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§ 999u. — 999u. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1097, Sec. 1.)

California § 999u.
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Ch. 2.4.CHAPTER 2.4. Child Abusers

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Each district attorney’s office establishing a child abuser prosecution unit and receiving state support under this chapter shall adopt and pursue the following policies for child abuser cases:

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), all reasonable prosecutorial efforts will be made to resist the pretrial release of a charged defendant meeting child abuser selection criteria.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the application of diversion programs authorized by law. All reasonable efforts shall be made to utilize diversion alternatives in appropriate cases.
(c)All reasonable prosecutorial efforts will be made to reduce the time between arrest and disposition of charge against an individual meeting child abuser criteria.

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Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1097, Sec. 1.
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