if necessary to make payments on any lease or leaseback arrangement utilized to finance any of the specified projects.