(a) After a judicial determination that a person would not be a danger to the health and safety of others in that it is not likely that the person will engage in sexually violent criminal behavior due to the personâs diagnosed mental disorder while under supervision and treatment in the community, a person who is conditionally released pursuant to this article shall be placed in the county of domicile of the person prior to the personâs incarceration, unless both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The court finds that extraordinary circumstances require placement outside the county of domicile as set forth in Section 6608.6. (2) The designated county of placement was given prior notice and an opportunity to comment on the proposed placement of the committed person in the county, according to procedures set forth in Section 6609.1. (b) (1) For the purposes of this section, âcounty of domicileâ means the county where the person has their true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which the person has manifested the intention of returning whenever the person is absent. For the purposes of determining the county of domicile, the court shall consider information found on a California driverâs license, California identification card, recent rent or utility receipt, printed personalized checks or other recent banking documents showing that personâs name and address, or information contained in an arrest record, probation officerâs report, trial transcript, or other court document. If no information can be identified or verified, the county of domicile of the individual shall be considered to be the county in which the person was arrested for the crime for which the person was last incarcerated in the state prison or from which the person was last returned from parole. (2) In a case where the person committed a crime while being held for treatment in a state hospital, or while being confined in a state prison or local jail facility, the county wherein that facility was located shall not be considered the county of domicile unless the person resided in that county prior to being housed in the hospital, prison, or jail. (c) For the purposes of this section, âextraordinary circumstancesâ means circumstances that would inordinately limit the departmentâs ability to effect conditional release of the person in the county of domicile in accordance with Section 6608 or any other provision of this article, and the procedures described in Sections 1605 to 1610, inclusive, of the Penal Code. (d) (1) The counsel for the committed individual; the sheriff or the chief of police of the locality for placement, the county counsel, and the district attorney from the county of domicile; and the sheriff or the chief of police of, and the county counsel and the district attorney of, an alternative placement locality where a potential placement location has been identified and is being considered by the department for potential recommendation to the court for placement of the individual; or their designees, shall provide assistance and consultation in the departmentâs process of locating and securing housing within the county for persons committed as sexually violent predators who are about to be conditionally released under Section 6608. Upon notification by the department of a personâs potential or expected conditional release under Section 6608, the counsel for the committed individual; the sheriff or the chief of police of the locality for placement, the county counsel, and the district attorney of the county of domicile; and the sheriff or chief of police of, and the county counsel and district attorney of, an alternative placement locality; or their designees, shall provide appropriate contact information for their respective office to the department, at least 60 days before the date of the potential or expected release. (2) The department shall convene a committee with the participants listed i
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