(a) This section shall be known as the Expedited Youth Accountability Program. It shall be operative in the superior court in Los Angeles County. It shall also be operative in any other county in which a committee consisting of the sheriff, the chief probation officer, the district attorney, the public defender, and the presiding judge of the superior court votes to participate in the program, upon approval by the board of supervisors. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to hold nondetained, delinquent youth accountable for their crimes in a swift and certain manner. (c) Each county participating in the Expedited Youth Accountability Program shall establish agreed upon time deadlines for law enforcement, probation, district attorney, and court functions which shall assure that a case which is to proceed pursuant to this section shall be ready to be heard within 60 calendar days after the minor is cited to the court. (d) (1) Notwithstanding Sections 658, 659, and 660, if a minor, who is between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, is not detained for any misdemeanor or felony offense and is not cited to Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (15), inclusive, of Section 256 and Section 853.6a of the Penal Code, the peace officer or probation officer releasing the minor shall issue a citation and obtain a written promise to appear in juvenile court, or record the minorâs refusal to sign the promise to appear and serve a notice to appear in juvenile court. The appearance shall not be set for more than 60 calendar days nor less than 10 calendar days from the issuance of the citation. If the 60th day falls on a court holiday, the appearance date shall be on the next date that the court is in session. The date set for the appearance of the minor shall allow for sufficient time for the probation department to evaluate eligible minors for informal handling under Section 654 or any other disposition provided by law. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or conflict with Sections 653.1 and 653.5. (2) Upon receipt of the citation and petition, but in no event less than 72 hours, excluding nonjudicial days and holidays prior to the hearing, the clerk of the juvenile court shall issue a copy of the citation and petition to the public defender or the minorâs attorney of record. If a copy of the citation and petition is not provided at least 72 hours, excluding nonjudicial days and holidays prior to the hearing, it shall be grounds to request a continuance pursuant to Sections 682 and 700. At a hearing conducted under Section 700, the minor and minorâs parent or guardian shall be furnished a copy of the petition and any other material required to be provided under Section 659. (3) The original citation and promise or notice to appear shall be retained by the court if a petition is filed. In addition, there shall be three copies of the citation and promise or notice to appear, which shall be distributed as follows: (A) One copy shall be provided to the person to whom the citation is issued. (B) One copy shall be provided to the probation department. (C) If a petition is requested, the second copy of the citation shall go to the district attorney along with the petition request, and the third copy shall be retained by the agency issuing the citation. (4) The original citation shall include a copy of all police reports relating to the citation and a petition request. The citation shall contain the following information: (A) Date, time, and location of the issuance of the citation. (B) The name, address, telephone number if known, driverâs license number, age, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair color, and color of eyes of the person to whom the citation is issued. (C) A list of the offenses and the location where the offense or offenses were committed. (D) Date and time of the required court appearance. (E) Address of the juvenile court where the person to whom t
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