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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A27-17. Delegation of duties to the Department of Social Services concerning dependent children at children's shelter.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A27-17. Delegation of duties to the Department of Social Services concerning dependent children at children's shelter.

Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code § 272 and Section A18-65 of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code, the duties and authority of the Department of Probation to maintain a children's shelter for dependent children, and on a one-year demonstration period, both to receive delivery thereat from peace officers of the temporary custody of dependent children, and also to complete the admission process, are delegated to the Santa Clara County Department of Social Services. The Probation Department will continue to immediately investigate the circumstances of the minor and the facts surrounding his or her being taken into custody. The authority to release the minor pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code § 309(a) shall remain with the Department of Probation.

(Ord. No. NS-300.347, § 1, 1-5-82)

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