Section 18987.17.

(a) Pursuant to this chapter, the California Health and Human Services Agency or the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, as appropriate, may approve a request submitted by a county selected pursuant to Section 18987.05, to implement an alternative method for meeting specific state statutory requirements in the county's strategic plan. The secretary of the approving agency shall only approve a request when the coordinating council of the requesting county has certified, and the secretary has determined, that all of the following criteria have been met:

(1) The council has developed a specific alternative method for achieving the intent of the statute in question.

(2) The council's proposed alternative is consistent with this chapter and the intent of the statutory requirements governing the programs proposed for integration in the county's strategic plan.

(3) Approval of the request is essential to achieve one or more objectives of the strategic plan.

(4) The objective of the strategic plan cannot be achieved solely through waiver of regulation.

(b) A request subject to this section may not be approved for a period that exceeds the length of the pilot program authorized under this chapter, but may be approved for a shorter period as determined by the approving secretary.

(c) Prior to approving any request by a county under this section, the approving secretary shall provide written notification to the chairperson of the appropriate policy committee in each house of the Legislature. Final approval shall not occur until 30 days after this written notification is provided.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 300, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001. Inoperative January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 18987.5.)