California

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• § 70210 — The Judicial Council shall adopt rules of court not inconsistent with statute for: (a) The orderly conversion of proceedings pending in municipal courts to proceedings in superior courts, and for proc
• § 70211 — When the municipal and superior courts in a county are unified: (a) The judgeships in each municipal court in that county are abolished and the previously selected municipal court judges become judges
• § 70212 — Except as provided by statute to the contrary, in a county in which the municipal and superior courts become unified, the following shall occur automatically in each preexisting municipal and superior
• § 70213 — (a) In a county in which the municipal and superior courts become unified, until revised by the Judicial Council, forms for proceedings within the jurisdiction of municipal courts may be used as if th
• § 70214 — When the municipal and superior courts in a county are unified: (a) Until revised by statute, the total number of authorized court commissioners in the unified superior court shall equal the previousl
• § 70215 — This article and other statutes governing unification of the municipal and superior courts in a county shall prevail over any inconsistent statutes otherwise applicable to the municipal or superior co
• § 70216 — (a) If unification of the municipal and superior courts within a county occurs during an election for the office of municipal court judge, the conduct of the direct primary election and general electi
• § 70217 — On unification of the municipal and superior courts in a county, until adoption of a statewide structure for trial court employees, officers, and other personnel by the Legislature: (a) Notwithstandin
• § 70218 — When the municipal and superior court in a county are unified: (a) Article 3 (commencing with Section 71630) of Chapter 7 of Title 8 shall be fully applicable to the county and the unified superior co
• § 70301 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002.
• § 70303 — (a) The Court Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee is hereby created to hear and determine disputes between a county and the Judicial Council as specified by this chapter.
• § 70311 — (a) Commencing July 1, 1997, and each year thereafter, no county or city and county is responsible to provide funding for “court operations,” as defined in Section 77003 and Rule 10.
• § 70312 — If responsibility for court facilities is transferred from the county to the Judicial Council pursuant to this chapter, the county is relieved of any responsibility under Section 70311 for providing t
• § 70313 — This chapter may not be construed as authorizing a county, a city and county, a court, the Judicial Council, or the state to supply to the official reporters of the courts stenography, stenotype, or o
• § 70321 — (a) The Judicial Council, in consultation with the superior court of each county and the county shall enter into agreements regarding the transfer of responsibility for court facilities from that coun
• § 70322 — Agreements for the transfer of responsibility for court facilities from the county to the Judicial Council may include multiple buildings within the county, and need not require a separate agreement f
• § 70323 — Subject to the provisions of Section 70325 concerning a building subject to a bonded indebtedness, and Section 70329 concerning historic buildings, transfer of responsibility for court facilities shal
• § 70325 — (a) (1) If title to a building proposed to be transferred pursuant to this chapter is subject to a bonded indebtedness, the county shall retain the revenue sources used to pay the bonded indebtedness
• § 70326 — (a) Except as provided in this section, the agreement may not require any payment from the county to the state for any deficiencies in the court facilities being transferred caused by deferred mainten
• § 70327 — (a) Prior to the completion of the negotiations concerning the transfer of responsibility for court facilities in a building, the state shall provide for a licensed structural engineer to inspect and
• § 70328 — If a building receives an unacceptable seismic safety rating under Section 70327, or is rejected as deficient under Section 70326, the county may appeal that action to the Court Facilities Dispute Res
• § 70329 — (a) Title to a historical building containing court facilities may not be transferred to the state without the express consent of the county’s board of supervisors.
• § 70330 — The agreement shall provide for parking spaces for the court of comparable convenience, number, and type, as was made available for court use as of October 1, 2001.
• § 70331 — (a) If there are one or more pending phases of a project involving court facilities and the responsibility for the facility is to be transferred to the Judicial Council, the Judicial Council may, as p
• § 70332 — The Judicial Council, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the trial courts, and the California State Association of Counties, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the coun
• § 70333 — If the Judicial Council and the county fail to reach agreement on any facility, each shall present its position to the Court Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee which shall render its determinatio
• § 70341 — (a) The user rights of the court and the county are based on the proportional allocation of exclusive use facilities within the building for the court and for the county as specified in the agreement,
• § 70342 — (a) If the county holds title to a shared use building and the court wishes to have additional space in the building, if the county agrees to allocate additional space, the county may charge the state
• § 70343 — (a) Notwithstanding the manner of holding title to a shared use building: (1) The rights and responsibilities of the Judicial Council, the court, and the county in a shared use building shall be estab
• § 70344 — (a) The entity holding title to a shared use building, except a third-party lessor, shall not transfer any right to a third party of the part of the building used by the other entity or place further
• § 70351 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide a source of funding for the ongoing operations and maintenance of court facilities by requiring each county to pay to the state
• § 70351.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the California State Association of Counties, the Judicial Council, and the Director of Finance may agree to alternative methods for calculating th
• § 70352 — (a) There is hereby established the Court Facilities Trust Fund.
• § 70353 — (a) Each county shall remit the county facilities payment determined by this article to the Controller, for deposit into the Court Facilities Trust Fund.
• § 70354 — The components of the county facilities payment are based on the actual annual direct and indirect county expenditures on court facilities.
• § 70355 — (a) Except for the value computed under Section 70359, all values listed in this article shall be adjusted from the fiscal year of the expenditure to the month of the effective date of transfer for in
• § 70356 — The following items shall be included in the county facilities payment based on a five-year average of expenditures made by the county for facility operation and maintenance.
• § 70357 — (a) The cost of utilities shall be included in the county facilities payment by calculating the average consumption of utilities for the fiscal years 1995–96 to 1999–2000, inclusive, multiplying the c
• § 70358 — Insurance costs shall be included in the county facilities payment.
• § 70359 — (a) Court facilities rental or leasing, except to the extent included as a court operation in Rule 10.
• § 70360 — Calculation of the county facilities payment may not include any of the following: (a) Purchase of land and buildings.
• § 70361 — The Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the courts, and the California State Association of Counties, in consultation with the counties, shall jointly prepare forms and instructi
• § 70362 — (a) The Department of Finance shall provide the Administrative Office of the Courts with the base inflation index figures specified in Section 70355 for January 1996, January 1997, January 1998, Janua
• § 70363 — Each county shall calculate the county facilities payment for each facility pursuant to Section 70351.
• § 70365 — The parties to any appeal of the determination of the county facilities payment, for purposes of the mailing of documents, are the county administrative officer, on behalf of the county, and the Admin
• § 70366 — (a) Within 30 days after the Administrative Office of the Courts has mailed the county the approved county facilities payment, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 70363, the county may submit a dec
• § 70367 — (a) Within 30 days after the Administrative Director of the Courts has mailed to the county, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 70363, the approved county facilities payment, the Administrative Di
• § 70368 — The county shall initially compute a separate county facilities payment for each building containing court facilities whose responsibility is transferred to the Judicial Council using the proposed dat
• § 70369 — Where mail of notice or any other document is required by this article, any method of mailing equivalent to first-class mail may be used.
• § 70370 — If the amount computed by the county under Section 70368 is increased pursuant to this article, the county shall pay the state the difference relating back to the initial date payment was due under Se
• § 70371 — (a) There is hereby established the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the proceeds of which shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
• § 70371.6 — The Judicial Council is authorized to acquire sites for the replacement of deficient court facilities within the Counties of Butte (New North County Courthouse), Los Angeles (New Southeast Los Angeles
• § 70371.7 — (a) Prior to seeking the State Public Works Board establishment of the scope and cost, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee describing the scope, budget
• § 70371.9 — (a) (1) The Judicial Council shall conduct, or contract with an independent contractor to conduct, a reassessment of those projects identified in its Update to Trial Court Capital-Outlay Plan and Prio
• § 70372 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, there shall be levied a state court construction penalty, in the amount of five dollars ($5) for every ten dollars ($10), or part of ten dollars (
• § 70373 — (a) (1) To ensure and maintain adequate funding for court facilities, an assessment shall be imposed on every conviction for a criminal offense, including a traffic offense, except parking offenses as
• § 70374 — (a) The Judicial Council shall annually recommend to the Governor and the Legislature the amount proposed to be spent for projects paid for with moneys in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund.
• § 70374.2 — Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 70374, in order to ensure that funding is available to support the construction of the new court facility projects approved in the Budget Act of 2007, the Ju
• § 70375 — (a) This article shall take effect on January 1, 2003, and the fund, penalty, and fee assessment established by this article shall become operative on January 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided in
• § 70376 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for courthouse alteration, renovation, and construction be funded by money in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund and additional money as nece
• § 70377 — (a) Amounts required to be transmitted by a county, city and county, or court to the state pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer no later than 45 days after the end of the
• § 70378 — The State Court Facilities Construction Fund shall be invested in the Surplus Money Investment Fund and all interest earned shall be allocated to the State Court Facilities Construction Fund semiannua
• § 70379 — (a) The Court Facilities Architecture Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, and, notwithstanding Section 13340, the fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal ye
• § 70391 — The Judicial Council, as the policymaking body for the judicial branch, shall have the following responsibilities and authorities with regard to court facilities, in addition to any other responsibili
• § 70391.5 — (a) The Judicial Council shall develop performance expectations for court facility proposals, including benchmark criteria for total project life-cycle costs, project cost comparisons to traditional d
• § 70392 — Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall have the following responsibilities and authority in addition to other responsibilities and authority gr
• § 70393 — The county shall have the following authority and responsibilities with regard to court facilities in addition to any other authority or responsibilities established by law: (a) Manage the shared-use
• § 70395 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council deems in the
• § 70396 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council deems in the
• § 70397 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council deems in the
• § 70397.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may sell the property, in a fair market value transaction and upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council
• § 70397.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may sell the property, in a fair market value transaction and upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council
• § 70398 — For purposes of this article, the definitions in Section 13332.
• § 70398.1 — (a) Subject to the provisions of this article and Section 13332.
• § 70398.2 — The Judicial Council shall notify the State Public Works Board regarding the method to be used for selecting the design-build entity, prior to advertising the design-build project.
• § 70398.3 — The procurement process for the design-build process shall progress as follows: (a) (1) The Judicial Council shall prepare a set of documents setting forth the scope and estimated price of the project
• § 70398.4 — (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the project in the form and in the amount required by the Judicial Council, and issued by a California admitted surety.
• § 70398.5 — (a) The Judicial Council, in each design-build request for proposals, may identify specific types of subcontractors that must be included in the design-build entity statement of qualifications and pro
• § 70398.6 — (a) If the Judicial Council elects to award a project pursuant to this article, retention proceeds withheld by the Judicial Council from the design-build entity shall not exceed 5 percent if a perform
• § 70398.7 — This article does not affect, expand, alter, or limit rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
• § 70402 — (a) Any amount in a county’s courthouse construction fund established by Section 76100, a fund established by Section 70622 in the County of Riverside, a fund established by Section 70624 in the Count
• § 70403 — (a) Each county shall submit a report to the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Director of Finance accounting for all receipts and expenditures from the local courthouse construction fund
• § 7050 — With the consent of the city, county, or city and county, as the case may be, an irrevocable offer of dedication of real property for any public purpose, including, but not limited to, streets, highwa
• § 70500 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Central courthouse project” means the project analyzed in the Judicial Council EIR to construct the San Diego Central Courthou
• § 70501 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state owns two contiguous parcels of real property consisting of approximately 2.
• § 70502 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Administrative Director of the Courts is hereby authorized, on behalf of the state, to convey to the County of San Diego fee title to the San Diego property
• § 70503 — The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego is authorized to approve a lease for any or all of the San Diego property and the county property, which actions shall not be subject to Article 8 (
• § 70504 — (a) With respect to the Judicial Council EIR of the central courthouse project, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The County of San Diego’s approval of the acquisition of th
• § 70505 — (a) With respect to the city EIRs of the City of San Diego’s General Plan and the San Diego Downtown Community Plan, which were conducted in compliance with CEQA, the Legislature finds and declares al
• § 70506 — The exemption from CEQA for existing facilities identified in Section 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations shall be deemed to apply to any lease authorized by the Board of Superviso
• § 70507 — The demolition project shall be deemed to be a project that is separate and distinct from the development project.
• § 70508 — Any legal challenge that is brought against the County of San Diego with regard to the demolition project or the development project shall not result in a reconveyance of the San Diego property to the
• § 7060 — (a) No public entity, as defined in Section 811.
• § 7060.1 — Notwithstanding Section 7060, nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (a) Prevents a public entity from enforcing any contract or agreement by which an owner of residential real property ha
• § 7060.2 — If a public entity, by valid exercise of its police power, has in effect any control or system of control on the price at which accommodations may be offered for rent or lease, that entity may, notwit
• § 7060.3 — If a public entity determines to apply constraints pursuant to Section 7060.
• § 7060.4 — (a) Any public entity which, by a valid exercise of its police power, has in effect any control or system of control on the price at which accommodations are offered for rent or lease, may require by
• § 7060.5 — The actions authorized by Sections 7060.
• § 7060.6 — If an owner seeks to displace a tenant or lessee from accommodations withdrawn from rent or lease pursuant to this chapter by an unlawful detainer proceeding, the tenant or lessee may appear and answe
• § 7060.7 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to supersede any holding or portion of any holding in Nash v.
• § 70600 — It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a uniform schedule of filing fees and other civil fees for the superior courts throughout the state.
• § 70601 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a moratorium on increases in filing fees until January 1, 2008.
• § 70602.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, it is the intent of the Legislature to supplement certain first paper filing fees as provided below: (a) A supplemental fee of forty dollars ($40) shall be collected for
• § 70602.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a supplemental fee of forty dollars ($40) shall be collected for filing any first paper subject to the uniform fee that is set at three hundred fifty-five dollars ($
• § 70603 — (a) Except as provided in this section, the fees charged for filings and services under this chapter are intended to be uniform statewide and to be the only allowable fees for those services and filin
• § 7061 — (a) It is the policy of the state of California that lower income individuals residing in neighborhoods and communities experiencing significant displacement pressures and gentrification due to rapid
• § 7061.1 — (a) A local government adopting a tenant preference policy shall do both of the following: (1) No more than 90 days after the date the ordinance becomes operational, create a webpage on its internet w
• § 7061.2 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 70611 — The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a civil action or proceeding in the superior court, other than in a limited civil case, an adoption proceeding, a proceeding under the Probate Code, or a
• § 70612 — (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in the action or proceeding described in Section 70611 on behalf of any defendant, intervenor, respondent, or adverse party, whether separately or jointl
• § 70613 — (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), except as provided in subdivision (b).
• § 70613.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 472 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if a plaintiff or petitioner who previously was charged the filing fee under subdivision (b) of Section 70613 files an amended complaint
• § 70614 — (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case on behalf of any party other than a plaintiff is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), except as provided in subdivision (b).
• § 70615 — The fee for filing any of the following appeals to the superior court is twenty-five dollars ($25): (a) An appeal of a local agency’s decision regarding an administrative fine or penalty under Section
• § 70616 — (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single complex case fee shall be paid to the clerk on behalf of all plaintiffs, whether filing separately or jointly
• § 70616.5 — (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single high-frequency litigant fee shall be paid to the clerk on behalf of a plaintiff who is a high-frequency litig
• § 70617 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), the uniform fee for filing a motion, application, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the first paper, is sixty dollars ($60).
• § 70618 — When the venue in a case is changed, the fee for making up and transmitting the transcript and papers is fifty dollars ($50) and a further sum equal to the uniform fee for filing in the court to which
• § 70619 — The fee for reclassification of a case from a limited civil case to an unlimited civil case under Section 403.
• § 70620 — The fee for a certificate required by courts of appeal or the Supreme Court on filing a notice of motion prior to the filing of the record on appeal in the reviewing court is twenty dollars ($20).
• § 70621 — (a) (1) The fee for filing a notice of appeal to the appellate division of the superior court in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), except as provided in subdivision (b).
• § 70622 — (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, after giving notice and holding a public hearing on th
• § 70624 — (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, after giving notice and holding a public hearing on th
• § 70625 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purpose of assisting the City and County of San Francisco in the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, and financing of courtrooms or of a courtroom bui
• § 70626 — (a) The fee for each of the following services is forty dollars ($40).
• § 70627 — The fees collected under this section shall be distributed to the court in which they were collected.
• § 70628 — For an exemplification of a record or other paper on file, the fee is fifty dollars ($50), in addition to the charges allowed for copying or comparing each page of the record or other paper.
• § 70629 — (a) The clerk of the court shall collect a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) per signature for any document that is required to be authenticated pursuant to court order.
• § 70630 — If the court has made videoconferencing services available, the clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of permitting parties to appear by videoconferencing.
• § 70631 — (a) In the absence of a statute or rule explicitly authorizing or prohibiting a fee by the superior court for a particular service or product, the court may charge a fee not to exceed the cost to the
• § 70632 — The clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee for handling funds held in trust for non-court parties or entities.
• § 70633 — (a) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for service rendered to the petitioner in any adoption proceeding except as provided in Section 103730 of the Health and Safety Code, nor shall any fees be cha
• § 70635 — (a) No fee shall be charged to the petitioner in a proceeding for a change of name that meets the conditions for the exemption under subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure if t
• § 70640 — (a) It is the policy of the state that each court shall endeavor to provide a children’s waiting room in each courthouse for children whose parents or guardians are attending a court hearing as a liti
• § 70650 — (a) The uniform filing fee for the first petition for letters of administration or letters testamentary, or the first petition for special letters of administration with the powers of a general person
• § 70651 — (a) The uniform filing fee for objections or any other paper in opposition to a petition described in subdivision (a) of Section 70650, other than a petition described in subdivision (c) of Section 70
• § 70652 — (a) The uniform filing fee for each petition concerning the internal affairs of a trust under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Probate Code, or a first account
• § 70653 — (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition for appointment of a conservator, a guardian of the estate, or a guardian of the person and estate, pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of t
• § 70654 — (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition for appointment of a guardian of the person only, is two hundred five dollars ($205).
• § 70655 — (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition that commences any of the proceedings under the Probate Code listed in subdivision (c) is three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355).
• § 70656 — (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition requesting an order setting aside a decedent’s estate of small value pursuant to Section 6602 of the Probate Code, if no estate proceeding is pending for the
• § 70657 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the uniform fee for filing a motion or other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the first paper in a proceeding under the Probate Code, other than a pet
• § 70657.5 — (a) The uniform fee for filing the following petitions or applications, and objections or other opposition, is two hundred dollars ($200): (1) Petitions or applications, or opposition, concerning the
• § 70658 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the uniform fee for filing a petition or application, or objections or any other paper in opposition to a petition or application listed in this subdivision,
• § 70658.5 — If a petition or application, or opposition to a petition or application, described in Sections 70650 to 70656, inclusive, or Sections 70657.
• § 70659 — Where the public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator, or an employee of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services is the petitioner in
• § 70660 — (a) The fee for receiving and storing each document transferred to the clerk of the superior court under Section 732 of the Probate Code is twenty dollars ($20).
• § 70661 — The fee for searching a document transferred to the clerk of the superior court under Section 732 of the Probate Code is the same as the fee under subdivision (c) of Section 70627 for searching record
• § 70662 — The filing fee for a request for special notice pursuant to Sections 1250, 2700, and 17204 of the Probate Code is forty dollars ($40).
• § 70663 — The fee for registering a conservatorship under Article 4 (commencing with Section 2011) of Chapter 8 of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Probate Code is thirty dollars ($30).
• § 70670 — (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a proceeding under the Family Code, other than a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership, legal separation, or nullity, is thre
• § 70671 — As used in subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 70670, the term “paper” does not include any of the following: (a) The declaration of a spouse or domestic partner filed in an order to show cause proceedi
• § 70672 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be charged to file a first paper or any subsequent pleading or document on issues relating to parentage or support in a case in which a Title I
• § 70673 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be charged to file a respondent’s appearance, stipulation if any, and waiver of rights in the action under the Service members Civil Relief Act
• § 70674 — (a) Except as provided by Section 6103.
• § 70676 — No fee shall be charged to an indigent petitioner for certified copies of any order issued pursuant to any of the following: (a) Article 2 (commencing with Section 2045), Article 3 (commencing with Se
• § 70677 — (a) The uniform fee for filing any motion, application, order to show cause, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the first paper is sixty dollars ($60).
• § 70678 — In addition to the fee set forth in Section 70677, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the clerk of the court at the time of filing a motion, order to show cause, or other proceeding s
• § 7069 — Notwithstanding the repeal of Chapter 12.
• § 7070 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Governing body” means the elected body that oversees a law enforcement agency or, if there is no elected body that directly ov
• § 7071 — (a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall obtain approval of the governing body, by an ordinance adopting a military equipment use policy at a regular meeting of the governing body held pursuant to the B
• § 7072 — (a) A law enforcement agency that receives approval for a military equipment use policy pursuant to Section 7071 shall submit to the governing body an annual military equipment report for each type of
• § 7073 — (a) A state agency shall create a military equipment use policy prior to engaging in any of the following: (1) Requesting military equipment made available pursuant to Section 2576a of Title 10 of the
• § 7074 — The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring adequate oversight of the acquisition and use of military equipment is a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is use
• § 7075 — Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a county or local municipality from implementing additional requirements and standards related to the purchase, use, and reporting of military equipment by local
• § 71043 — The determination of whether a judicial district or former judicial district has a population above or below 40,000 shall be made on the latest occurring of the following bases: (a) As shown by the la
• § 71094 — Continuous employment in a court superseded by a municipal court, or in a court previously superseded by such superseded court, of the officers and attachés of the superseded court who succeeded to po
• § 7120 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all persons licensed in this state to engage in the practice of dentistry shall be accorded equal professional status and privileges, without regard to the
• § 71265 — All provisions of Sections 26600 to 26604, inclusive, 26607 to 26608.
• § 71266 — Marshals shall charge and collect for their services the fees, expenses, and mileage allowed by law to sheriffs.
• § 71267 — The board of supervisors may establish a revolving fund for the use of the marshal who serves the superior court within the county and is a county officer, pursuant to Sections 29320 to 29331, inclusi
• § 71300 — As used in this article “marshal” or “constable” means the marshal or the constable and any deputy marshal or deputy constable actively employed in the performance of duties as deputy marshal or const
• § 71301 — The purpose of this article is to recognize a public obligation to the marshal and constable, whose duties expose them to more than ordinary risk and this article is designed to provide an additional
• § 71302 — In addition to the compensation and allowances, there shall be allowed to the marshal and constable the right to a pension or retirement annuity in the same manner and amount and under the same terms
• § 71303 — Where a county and township peace officers’ retirement or pension system is established, the marshal and constable shall be included in the system and, for the purpose of carrying out this article and
• § 71304 — In computing the length of service of any person entitled to the benefits of a pension or retirement annuity pursuant to this article, there shall be counted the time such person has served in a simil
• § 71305 — The retirement annuity or pension provided by this article shall be granted to the marshal and constable only if in the county where the superior court is located there is provided a retirement annuit
• § 71380 — The Controller shall establish, supervise, and maintain trial court revenue distribution guidelines, including a program to audit the accuracy of distributions as provided by law, to ensure that all f
• § 71381 — Such system may provide for bank accounts for each municipal court, in which money received by such court may be deposited and disbursed as provided therein, and for such records, reports, and procedu
• § 71382 — Every judge of a superior court, or the clerk of any such court, who willfully fails to keep accounts pursuant to the system or to account for the money paid into and disbursed by the court pursuant t
• § 71384 — The system established pursuant to this article may provide for the deposit of all money collected by superior courts in the county treasury, for disbursement from it, and for the audit of such accoun
• § 71385 — This article shall supersede any conflicting provisions of law existing on September 22, 1951.
• § 71386 — (a) Each superior court shall adopt a written policy, consistent with rules adopted by, or trial court financial policies and procedures authorized by, the Judicial Council under subdivision (a) of Se
• § 7150 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases defined in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 7150.5 — “Agency” means: (a) The Director of Employment Development with respect to a state tax lien created under Section 1703 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
• § 7151 — “Bona fide purchaser” has the same meaning as “protected purchaser” as defined in Section 8303 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7152 — “Buyer in ordinary course of business” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7153 — “Chattel paper” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7154 — “Deposit account” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7155 — “Duly negotiated” has the same meaning as defined in Section 7501 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7156 — “Holder in due course” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3302 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7157 — “Instrument” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7158 — “Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.
• § 7159 — “Purchase money security interest” has the same meaning as defined in Section 9103 of the Commercial Code.
• § 7160 — “Real property” includes any rights in real property.
• § 71600 — This chapter may be cited as the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act.
• § 71601 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Appointment” means the offer to and acceptance by a person of a position in the trial court in accordance with this chapter an
• § 7161 — “Security” has the same meaning as defined in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 71612 — Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the enactment of this act shall not be a cause for the modification or elimination of any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of empl