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CALIFORNIA Legislation
Cal. Pen. Code § 266(k)
Additional Fines; Use for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Counseling and to Serve Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of Section 266h or 266i, the court may, in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). In setting the amount of the fine, the court shall consider any relevant factors including, but not limited to, the seriousness and gravity of the offense and the circumstances of its commission, whether the defendant derived any economic gain as the result of the crime, and the extent to which the victim suffered losses as a result of the crime. Every fine imposed and collected under this section shall be deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for appropriation to fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs under Section 13837.
Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of Section 266j or 267, the court may, in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to subdivision (b) and deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be granted to community-based organizations that serve minor victims of human trafficking.
If the court orders a fine to be imposed pursuant to this section, the actual administrative cost of collecting that fine, not to exceed 2 percent of the total amount paid, may be paid into the general fund of the county treasury for the use and benefit of the county.
Amendment History:
2009 Amendment:
(1) Substituted “Section 266h or 266i” for “Section 266h, 266i, or 266j” in the first sentence of subd (a); (2) added subds (b) and (c); and (3) redesignated former subd (b) to be subd (d).
2014 Amendment:
Substituted “twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)” for “twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)” in subd (b).
Source: LexisNexis