California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 67826 — A resolution, ordinance, or other action of the board shall not be approved or adopted sooner than 72 hours after its introduction, unless approved by unanimous vote of all members present at the time
• § 67827 — The members of the board shall serve without compensation.
• § 67828 — The board shall elect from its own members a chair and a vice chair at the first board meeting held each year.
• § 67829 — The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the agency, and shall employ or contract with other staff or consultants as may be ne
• § 67830 — The chief administrative officer or city manager of each member agency, or his or her designee, shall serve on an administrative committee to the board to provide advice, analysis, and recommendations
• § 67831 — The board may, at its pleasure, appoint an additional advisory committee or committees to provide the board with options, critique, analysis, and other information as it finds useful, and may provide
• § 67840 — (a) The board shall prepare, adopt, review, revise from time to time, and maintain a plan, that complies with Section 65302 and federal requirements, for the future use and development of the territor
• § 67840.1 — After the board has adopted a reuse plan, each county or city with territory occupied by the base shall submit to the board its general plan or amended general plan, which shall be required to satisfy
• § 67840.2 — (a) The board shall, within 90 days after the submittal, after a noticed public hearing, either certify or refuse to certify, in whole or in part, the portion of the general plan or amended general pl
• § 67840.3 — (a) Within 30 days after the certification of a general plan or amended general plan, or any portion thereof, the board shall, after consultation with the county or a city, establish a date for that c
• § 67840.4 — (a) A county and cities to which subdivision (a) of Section 67840.
• § 67840.5 — (a) Except for appeals to the board, as provided in Section 67840.
• § 67840.6 — After the board has certified a general plan or an amended general plan, any amendments to that certified plan that are applicable to the territory of the base shall take effect only upon certificatio
• § 67840.7 — (a) After the board has adopted a reuse plan pursuant to this title, any revision or other change to that plan that only affects territory lying within the jurisdiction of one member agency may only b
• § 67841 — The board may negotiate and enter into appropriate agreements with the United States or any of its agencies or departments for the purpose of determining the disposition, reuse, or conservation of the
• § 67842 — (a) The board shall be the principal local public agent for the acquisition, lease disposition, and sale of real property and facilities within the territory of the military base, and is the state-des
• § 67843 — (a) The board shall identify those public capital facilities described in the authority reuse plan, that could most efficiently or conveniently be planned, negotiated, financed, or constructed by the
• § 67844 — The board may enter into contracts and agreements as necessary to mitigate any impacts of the reuse of the military base.
• § 67845 — The board may study, evaluate, and recommend cleanup of toxic and explosive substances within the area of the base to the federal government, including the Department of Defense, and the State of Cali
• § 67846 — The board shall aggressively pursue all possible federal funding for the transfer, cleanup, and reuse of the local military base, including funding to pay for the costs of public capital facilities an
• § 67847 — The board may take other action that is necessary or convenient to ensure the rapid and successful conversion of the area of the military base to civilian use in a way that provides maximum benefits t
• § 67848 — (a) The board is encouraged to look first to contracting with, and providing funding to, the California Conservation Corps for the purpose of carrying out conservation and environmental projects, incl
• § 67850 — In addition to any funds received from federal and state agencies for the expenses of operating the authority, the board may receive contributions from agencies represented on the board.
• § 67851 — The board and the member agencies may provide by contract for the transfer to the board or between member agencies of revenues available from sales tax, property tax, or other sources in order to help
• § 67860 — The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued, and with any public or private entity with which the board has entered into a contract or an agreement, pu
• § 67870 — The authority shall cease to exist when the board determines that 80 percent of the territory of the military base that is designated for development or reuse in the plan prepared pursuant to this tit
• § 67910 — The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency is hereby created, as a local area planning agency, and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, to provide regional transportati
• § 67911 — The agency shall be composed of three members appointed by the county board of supervisors and one member appointed by the city council of each incorporated city in the county.
• § 67912 — The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency, acting as a local transportation authority so designated by the board of supervisors for the County of Placer pursuant to the Local Transportation Aut
• § 67920 — (a) The Nevada County Transportation Planning Agency is hereby created, as a local area planning agency, and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, to provide regional transpor
• § 67930 — (a) The Transportation Agency for Monterey County is hereby created, as a local area agency and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, to provide regional transportation planni
• § 67931 — (a) The agency is the legal successor to the Monterey County Transportation Commission for all purposes, including those set forth in Part 11.
• § 67940 — (a) The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is hereby created, as a local area transportation planning agency, and not as part of the executive branch of state government, to provide
• § 67941 — (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain and the power to preserve, acquire, construct, improve, and oversee multimodal transportation projects and services on rail rights-of-ways within San
• § 67950 — The El Dorado County Transportation Planning Agency is hereby created, as a local area planning agency, and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, to provide regional transport
• § 67951 — The agency shall be composed of four members appointed by the county board of supervisors and two members appointed by the city council of each incorporated city in that portion of the county describe
• § 67960 — This title shall be known and may be cited as the North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority Act.
• § 67962 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority created under this title.
• § 67964 — The North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority may be created upon approval of a resolution calling for the creation of the authority by a majority vote of the membership of the board of supervisors of
• § 67966 — The boundaries of the authority begin at the southwest corner of Section 30, T14N, R16E, M.
• § 67968 — (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of seven members appointed as follows: (1) Two members of the board of supervisors of the County of Placer.
• § 67970 — (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable within the boundaries of the authority may be imposed by the authority in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.
• § 67972 — (a) In the ordinance, the authority shall do all of the following: (1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed.
• § 67974 — (a) The special election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of special elections by a county.
• § 67976 — (a) Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the
• § 67978 — (a) Prior to calling the election required under Section 67970, the authority shall adopt a transportation plan.
• § 67980 — Expenditure of the revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this chapter, together with other federal, state, and local funds made available to the authority for transportation improvements,
• § 6800 — The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.
• § 6801 — Time is computed according to the Gregorian or new style; and January 1st, in every year, after 1752 is reckoned as the first day of the year.
• § 6802 — The years 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any other future hundredth year, of which the year 2000 is the first, except only every fourth hundredth year, are not leap years, but common years of 365 days.
• § 6803 — “Year” means a period of 365 days; “half year,” 182 days; “quarter of a year,” 91 days.
• § 6804 — “Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
• § 6805 — A week consists of seven consecutive days.
• § 68055 — (a) It shall be the responsibility of any person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles are required by this chapter to procure, place, and maintain such rec
• § 68055.1 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions as set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 68055.2 — Litter receptacles shall be placed in all public places in the state, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Drive-in restaurants and fast food outlets.
• § 68055.3 — Placement of litter receptacles shall be in conformance with laws, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations pertaining to fire, safety, public health, or welfare.
• § 68055.5 — (a) No person shall damage, deface, abuse, or misuse any litter receptacle so as to interfere with its proper function or to detract from its proper appearance.
• § 68055.7 — Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to punishment by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) n
• § 68055.9 — The penalties which may be levied for littering in this state shall be prominently posted throughout the state.
• § 6806 — A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
• § 6807 — “Daytime” is the period of time between sunrise and sunset.
• § 68070 — (a) Every court may make rules for its own government and the government of its officers not inconsistent with law or with the rules adopted and prescribed by the Judicial Council.
• § 68070.5 — (a) When a case is appealed, there shall be no communication direct or indirect between the judge or judicial officer who heard the case and any judge of the reviewing court concerning the facts or me
• § 68071 — No rule adopted by a superior court shall take effect until January 1 or July 1, whichever comes first, following the 45th day after it has been filed with the Judicial Council and the clerk of the co
• § 68072 — Rules adopted by the Judicial Council, the Supreme Court, or a court of appeal shall take effect on a date to be fixed in the order of adoption.
• § 68073.1 — (a) All furniture, furnishings, and equipment used solely by a trial court on June 30, 1997, shall become the property of the court unless the county is prohibited from transferring title by a contrac
• § 68074 — Each court shall have a seal.
• § 68074.1 — The seal of any superior court may be affixed by a seal press or stamp which will print or emboss a seal which will reproduce legibly under photographic methods.
• § 68075 — The seal used by the Supreme Court abolished by the Constitution of 1879 shall be the seal of the Supreme Court provided for in this title.
• § 68076 — The seals of the superior courts shall: (a) Be circular.
• § 68079 — A court for which the necessary seal has not been provided, or the judges of that court, shall provide it.
• § 6808 — (a) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacific standard time (15 U.
• § 68080 — The clerk of the court shall keep the seal of the court.
• § 68080.5 — (a) A person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the California Supreme Court, an appellate court, or a superior court in any campaign literature or mass mailing
• § 68081 — Before the Supreme Court, a court of appeal, or the appellate division of a superior court renders a decision in a proceeding other than a summary denial of a petition for an extraordinary writ, based
• § 68082 — Except as otherwise provided by law, during the officer’s continuance in office, a court commissioner, judge, or court executive or administrative officer shall not practice law in any court of this s
• § 68083 — Each salaried officer of a superior court shall charge, collect, and promptly deposit the fees allowed in each case, as provided by law.
• § 68083.5 — Each officer of a superior court authorized to collect money shall pay into the county treasury all money collected by that officer, or under the officer’s control, that is payable into the treasury i
• § 68084 — (a) If any money is deposited with the clerk or judge of any superior court pursuant to any action or proceeding in the court, or pursuant to any order, decree, or judgment of the court, or when any m
• § 68084.1 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any money, excluding restitution to victims, that has been deposited with a superior court, or that a superior court is holding in trust for the lawful owner,
• § 68085 — (a) (1) There is hereby established the Trial Court Trust Fund, the proceeds of which shall be apportioned for the purposes authorized in this section, including apportionment to the trial courts to f
• § 68085.1 — (a) This section applies to all fees and fines that are collected on or after January 1, 2006, under all of the following: (1) Sections 177.
• § 68085.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 77201.
• § 68085.3 — (a) Fees collected under Sections 70611, 70612, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, 70658, and 70670 shall be deposited in a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts for depo
• § 68085.35 — (a) Fees collected under Section 70616.
• § 68085.4 — (a) Fees collected under Sections 70613, 70614, 70621, 70654, and 70656 of this code, Section 103470 of the Health and Safety Code, and Section 7660 of the Probate Code shall be deposited in a bank ac
• § 68085.45 — (a) There is hereby established the State Trial Court Operations Trust Fund.
• § 68085.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subdivision (h) and Section 68085.
• § 68085.6 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2005, the counties’ obligation to remit to the Trial Court Trust Fund each fiscal year the difference between thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000) and the amount remitted to
• § 68085.7 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Section 68085.
• § 68085.8 — (a) On or before December 31, 2005, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) shall complete an initial review of the impact upon individual
• § 68085.9 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a trial court or officer of a trial court to deposit money received by the court or officer into the county treasury or with the county treasurer,
• § 68086 — The following provisions apply in superior court: (a) In addition to any other fee required in civil actions or cases: (1) For each proceeding anticipated to last one hour or less, a fee of thirty dol
• § 68086.1 — (a) For each three-hundred-fifty-five-dollar ($355) fee collected under Section 70611, 70612, or 70670, thirty dollars ($30) of the amount distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund shall be used for s
• § 68088 — (a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule of court for racial, ethnic, and gender bias, and sexual harassment training and training for any other bias based on any characteristic listed or defined
• § 68089 — Two years after judgment in any civil action or proceeding has become final the court may order any vouchers on file for the action or proceeding delivered to the person who filed them or to his attor
• § 68090.8 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds that the management of civil and criminal cases, including traffic cases, and the accounting for funds in the trial courts requires these courts to implement appropriate
• § 68091 — Except as otherwise provided by law, the board of supervisors in each county may specify by ordinance the compensation and mileage for members of the grand jury in that county.
• § 68092 — Court interpreters’ and translators’ fees or other compensation shall be paid: (a) In criminal cases, by the court.
• § 68092.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is imperative that courts provide interpreters to all parties who require one, and that both the legislative and judicial branches of government continue
• § 68092.5 — (a) A party requiring testimony before any court, tribunal, or arbiter in any civil action or proceeding from any expert witness, other than a party or employee of a party, who is either, (1) an exper
• § 68093 — Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend a civil action or proceeding in the superior courts, are thirty-five dollars ($35)
• § 68094 — Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend before a grand jury, are twelve dollars ($12) a day and mileage for each mile actua
• § 68095 — Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend, or if the witness attends voluntarily and is called to testify, before a coroner’s
• § 68096.1 — (a) Any employee of a local agency who is obliged by a subpoena to attend a civil action or proceeding as a witness in litigation in a matter regarding an event or transaction that he or she perceived
• § 68097 — Witnesses in civil cases may demand the payment of their mileage and fees for one day, in advance, and when so demanded may not be compelled to attend until the allowances are paid except as hereinaft
• § 68097.1 — (a) Whenever an employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member
• § 68097.10 — Whenever an employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of t
• § 68097.2 — (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 68097.3 — Whenever a member of the California Highway Patrol is not subject to a subpoena pursuant to Section 1989 of the Code of Civil Procedure, he may nevertheless be required to appear as a witness before a
• § 68097.4 — Any member of the California Highway Patrol who is obliged to appear pursuant to a subpoena issued under the provisions of Section 68097.
• § 68097.5 — No employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State
• § 68097.55 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 68097.
• § 68097.6 — Sections 68097.
• § 68097.7 — Any person who pays or offers to pay any money or other form of consideration for the services of any employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, p
• § 68097.8 — All deposits made pursuant to Sections 68097.
• § 68097.9 — An employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State
• § 68098 — Witness’ fees in criminal cases in superior courts, other than fees for expert witnesses appointed by the court for the court’s needs pursuant to Section 730 of the Evidence Code, are charges against
• § 68100 — When the court is held at a place appointed, pursuant to Section 68115, every person held to appear at the court shall appear at the place so appointed.
• § 68101 — (a) Whenever pursuant to law the state is entitled to receive any portion of any money, forfeited bail or fines received by a judge of any court, that portion shall as soon as practicable after the re
• § 68102 — Whenever an imprisonment has been imposed for a violation of any act, and before the termination of the sentence, the defendant is released by the vacation of the sentence of imprisonment and the impo
• § 68103 — The State Controller shall check the reports and records received by him with the transmittals of such fines and forfeitures.
• § 68104 — The records kept by any judge pursuant to Sections 68101 and 68102 shall be open to public inspection, and may be checked by the State Controller, the Attorney General, or the district attorney of the
• § 68105 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Supreme Court, any court of appeal, or any superior court may appoint as an official phonographic reporter or as an official phonographi
• § 68106 — (a) (1) In making appropriations for the support of the trial courts, the Legislature recognizes the importance of increased revenues from litigants and lawyers, including increased revenues from civi
• § 68106.2 — (a) Any person shall have the right to obtain the following information under Rule 10.
• § 68107 — A court may order a criminal defendant upon whom a fine, forfeiture, or penalty is imposed, to disclose to the court his or her social security number in order to assist in its collection.
• § 68108 — (a) To the extent that a memorandum of understanding for trial court employees designates certain days as unpaid furlough days for employees assigned to regular positions in the superior court, the co
• § 68109 — (a) Every court of this state shall cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify and place a deportation hold on any defendant convicted of a felony who is determ
• § 68110 — Every judge of a court of this state shall, in open court during the presentation of causes before him or her, wear a judicial robe, which the judge shall furnish at his or her own expense.
• § 68111 — (a) Whenever any judge of any court of this state is a witness in an official capacity as judge in any action or proceeding, the judge shall be entitled to be represented at the action or proceeding b
• § 68114.10 — Effective July 1, 2003, there is hereby established in the State Treasury the Judicial Branch Workers’ Compensation Fund for the purpose of funding workers’ compensation claims for judicial branch emp
• § 68114.7 — The coordination, consolidation, merger, or conversion of any court pursuant to this chapter or otherwise shall not of itself cause any reduction in judicial or nonjudicial court employee benefit prog
• § 68114.8 — Notwithstanding Section 69906, in the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, the official court reporters shall be compensated at Step E of the range set forth in the San Bernardino County code for
• § 68115 — (a) When war, an act of terrorism, public unrest or calamity, epidemic, natural disaster, or other substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel or the public, or the danger thereof, t
• § 68116 — Any order of the Chairperson of the Judicial Council pursuant to this chapter shall take effect immediately upon its issuance.
• § 68117 — The Chairman of the Judicial Council may pursuant to this chapter direct the payment of the costs of assigned judges, court facilities and other costs or expenses required by reason of the judicial em
• § 68118 — Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to curtail the right of a defendant in a criminal case to a fair and speedy trial or authorize the trial of such a defendant by jurors drawn from a
• § 68121 — A confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution, is effective when adopted by the commission.
• § 68150 — (a) Trial court records may be created, maintained, and preserved in any form or forms of communication or representation, including paper, optical, electronic, magnetic, micrographic, or photographic
• § 68151 — The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Court record” shall consist of the following: (1) All filed papers and documents in the case folder, but if no case folder is created by the court
• § 68152 — The trial court clerk may destroy court records under Section 68153 after notice of destruction, and if there is no request and order for transfer of the records, except the comprehensive historical a
• § 68153 — (a) Upon order of the presiding judge of the court, court records open to public inspection and not ordered transferred under the procedures in the California Rules of Court, confidential records, and
• § 68200 — The annual salary of the Chief Justice of California is ninety three thousand one hundred forty dollars ($93,140).
• § 68201 — Effective January 1, 1985, the annual salary of each of the following judges is the amount indicated opposite the name of the office: (a) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, eighty-eight thousand
• § 68202 — Effective January 1, 1985, the annual salary of each of the following judges is the amount indicated opposite the name of the office: Judge of the superior court, seventy-two thousand seven hundred si
• § 68203 — (a) On July 1, 1980, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the salary of each justice and judge named in Sections 68200 to 68202, inclusive, and 68203.
• § 68203.1 — (a) Operative January 2, 2002, the salary of the position of Chair of the Judicial Council and the position of a presiding judge of a superior court which has 15 or more judges, and the positions of t
• § 68204 — The justices and judges named in Sections 68200 to 68202, inclusive, shall not be deemed to be state officers for the purposes of Section 11569.
• § 68206.2 — (a) On and after January 1, 1990, the state shall reimburse each small county which is not an option county under the Brown-Presley Trial Court Funding Act (Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 77000)
• § 68206.5 — The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution, agree to participate in a state-prescribed payroll procedure to pay superior court judges solely from a state payroll.
• § 68206.6 — The Controller may agree to participate in a county payroll procedure to pay superior court judges solely from a county payroll.
• § 68207 — For the purpose of this chapter the population of each county of the State is the population determined for the county pursuant to subdivision (a) or, if the provisions of subdivision (b) apply to a c
• § 68210 — No judge of a court of record shall receive his salary unless he shall make and subscribe before an officer entitled to administer oaths, an affidavit stating that no cause before him remains pending
• § 68211 — Each judge of the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal shall receive the same group term life insurance benefit as is granted to other constitutional officers and state managerial employees.
• § 68220 — (a) Judges of a court whose judges received supplemental judicial benefits provided by the county or court, or both, as of July 1, 2008, shall continue to receive supplemental benefits from the county
• § 68221 — To clarify ambiguities and inconsistencies in terms with regard to judges and justices and to ensure uniformity statewide, the following shall apply for purposes of Sections 68220 to 68222, inclusive:
• § 68222 — Nothing in this act shall require the Judicial Council to increase funding to a court for the purpose of paying judicial benefits or obligate the state or the Judicial Council to pay for benefits prev
• § 6850 — The money of account of this State is the dollar, cent, and mill.
• § 68500 — The Judicial Council may appoint and employ during its pleasure such officers, assistants, and other employees as it deems necessary for the performance of the duties and exercise of the powers confer
• § 68500.1 — The Judicial Council may prescribe the methods, means, and standards for electronic collection of data related to court administration, practice, and procedure.
• § 68500.3 — Any reference to the Administrative Office of the Courts in state law means the Judicial Council.
• § 68500.5 — The annual salary of the Administrative Director of the Courts shall be set by the chairperson of the Judicial Council and shall be no less than the salary of a judge of the court of appeal, and shall
• § 68501 — The chairman of the Judicial Council may appoint committees composed of official court reporters, judges, retired judges, attorneys and experts in specialized fields, or any combination thereof, to ad
• § 68502 — The committees may assemble information and make recommendations to the Judicial Council, but shall not exercise any of the powers vested in the council.
• § 68502.5 — (a) The Judicial Council may, as part of its trial court budget process, seek input from groups and individuals as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, advisory committees and the Admi
• § 68502.6 — (a) If the cash balance of the Trial Court Trust Fund is insufficient to support trial court operations during the fiscal year, the Judicial Council may transfer funds from any fund identified in subd
• § 68502.7 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the state in any fiscal year to provide money for trial court costs from any state fund that is in excess of the total amount available for disbur
• § 68503 — Members of committees appointed pursuant to Section 68501 shall receive no compensation from the state for their services.
• § 68503.5 — Whenever provision is made by law for appointment or designation, by the Judicial Council or the chairman thereof, of judges to serve on nonsalaried advisory committees, boards or commissions the prov
• § 68504 — Upon receiving information of the death, removal, or resignation of any justice of the Supreme Court or of the courts of appeal, or a judge of the superior court, the Secretary of the Judicial Council
• § 68505 — The county clerks and clerks of all courts of record shall cooperate with the Judicial Council.
• § 68506 — All salaries and expenses incurred by the council pursuant to this article, including the necessary expenses for travel, board, and lodging of the members of the council and its officers, assistants,
• § 68506.5 — The Judicial Council shall, after receiving comment from the courts, court employee organizations, and other interested groups, adopt fiscally responsible travel reimbursement policies, procedures, an
• § 68507 — The Secretary of the Judicial Council shall purchase and provide for the installation of the flag of the United States and the Bear Flag of California in all the courtrooms of the Supreme Court and th
• § 68508 — No act of the Judicial Council shall be valid unless concurred in by a majority of its members.
• § 68509 — The Judicial Council shall meet at the call of its chairman or as otherwise provided by it.
• § 6851 — This chapter does not vitiate or affect any account, charge, or entry originally made, or any note, bond, or other instrument expressed in any other money of account; but such account, charge, or entr
• § 68510 — No member of the Judicial Council shall receive any compensation for his services as such, but he shall be allowed his necessary expenses for travel, board and lodging incurred in the performance of h
• § 68511 — The Judicial Council may prescribe by rule the form and content of forms used in the courts of this state.
• § 68511.1 — The Judicial Council shall develop a form explaining the nature of a guardianship of a minor, the rights, duties, and obligations of a person serving as guardian of a minor, and information about the
• § 68511.2 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for the photographic, microphotographic, mechanical, or electronic entry, storage, and retrieval of court records
• § 68511.5 — Not later than January 1, 1985, the Judicial Council shall adopt rules of court regulating the selection of appointed counsel, other than the State Public Defender, to handle criminal appeals by indig
• § 68511.6 — The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate rules providing for notice to the public and for public input to decisions concerning administrative and financial functions of a trial court, including, b
• § 68511.7 — (a) Prior to adopting a baseline budget plan for the fiscal year, each trial court shall provide the public notice of, and an opportunity for input on, the trial court’s proposed budget plan, consiste
• § 68511.8 — (a) On or before December 1 of each year until the completion and full implementation of the project, the Judicial Council shall provide an annual status report to the chairperson of the budget commit
• § 68511.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Case Management System, as well as all other administrative and infrastructure information technology projects of the Judicial Council or the courts w
• § 68512 — The Chair of the Judicial Council, with the approval of the Director of Finance, may adjust the salaries of the following judicial officers by the same percent as is granted state employees of compara
• § 68513 — The Judicial Council shall provide for the uniform entry, storage, and retrieval of court data relating to civil cases in superior court other than limited civil cases by means provided for in this se
• § 68514 — (a) Beginning October 1, 2018, and annually on or before December 31 thereafter, the Judicial Council shall report to the Department of Finance, the Legislature, and the Joint Legislative Budget Commi
• § 68515 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 68516 — (a) The Judicial Council is authorized to establish a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, qualified under federal and state law to raise revenues and receive g
• § 68518 — With advice from law enforcement and domestic violence groups, organizations representing the interests of parents, and staff of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, on or before Janu
• § 6852 — All legal tender notes issued by the United States shall be received at par in payment for all taxes due this State, or to any county or municipal corporation of this State.
• § 68520 — (a) On January 1, 2024, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the California Research Bureau shall prepare and publish on its Internet Web site a report containing information regarding the
• § 68525 — (a) The board of supervisors of each county may require each official reporter and official temporary reporter to: (1) Maintain records of transcript production and related income and expenses for ins
• § 68540.7 — Any judge assigned to a court wherein a judge’s compensation is greater than his or her own shall receive while sitting therein the compensation of a judge thereof.
• § 68543 — The extra compensation and expenses for travel, board, and lodging of judges sitting in the Supreme Court and courts of appeal under assignments made by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council shall b