Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to give the Youth Authority Board or the director control over existing facilities, institutions or agencies; or to require them to serve the board or the director inconsistently with their functions, or with the authority of their officers, or with the laws and regulations governing their activities; or to give the board or the director power to make use of any private institution or agency without its consent; or to pay a private institution or agency for services which a public institution or agency is willing and able to perform.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 30. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)