Jurisdiction of juvenile court.

Existing law provides that a juvenile hearing officer may hear and dispose of any case in which a minor under the age of 18 years is alleged to have committed any one of specified misdemeanors or infractions. In those cases, the juvenile court is known as the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court. Existing law establishes the Expedited Youth Accountability Program, operative in Los Angeles County, and in other counties upon approval of the board of supervisors, as specified. The program provides for the issuance of citations requiring the appearance of minors not detained for any felony or misdemeanor offense, and not cited to the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court, before the juvenile court. This bill would modify the ages that a person must be to fall under the jurisdiction of the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court and Expedited Youth Accountability Program to between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive.