2005 California Government Code Sections 68070-68114.10 CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 68070-68114.10

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.  These rules
shall not:
   (1) Impose any tax, charge, or penalty upon any legal proceeding,
or for filing any pleading allowed by law.
   (2) Give any allowance to any officer for services.
   (b) The Judicial Council is encouraged to adopt rules to provide
for uniformity in rules and procedures throughout all courts in a
county and statewide.  The subjects on which uniformity should be
sought shall include, but are not limited to, (1) the form of papers,
(2) limitations on the filing of papers, (3) rules relating to law
and motion, and (4) requirements concerning documents to be filed at
or prior to trial.
68070.1.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, counsel
shall have the option of appearing by telephone in any
nonevidentiary law and motion and probate hearings and conferences,
and every superior court shall provide for appearances of counsel in
those hearings and conferences by telephone.
   Counsel shall have the option of appearing by telephone in
nonevidentiary trial setting conferences in superior courts in
counties subject to the Trial Court  Delay Reduction Act of 1986
(Article 5 (commencing with Section 68600) of Chapter 2 of Title 8)
if the superior court has provided that option by local rule or
written local policy.
   The Judicial Council may provide, by rule, for the exclusion of
specified types of hearings or conferences from this subdivision.
   (b) On or before March 1, 1988, the Judicial Council shall
establish a pilot project for teleconferencing in nonevidentiary law
and motion and probate hearings and conferences in the superior
courts in at least 10 counties selected by the Judicial Council.  If
a pilot project court is not subject to the Trial Court  Delay
Reduction Act of 1986, it shall also provide teleconferencing in
nonevidentiary trial setting conferences; and all other pilot project
courts may provide for teleconferencing in nonevidentiary trial
setting conferences by local rule.
   (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt model procedures to guide
superior courts in the development of teleconferencing procedures.
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 merits of the case.
   (b) When a petition for an original writ names a court as a party,
there shall be no communication direct or indirect between any judge
hearing the writ and the judge or judicial officer of the court
named as a party.
   (c) The prohibitions of subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply
to a written communication if at the time the communication is
transmitted all the parties are sent a copy.
68071.  No rule adopted by a superior court shall take effect until
January 1 or July 1, whichever comes first, following the 30th day
after it has been filed with the Judicial Council and the clerk of
the court, and made immediately available for public examination.
The Judicial Council may establish, by rule, a procedure for
exceptions to these effective dates.
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.  If no effective date is fixed, those rules shall
take effect 60 days after their adoption.  Rules adopted by a
superior court shall take effect as provided in Section 68071.
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
contract, agreement, covenant, or other provision in the law.
   (b) Any other furniture, furnishings, or equipment made available
by the county or city and county for use by a court on June 30, 1997,
shall continue to be made available to the court, unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the court and the county or city and county.
   (c) The court shall assume all responsibility for any furniture,
furnishing, and equipment for which title is transferred to the court
or that continues to be made available for use by a court pursuant
to this section, including the fiscal responsibility for any rental
or lease obligation, the repair, maintenance, and replacement of such
furniture, furnishing, and equipment.
68073.5.  In any county having a population of 3,000,000 or more,
the board of supervisors may, with respect to any dining facility, or
garage or other vehicular parking facility, in or adjacent to the
county courthouse and other court buildings in said county, provide
the courts occupying such buildings and the judges, officers of the
court, attaches and jurors quartered therein, with the same
accommodations as to use, access, occupancy and, excepting jurors,
with the same participation in the operational administration
thereof, as are furnished, made available to, or enjoyed by the
departments, officers and employees of the county with respect to
similar facilities in or adjacent to other county buildings.
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.  The Supreme Court may direct its clerk to provide
two duplicates of the seal, each of which shall have the same effect
as the original.
68076.  The seals of the superior courts shall:
   (a) Be circular.
   (b) Be not less than one and one-fourth inches in diameter.
   (c) Have in the center any word, words, or design adopted by the
judges of the superior court.
   (d) Have inscribed around the central words or design "Superior
Court ____, California," inserting the name of the county.
   The seal of any such court, which has been adopted before April 1,
1880 shall be the seal of such court until another is adopted.
68079.  A court for which the necessary seal has not been provided,
or the judges of that court, shall provide it.  The expense shall be
an item of court operations.
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, as defined in Section 82041.5, with
intent to deceive the voters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (b) For purposes of this section, the use of a reproduction or
facsimile of a seal in a manner that creates a misleading, erroneous,
or false impression that the document is authorized by a public
official is evidence of intent to deceive.
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 upon an issue which was not proposed or
briefed by any party to the proceeding, the court shall afford the
parties an opportunity to present their views on the matter through
supplemental briefing.  If the court fails to afford that
opportunity, a rehearing shall be ordered upon timely petition of any
party.
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 state or act as attorney, agent, or solicitor in the
prosecution of any claim or application for lands, pensions, patent
rights, or other proceedings before any department of the state or
general government or courts of the United States.  As used in this
section, the practice of law includes being in partnership or sharing
fees, commissions, or expenses in the practice of law with any
person acting as an attorney in this state.
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
money is to be paid to the court to be held in trust pursuant to any
provision of this title or the Code of Civil Procedure, that money
shall be deposited as soon as practicable after the receipt thereof
with the treasurer and a duplicate receipt of the treasurer for it
shall be filed with the auditor. The certificate of the auditor that
a duplicate receipt has been filed is necessary before the clerk,
judge, or party required to deposit the money is entitled to a
discharge of the obligation imposed upon the clerk, judge, or party
to make the deposit.
   (b) If any money so deposited or paid is to be withdrawn or paid
out, the order directing the payment or withdrawal shall require the
auditor to draw a warrant for it and the treasurer to pay it.
   (c) This section does not apply to the following:
   (1) Money collected under Chapter 5.8 (commencing with Section
70600) on or after January 1, 2006.
   (2) Fees and fines to which Section 68085.1 applies.
   (3) Money deposited or held in a bank account established by the
Judicial Council under subdivision (a) of Section 77009.
   (d) This section shall apply to money held in a court trust
account in a county treasury on or after January 1, 2006. Commencing
January 1, 2006, the Judicial Council may require that money held in
a court trust account in a county treasury be deposited into an
independent court bank account established under subdivision (a) of
Section 77009.
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, in a court bank account or in a court trust account in
a county treasury, that remains unclaimed for three years shall
become the property of the superior court if, after published notice
pursuant to this section, the money is not claimed or no verified
complaint is filed and served.
   (b) At any time after the expiration of the three-year period
specified in subdivision (a), the executive officer of the superior
court may cause a notice to be published once a week for two
successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in
the county in which the court is located. The notice shall state the
amount of money, the fund in which it is held, and that it is
proposed that the money will become the property of the court on a
designated date not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days after the
first publication of the notice.
   (c) Before or after publication, a party of interest may file a
claim with the court executive officer that shall include the
claimant's name, address, amount of claim, the grounds on which the
claim is founded, and any other information that may be required by
the court executive officer. The claim shall be filed before the
designated date on which unclaimed money becomes the property of the
court as provided under subdivision (b), and the executive officer
shall accept or reject that claim.
   (d) If the superior court executive officer rejects the claim, or
takes no action on the claim within 30 days after it is filed, the
party that submitted the claim may file a verified complaint seeking
to recover all, or a specified part, of the money in the court in the
county in which the notice is published. The copy of the complaint
and summons shall be served on the court executive officer. The court
executive officer shall withhold the release of the portion of
unclaimed money for which a court action has been filed as provided
in this section until the court renders a decision or the claim is
settled.
   (e) Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the court executive
officer may release the unclaimed money to the depositor of the
unclaimed money, or the depositor's heir, beneficiary, or duly
appointed representative, if the depositor or the depositor's heir,
beneficiary, or duly appointed representative claims the money before
the date that the money becomes the property of the superior court,
upon submitting proof satisfactory to the court executive officer.
   (f) If no claim is filed under subdivision (c) and the time for
filing claims has expired, the money shall become the property of the
court. If a claim or claims are filed with respect to a portion of
the money, but not the remainder of the money, and the time for
filing claims under subdivision (c) has expired, the remainder of the
money shall become the property of the court.
   (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
presiding judge may direct the transfer of any individual deposit of
twenty dollars ($20) or less, or any amount if the name of the
original depositor is unknown, that remains unclaimed for one year to
the Trial Court Operations Fund without the need for publication of
notice.
   (h) The court executive officer may delegate the responsibilities
provided in this section to appropriate superior court staff.
   (i) When any money deposited and held under this section becomes
the property of a superior court, the presiding judge shall transfer
it to the Trial Court Operations Fund.
68085.  (a) (1) There is hereby established the Trial Court Trust
Fund, the proceeds of which shall be apportioned at least quarterly
for the purpose of funding trial court operations, as defined in
Section 77003.  Apportionment payments may not exceed 30 percent of
the total annual apportionment to the Trial Court Trust Fund for
state trial court funding in any 90-day period.
   (2) The apportionment payments shall be made by the Controller.
The final payment from the Trial Court Trust Fund for each fiscal
year shall be made on or before August 31 of the subsequent fiscal
year.
   (3) If apportionment payments are made on a quarterly basis, the
payments shall be on July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15.
In addition to quarterly payments, a final payment from the Trial
Court Trust Fund for each fiscal year may be made on or before August
31 of the subsequent fiscal year.
   (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to
promote statewide efficiency, the Judicial Council may authorize the
direct payment or reimbursement or both of actual costs from the
Trial Court Trust Fund or the Trial Court Improvement Fund to fund
administrative infrastructure within the Administrative Office of the
Courts, such as legal services, financial services, information
systems services, human resource services, and support services, for
one or more participating courts upon appropriation of funding for
these purposes in the annual Budget Act. The amount of appropriations
from the Trial Court Improvement Fund under this subdivision may not
exceed 20 percent of the amount deposited in the Trial Court
Improvement Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 77205. Upon
prior written approval of the Director of Finance, the Judicial
Council may also authorize an increase in any reimbursements or
direct payments in excess of the amount appropriated in the annual
Budget Act. For any increases in reimbursements or direct payments
within the fiscal year that exceed two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000), the Director of Finance shall provide notification in
writing of any approval granted under this section, not less than 30
days prior to the effective date of that approval, to the chairperson
of the committee in each house of the Legislature that considers
appropriations, the chairpersons of the committees and the
appropriate subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that
consider the annual Budget Act, and the Chairperson of the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time
the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or his or
her designee, may in each instance, determine. The direct payment or
reimbursement of costs from the Trial Court Trust Fund may be
supported by the reduction of a participating court's allocation from
the Trial Court Trust Fund to the extent that the court's
expenditures for the program are reduced and the court is supported
by the program. The Judicial Council shall provide the affected trial
courts with quarterly reports on expenditures from the Trial Court
Trust Fund incurred as authorized by this subdivision. The Judicial
Council shall establish procedures to provide for the administration
of this paragraph in a way that promotes the effective, efficient,
reliable, and accountable operation of the trial courts.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fees listed in
subdivision (c) shall all be deposited upon collection in a special
account in the county treasury, and transmitted monthly to the
Controller for deposit in the Trial Court Trust Fund.
   (c) (1) Except as specified in subdivision (d), this section
applies to all fees collected on or before December 31, 2005,
pursuant to Sections 631.3, 116.230, and 403.060 of the Code of Civil
Procedure and Sections 26820.4, 26823, 26826, 26826.01, 26827,
26827.4, 26830, 26832.1, 26833.1, 26835.1, 26836.1, 26837.1, 26838,
26850.1, 26851.1, 26852.1, 26853.1, 26855.4, 26862, 68086, 72055,
72056, 72056.01, and 72060.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as
specified in subdivision (d) of this section and subdivision (a) of
Section 68085.7, this section applies to all fees and fines collected
on or before December 31, 2005, pursuant to Sections 116.390,
116.570, 116.760, 116.860, 177.5, 491.150, 704.750, 708.160, 724.100,
1134, 1161.2, and 1218 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Sections
26824, 26828, 26829, 26834, and 72059 of the Government Code, and
subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 166 and Section 1214.1 of the
Penal Code.
   (3) If any of the fees provided for in this subdivision are
partially waived by court order, and the fee is to be divided between
the Trial Court Trust Fund and any other fund, the amount of the
partial waiver shall be deducted from the amount to be distributed to
each fund in the same proportion as the amount of each distribution
bears to the total amount of the fee.
   (d) This section does not apply to that portion of a filing fee
collected pursuant to Section 26820.4, 26826, 26827, 72055, or 72056
that is allocated for dispute resolution pursuant to Section 470.3 of
the Business and Professions Code, the county law library pursuant
to Section 6320 of the Business and Professions Code, the Judges'
Retirement Fund pursuant to Section 26822.3, automated recordkeeping
or conversion to micrographics pursuant to Sections 26863 and
68090.7, and courthouse financing pursuant to Section 76238. This
section also does not apply to fees collected pursuant to
subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 27361.
   (e) This section applies to all payments required to be made to
the State Treasury by any county or city and county pursuant to
Section 77201, 77201.1, or 77205.
   (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency may take
action to change the amounts allocated to any of the funds described
in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d).
   (g)  The Judicial Council shall reimburse the Controller for the
actual administrative costs that will be incurred under this section.
Costs reimbursed under this section shall be determined on an annual
basis in consultation with the Judicial Council.
   (h) Any amounts required to be transmitted by a county or city and
county to the state pursuant to this section shall be remitted to
the Controller no later than 45 days after the end of the month in
which the fees were collected.  This remittance shall be accompanied
by a remittance advice identifying the collection month and the
appropriate account in the Trial Court Trust Fund to which it is to
be deposited. Any remittance that is not made by the county or city
and county in accordance with this section shall be considered
delinquent, and subject to the penalties specified in this section.
   (i) Upon receipt of any delinquent payment required pursuant to
this section, the Controller shall calculate a penalty on any
delinquent payment by multiplying the amount of the delinquent
payment at a daily rate equivalent to 1 1/2 percent per month for the
number of days the payment is delinquent. Notwithstanding Section
77009, any penalty on a delinquent payment that a court is required
to reimburse to a county's general fund pursuant to this section and
Section 24353 shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund for
that court.
   (j) Penalty amounts calculated pursuant to subdivision (i) shall
be paid by the county to the Trial Court Trust Fund no later than 45
days after the end of the month in which the penalty was calculated.
   (k) The Trial Court Trust Fund shall be invested in the Surplus
Money Investment Fund and all interest earned shall be allocated to
the Trial Court Trust Fund quarterly and shall be allocated among the
courts in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (a). The
specific allocations shall be specified by the Judicial Council.
   (l) It is the intent of the Legislature that the revenues required
to be deposited into the Trial Court Trust Fund be remitted as soon
after collection by the courts as possible.
   (m) Except for subdivisions (a) and (k), this section does not
apply to fees and fines that are listed in subdivision (a) of Section
68085.1 that are collected on or after January 1, 2006.
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 177.5, 209, 403.060, 491.150, 631.3, 683.150,
704.750, 708.160, 724.100, 1134, 1161.2, and 1218 of, subdivision (g)
of Section 411.20 and subdivisions (c) and (g) of Section 411.21 of,
and Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 116.110) of Title 1 of Part
1 of, the Code of Civil Procedure.
   (2) Section 31622 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
   (3) Sections 68086 and 68086.1, subdivision (d) of Section
68511.3, Sections 68926.1 and 69953.5, and Chapter 5.8 (commencing
with Section 70600).
   (4) Section 103470 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (5) Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 166 and Section 1214.1 of
the Penal Code.
   (6) Sections 1835, 1851.5, 2343, 7660, and 13201 of the Probate
Code.
   (7) Sections 14607.6, 16373, and 40230 of the Vehicle Code.
   (8) Section 71386 of this code and Section 1513.1 of the Probate
Code, if the reimbursement is for expenses incurred by the court.
   (b) On and after January 1, 2006, each superior court shall
deposit all fees and fines listed in subdivision (a), as soon as
practicable after collection and on a regular basis, into a bank
account established for this purpose by the Administrative Office of
the Courts. Upon direction of the Administrative Office of the
Courts, the county shall deposit civil assessments under Section
1214.1 of the Penal Code and any other money it collects under the
sections listed in subdivision (a) as soon as practicable after
collection and on a regular basis into the bank account established
for this purpose and specified by the Administrative Office of the
Courts. The deposits shall be made as required by rules adopted by,
and financial policies and procedures authorized by, the Judicial
Council under subdivision (a) of Section 77206. Within 15 days after
the end of the month in which the fees and fines are collected, each
court, and each county that collects any fines or fees under
subdivision (a), shall provide the Administrative Office of the
Courts with a report of the fees by categories as specified by the
Administrative Office of the Courts.  The fees and fines listed in
subdivision (a) shall be distributed as provided in this section.
   (c) (1) Within 45 calendar days after the end of the month in
which the fees and fines listed in subdivision (a) are collected, the
Administrative Office of the Courts shall make the following
distributions:
   (A) To the small claims advisory services, as described in
subdivision (f) of Section 116.230 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
   (B) To dispute resolution programs, as described in subdivision
(b) of Section 68085.3 and subdivision (b) of Section 68085.4.
   (C) To the county law library funds, as described in Sections
116.230 and 116.760 of the Code of Civil Procedure, subdivision (b)
of Section 68085.3, subdivision (b) of Section 68085.4, and Section
70621 of this code, and Section 14607.6 of the Vehicle Code.
   (D) To the courthouse construction funds in the Counties of
Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Francisco, as described in
Sections 70622, 70624, and 70625.
   (2) If any distribution under this subdivision is delinquent, the
Administrative Office of the Courts shall add a penalty to the
distribution as specified in subdivision (i).
   (d) Within 45 calendar days after the end of the month in which
the fees and fines listed in subdivision (a) are collected, the
amounts remaining after the distributions in subdivision (c) shall be
transmitted to the State Treasury for deposit in the Trial Court
Trust Fund and other funds as required by law. This remittance shall
be accompanied by a remittance advice identifying the collection
month and the appropriate account in the Trial Court Trust Fund or
other fund to which it is to be deposited. Upon the receipt of any
delinquent payment required under this subdivision, the Controller
shall calculate a penalty as provided under subdivision (i).
   (e) From the money transmitted to the State Treasury under
subdivision (d), the Controller shall make deposits as follows:
   (1) Into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, and the Equal Access Fund, as described in
subdivision (c) of Section 68085.3 and subdivision (c) of Section
68085.4.
   (2) Into the Health Statistics Special Fund, as described in
subdivision (b) of Section 70670 of this code and Section 103730 of
the Health and Safety Code.
   (3) Into the Family Law Trust Fund, as described in Section 70674.
   (4) The remainder of the money shall be deposited into the Trial
Court Trust Fund.
   (f) The amounts collected by each superior court under Section
116.232, subdivision (g) of Section 411.20, and subdivision (g) of
Section 411.21 of the Code of Civil Procedure, subdivision (d) of
Section 68511.3 and Sections 68926.1, 69953.5, 70627, 70631, 70640,
70661, 70678, and 71386 of this code, and Sections 1513.1, 1835,
1851.5, and 2343 of the Probate Code, shall be added to the monthly
apportionment for that court under subdivision (a) of Section 68085.
   (g) If any of the fees provided in subdivision (a) are partially
waived by court order or otherwise reduced, and the fee is to be
divided between the Trial Court Trust Fund and any other fund or
account, the amount of the reduction shall be deducted from the
amount to be distributed to each fund in the same proportion as the
amount of each distribution bears to the total amount of the fee. If
the fee is paid by installment payments, the amount distributed to
each fund or account from each installment shall bear the same
proportion to the installment payment as the full distribution to
that fund or account does to the full fee.
   (h) Except as provided in Sections 470.5 and 6322.1 of the
Business and Professions Code, and Sections 70622, 70624, and 70625
of this code, no agency may take action to change the amounts
allocated to any of the funds described in subdivision (c), (d), or
(e).
   (i) The amount of the penalty on any delinquent payment under
subdivision (c) or (d) shall be calculated by multiplying the amount
of the delinquent payment at a daily rate equivalent to 11/2 percent
per month for the number of days the payment is delinquent. The
penalty shall be paid from the Trial Court Trust Fund.
   (j) If a delinquent payment under subdivision (c) or (d) results
from a delinquency by a superior court under subdivision (b), the
court shall reimburse the Trial Court Trust Fund for the amount of
the penalty. Notwithstanding Section 77009, any penalty on a
delinquent payment that a court is required to reimburse pursuant to
this section shall be paid from the court operations fund for that
court. The penalty shall be paid by the court to the Trial Court
Trust Fund no later than 45 days after the end of the month in which
the penalty was calculated. If the penalty is not paid within the
specified time, the Administrative Office of the Courts may reduce
the amount of a subsequent monthly allocation to the court by the
amount of the penalty on the delinquent payment.
68085.2.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 77201.1, commencing with the
2005-06 fiscal year, the amount of each county's annual remittance to
the Trial Court Trust Fund under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
Section 77201.1 shall be reduced by the amount determined under this
section. In the 2005-06 fiscal year, the remittance shall be reduced
by one-half the amount determined in subdivision (b). In the 2006-07
fiscal year and thereafter, the remittance shall be reduced in each
fiscal year by the full amount determined in subdivision (b).
   (b) The amount of the reduction under this section for each county
shall be the actual receipts into the county general fund for
retention by the county for civil fees under Sections 26823, 26827.4,
26830, 26832, 26832.1, 26833.1, 26835.1, 26836.1, 26837.1, 26838,
26850.1, 26851.1, 26852.1, 26853.1, 26855.4, and 72060 of this code
and Section 116.230 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2004. This reduction is intended to compensate
the counties for the loss of the revenue, as measured by receipts for
the 2003-04 fiscal year, that was allocated to them from these fees
by statute before January 1, 2006.
   (c) In each county, the superior court and the county shall
exchange relevant information to determine the amount of reduction
they believe is correct under subdivision (b) and jointly report it
to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and the
Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) on or before January 1,
2006. If the superior court and the county do not agree on the
amount, the superior court and the county shall each report the
amount it believes is correct to the CSAC and the AOC on or before
January 1, 2006.
   (d) The AOC and the CSAC shall agree on the amount of the
reduction for each county on or before January 1, 2006.  If a court
or county disagrees with the amount agreed to by the AOC and the CSAC
for that county, the court or county may appeal to the AOC and the
CSAC for an adjustment. The CSAC and the AOC shall determine whether
to make any requested adjustment.
   (e) If the CSAC and the AOC do not agree on the amount of the
reduction for a county, they may request a mutually agreed-upon third
party to arbitrate and determine the amount. The amount shall be
determined by March 1, 2006.
68085.3.  (a) Fees collected under Sections 70611, 70612, 70650,
70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, and 70670 shall be deposited in a bank
account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts for
deposit of fees collected by the courts.
   (b) For each three hundred twenty dollar ($320) fee listed in
subdivision (a), and each fee listed in paragraphs (2) to (9),
inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 70650, the Administrative
Office of the Courts shall distribute specified amounts in each
county as follows:
   (1) To the county law library fund, the amount described in
Sections 6321 and 6322.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
   (2) To the account to support dispute resolution programs, the
amount described in Section 470.5 of the Business and Professions
Code.
   (c) The remainder of the fees in subdivision (a) shall be
transmitted monthly to the Treasurer for deposit. For each three
hundred twenty dollar ($320) fee listed in subdivision (a), and each
fee listed in paragraphs (2) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of
Section 70650, the Controller shall make deposits as follows:
   (1) To the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as provided
in Article 6 (commencing with Section 70371) of Chapter 5.7,
thirty-five dollars ($35).
   (2) To the Judges' Retirement Fund, as established in Section
75100, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
   (3) To the Trial Court Trust Fund for use as part of the Equal
Access Fund program administered by the Judicial Council, four
dollars and eighty cents ($4.80).
   (4) To the Trial Court Trust Fund, as provided in Section 68085.1,
the remainder of the fee.
   (d) If any of the fees listed in subdivision (a) are reduced or
partially waived, the amount of the reduction or partial waiver shall
be deducted from the amount to be distributed to each fund or
account in the same proportion as the amount of each distribution
bears to the total amount of the fee.
   (e) As used in this section, "law library fund" includes a law
library account described in Section 6320 of the Business and
Professions Code.
68085.4.  (a) Fees collected under Sections 70613, 70614, 70654,
70656, and 70658 of this code, Section 103470 of the Health and
Safety Code, and Section 7660 of the Probate Code, shall be deposited
in a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the
Courts for deposit of fees collected by the courts.
   (b) For each three hundred-dollar ($300) fee and each one hundred
eighty-dollar ($180) fee listed in subdivision (a), the
Administrative Office of the Courts shall distribute specified
amounts in each county as follows:
   (1) To the county law library fund, the amount described in
Sections 6321 and 6322.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
   (2) To the account to support dispute resolution programs, the
amount described in Section 470.5 of the Business and Professions
Code.
   (c) The remainder of the fees in subdivision (a) shall be
transmitted monthly to the Treasurer for deposit. For each three
hundred-dollar ($300) fee and each one hundred eighty-dollar ($180)
fee listed in subdivision (a), the Controller shall make deposits as
follows:
   (1) To the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as provided
in Article 6 (commencing with Section 70371) of Chapter 5.7,
twenty-five dollars ($25) if the fee is three hundred dollars ($300),
and twenty dollars ($20) if the fee is one hundred eighty dollars
($180).
   (2) To the Judges' Retirement Fund, as established in Section
75100, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
   (3) To the Trial Court Trust Fund for use as part of the Equal
Access Fund program administered by the Judicial Council, four
dollars and eighty cents ($4.80).
   (4) To the Trial Court Trust Fund, as provided in Section 68085.1,
the remainder of the fee.
   (d) If any of the fees listed in subdivision (a) are reduced or
partially waived, the amount of the reduction or partial waiver shall
be deducted from the amount to be distributed to each fund or
account in the same proportion as the amount of each distribution
bears to the total amount of the fee.
   (e) As used in this section, "law library fund" includes a law
library account described in Section 6320 of the Business and
Professions Code.
68085.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except
subdivision (h) and Section 68085.6, the fees and fines collected
pursuant to Sections 116.390, 116.570, 116.760, 116.860, 491.150,
704.750, 708.160, 724.100, 1134, and 1161.2 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, Sections 26824, 26828, 26829, 26834, and 72059 of the
Government Code, and Section 1835 of the Probate Code, that are not
part of a local revenue sharing agreement or practice shall be
deposited in a special account in the county treasury and transmitted
therefrom monthly to the Controller for deposit in the Trial Court
Trust Fund.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subdivision
(h) and Section 68085.6, the fees and fines collected pursuant to
Sections 26827.6, 26827.7, 26840.1, 26847, 26854, 26855.1, 26855.2,
26859, 27293, 71386, and 72061 of the Government Code, Section 103470
of the Health and Safety Code, Sections 1203.4 and 1203.45 of the
Penal Code, Sections 2343, 7660, and 13201 of the Probate Code, and
Section 14607.6 of the Vehicle Code, that are not subject to a local
revenue sharing agreement or practice, shall be deposited in a
special account in the county treasury.
   (c) However, if a superior court incurs the cost or provides the
services specified in subdivision (b), the fees and fines collected
shall be transmitted from the special account in the county treasury
monthly to the Controller for deposit in the Trial Court Trust Fund.
   (d) (1) Until July 1, 2005, each superior court and each county
shall maintain the distribution of revenue from the fees specified in
subdivisions (a) and (b) that is in effect pursuant to an agreement
or practice that is in place at the time this section takes effect.
   (2) In order to ensure that expenditures from revenue sharing
agreements are consistent with Judicial Council fiscal and budgetary
policy, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall review and
approve all distribution of revenue agreements that are negotiated
after the effective date of this section. If approval of an agreement
negotiated after the effective date of this section is not granted,
the director shall advise the court and county of the reasons for not
granting approval and suggest modifications that will make the
agreement consistent with the Judicial Council fiscal and budgetary
policies.
   (e) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the California
State Association of Counties shall jointly determine and administer
on or after January 1, 2004, and on or after January 1, 2005, all of
the following:
   (1) The amount of revenue that was deposited in the Trial Court
Trust Fund pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) during the calendar
year that just ended.
   (2) The difference between the amount specified in subdivision (c)
and thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000).
   (3) A county-by-county transfer of the amount specified in
paragraph (2) to the Trial Court Trust Fund in two equal
installments, on February 15 and May 15, in each fiscal year.
   (4) Any payment to correct for an overpayment or underpayment made
for the 2003-04 fiscal year, shall be paid to the appropriate party
on or before September 15, 2004. Any payment to correct for an
overpayment or underpayment made for the 2004-05 fiscal year, shall
be paid to the appropriate party on or before November 15, 2005.
   (5) The sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) may
not exceed thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000), and shall be
deposited in the Trial Court Trust Fund.
   (6) Counties that have not paid amounts billed under this section
for the 2003-04 or 2004-05 fiscal year shall pay the amounts still
owing to the Trial Court Trust Fund on or before September 1, 2005.
If payment is not received on or before September 1, 2005, it shall
be considered delinquent and subject to the penalties set forth in
Section 68085.
   (7) Penalty amounts calculated under paragraph (6) shall be paid
by the county or the city and county to the Trial Court Trust Fund no
later than 45 days after the end of the month in which the penalty
was calculated.
   (f) Each superior court and each county shall provide detailed
quarterly reports of the revenues generated by the fees and fines
specified in subdivisions (a) and (b), Sections 177.5 and 1218 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, and Sections 166 and 1214.1 of the Penal
Code. The reports shall include the total amount collected and
retained by the court or county and the existing distribution of
those fees.
   (g) No other transfers of the fees and fines specified in
subdivisions (a) and (b), Sections 177.5 and 1218 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, and Sections 166 and 1214.1 of the Penal Code shall
take effect prior to July 1, 2005.
   (h) This section does not apply to fees and fines specified in
subdivisions (a), (b), and (f) that are collected on or after July 1,
2005.
   (i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter or make void
the shift of responsibility for court funding from the counties to
the state.
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 the Trial Court Trust Fund under Section 68085.5 shall
expire. The counties thereafter shall be obligated to remit to the
Trial Court Trust Fund the following amounts:
   (1) In the 2005-06 fiscal year, twenty million dollars
($20,000,000).
   (2) In the 2006-07 fiscal year, fifteen million dollars
($15,000,000).
   (3) In the 2007-08 fiscal year, ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
   (4) In the 2008-09 fiscal year, five million dollars ($5,000,000).
   (5) In the 2009-10 fiscal year and thereafter, the obligation
shall expire.
   (b) If the amounts remitted annually to the Trial Court Trust
Fund, pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, and the amendments
made to Section 68085.5 of the Government Code and Section 1214.1 of
the Penal Code by the act that added this section, are less than the
differences between thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000) and the
amounts specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of
subdivision (a), no additional state funds shall be appropriated to
the courts to mitigate these revenue shortfalls.
   (c) In the 2005-06 fiscal year, the amount described in paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) shall be remitted to the Trial Court Trust
Fund in two equal installments on February 15, 2006, and May 15,
2006. In each subsequent fiscal year, the amount described in
subdivision (a) shall be remitted to the Trial Court Trust Fund in
four equal installments, due on October 1, January 1, April 1, and
May 1. Each county shall pay the installments from all available
resources, including the county's general fund.
   (d) Any payment to correct for an overpayment or underpayment made
in any fiscal year shall be paid to the appropriate party on or
before November 15 of the subsequent fiscal year.
   (e) All moneys required to be paid to the Trial Court Trust Fund
under this section shall be considered delinquent if not paid by the
dates specified in this section, and shall be subject to the
penalties set forth in Section 68085.
   (f) Penalty amounts calculated under subdivision (e) shall be paid
by the county or the city and county to the Trial Court Trust Fund
no later than 45 days after the end of the month in which the penalty
was calculated.
   (g) The portion of the amount in subdivision (a) to be paid by
each county shall be determined by the Administrative Office of the
Courts (AOC) and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
with the following conditions:
   (1) Any county that did not receive a reduction of county
remittances for support of trial courts to compensate for loss of
civil assessment revenue under Section 68085.7 shall not be required
to make any payments under this section.
   (2) No county's payment in any year, commencing in the 2005-06
fiscal year, shall be greater than 90 percent of the annual payment
that county was required to pay toward the thirty-one million dollars
($31,000,000) in subdivision (e) of Section 68085.5 as it read on
January 1, 2004.
   (3) The AOC and the CSAC shall determine the portion of the
amounts in subdivision (a) to be paid by each county on or before
October 31, 2005. If the AOC and the CSAC do not agree on the
portions, they may request a mutually agreed-upon third party to
arbitrate and determine the portion for each county. The portions
shall be determined on or before December 31, 2005.
   (h) On or before June 30, 2006, the AOC and the CSAC shall agree
upon a methodology to determine whether the growth in revenue to the
Trial Court Trust Fund created by the transfer of revenues under this
section and Section 68085.7 has significantly exceeded projected
levels so that a reduction in the counties' obligation under
paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) should be recommended to the
Legislature.
   (i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter or make void
the shift of responsibility for court funding from the counties to
the state.
68085.7.  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Section 68085.5 does not apply to the following fees and fines
collected on or after July 1, 2005: any fees and fines specified in
subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 68085.5, Section 177.5 or 1218 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, or Section 166 or 1214.1 of the Penal
Code.  Commencing July 1, 2005, these fees and fines shall be
distributed as provided by Section 68085, except that the fees listed
in subdivision (b) of Section 68085.5 and the fee in Section 1835 of
the Probate Code shall be distributed to the court or the county,
whichever provided the services for which the fee is charged or
incurred the costs reimbursed by the fee.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until January 1,
2006, upon direction of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the
court and the county shall deposit the money each collects under the
sections listed in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 68085
as soon as practicable after collection and on a regular basis into a
bank account established for this purpose and specified by the
Administrative Office of the Courts. The deposits shall be made as
required by rules adopted by and financial policies and procedures
authorized by the Judicial Council under subdivision (a) of Section
77206 of the Government Code. Within 15 days after the end of the
month in which the money is collected, the court and the county each
shall provide the Administrative Office of the Courts with a report
of the money it collects, as specified by the Administrative Office
of the Courts. The money shall be transmitted to the State Controller
for deposit in the Trial Court Trust Fund by the Administrative
Office of the Courts.
   (3) Commencing January 1, 2006, the fees and fines listed in
Section 68085.5 shall be distributed as provided by Section 68085.1,
or if no provision is made in Section 68085.1, as specified in the
section that provides for the fee or fine. The fees in Sections
26840.1, 26847, 26854, 26855.1, 26855.2, and 27293 shall be
distributed to the county.
   (b) Commencing July 1, 2005, in each fiscal year, the amount of
each county's annual remittance to the state Trial Court Trust Fund
under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 77201.1 shall be
reduced by the amount that the county received from civil assessments
under Section 1214.1 of the Penal Code, after deducting the cost of
collecting those civil assessments as defined in subdivision (f), in
the 2003-04 fiscal year. The reduction provided by this subdivision
for the 2005-06 fiscal year shall apply only to a county that
transmits to the Trial Court Trust Fund any money received by the
county between July 1, 2005, and the effective date of this section
that would have been transmitted to the Trial Court Trust Fund
pursuant to subdivision (a), and the amendments to Section 68085 of
this code and Section 1214.1 of the Penal Code, if this section had
been effective on July 1, 2005.
   (c) The amount of the reduction under this section for each county
shall be determined by agreement between the Administrative Office
of the Courts (AOC) and the California State Association of Counties
(CSAC). Each county and each superior court shall exchange relevant
factual information to determine and jointly report to the AOC and
the CSAC the total amount the county received from civil assessments
for the 2003-04 fiscal year, both gross and net after costs, on or
before August 31, 2005. If the court and the county do not agree on
the amount, the court and the county shall each report the amount
each believes is correct to the AOC and the CSAC on or before August
31, 2005.
   (d) The AOC and the CSAC shall agree on the amount of the
reduction for each county under this section on or before October 31,
2005. If a court or county disagrees with the amount agreed to by
the AOC and the CSAC for that county, the court or county may appeal
to the AOC and the CSAC for an adjustment. The AOC and the CSAC shall
determine whether to make any requested adjustment.
   (e) If the AOC and the CSAC do not agree on the amount of the
reduction for a county, they may request a mutually agreed-upon third
party to arbitrate and determine the amount. The amount shall be
determined on or before December 31, 2005.
   (f) Guidelines of the Controller shall apply to the determination
of revenues from civil assessments under Section 1214.1 of the Penal
Code. The costs of collecting civil assessments applied in
determining net civil assessments are only those costs used to
collect those civil assessments.
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 counties and courts of the changes in revenue
distributions and payment obligations under Sections 68085.6, and
68085.7 for the purpose of correcting inequities that may result from
these changes. The AOC and CSAC shall work with counties and courts
to develop and implement procedures to correct inequities resulting
from either the implementation of these changes or any changes in the
provision of services or benefits under any of the following
circumstances:
   (1) Institution of new civil assessment programs after the 2003-04
fiscal year.
   (2) Substantial impacts on memoranda of understanding or other
agreements that are existing or pending as of June 10, 2005, or
practices in effect at that time, which agreements and practices
contemplate the use of revenues transferred under the act that added
this section.
   (3) The demonstration by clear evidence that the information used
as the basis for determining a reduction under Section 68085.7, or
for determining a county's obligation under Section 68085.6, results
in an inequity, and that the inequity imposes an undue hardship on
the court or county.
   (b) Inequities may be corrected by one or more of the following
mechanisms:
   (1) Adjustment of the reduction under subdivision (b) of Section
68085.7.
   (2) Adjustment of the amount of a county's obligation under
subdivision (a) of Section 68085.6.
   (3) Adjustment of allocations to a trial court from the Trial
Court Trust Fund under subdivision (a) of Section 68085.
   (4) If necessary, with agreement of the court and county,
adjustments of the rights and duties of the parties under memoranda
of understanding or other agreements or practices.
   The adjustments under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, may be
temporary or permanent. Adjustments under this section shall be made
only with the mutual agreement of the AOC and CSAC.
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, including but not limited to Sections 24353, 68085,
68085.5, and 68101 of this code and Section 1463.001 of the Penal
Code, the court or officer, with the consent of the county and the
Administrative Director of the Courts, may deposit all money required
to be deposited into the county treasury or with the county
treasurer into a bank account established by the Administrative
Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury. Money
collected pursuant to Section 68085.1 of this code shall be deposited
as provided in that section. The Judicial Council, with the consent
of the county, may require the court and officer to deposit money
into a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the
Courts separate from the county treasury.
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, including, but not limited to, Sections 24353, 68085,
68085.5, and 68101 of this code and Section 1463.001 of the Penal
Code, the court or officer, with the consent of the county and the
Administrative Director of the Courts, may deposit all money required
to be deposited into the county treasury or with the county
treasurer into a bank account established by the Administrative
Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury. Money
collected pursuant to Section 68085.1 shall be deposited as provided
in that section. The Judicial Council, with the consent of the
county, may require the court and officer to deposit money into a
bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts
separate from the county treasury.
68086.  (a) The following provisions apply in superior court:
   (1) In addition to any other fee required in civil actions or
cases, for each proceeding lasting more than one hour, a fee equal to
the actual cost of providing that service shall be charged per
one-half day of services to the parties, on a pro rata basis, for the
services of an official court reporter on the first and each
succeeding judicial day those services are provided pursuant to
Section 269 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
   (2) All parties shall deposit their pro rata shares of these fees
with the clerk of the court as specified by the court, but not later
than the conclusion of each day's court session.
   (3) For purposes of this section, "one-half day" means any period
of judicial time, in excess of one hour but not more than four hours,
during either the morning or afternoon court session.
   (4) The costs for the services of the official court reporter
shall be recoverable as taxable costs by the prevailing party as
otherwise provided by law.
   (5) The Judicial Council shall adopt rules to ensure all of the
following:
   (A) That parties are given adequate and timely notice of the
availability of an official court reporter.
   (B) That if an official court reporter is not available, a party
may arrange for the presence of a certified shorthand reporter to
serve as an official pro tempore reporter, the costs therefore
recoverable as provided in paragraph (4).
   (C) That if the services of an official pro tempore reporter are
utilized pursuant to subparagraph (B), no other charge will be made
to the parties.
   (b) The fees collected pursuant to this section shall be used only
to pay the cost for services of an official court reporter in civil
proceedings.
   (c) The Judicial Council shall report on or before February 1 of
each year to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the fees
collected by courts pursuant to this section and Section 68086.1, and
the total amount spent for services of official court reporters in
civil proceedings statewide in the prior fiscal year.
68086.1.  (a) Commencing January 1, 2006, for each three hundred
twenty-dollar ($320) fee collected under Section 70611, 70612, or
70670, twenty-five dollars ($25) of the amount distributed to the
Trial Court Trust Fund shall be used for services of an official
court reporter in civil proceedings.
   (b) Commencing January 1, 2006, for each three hundred-dollar
($300) fee collected under subdivision (a) of Section 70613 or
subdivision (a) of Section 70614, twenty-five dollars ($25) of the
amount distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund shall be used for
services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in approving the
twenty-five-dollar ($25) distribution out of each filing fee listed
in subdivisions (a) and (b), to continue an incentive to courts to
use the services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
However, nothing in this section shall affect the Judicial Council's
authority to allocate these revenues to replace reductions in the
General Fund appropriation to the Trial Court Trust Fund.
   (d) The portion of the distribution to the Trial Court Trust Fund
to be used for services of an official court reporter in civil
proceedings pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be used only
in trial courts that utilize the services of an official court
reporter in civil proceedings.
68088.  The Judicial Council may provide by rule of court for
racial, ethnic, and gender bias, and sexual harassment training for
judges, commissioners, and referees.
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
attorney.  If such person or his attorney cannot be located or fails
after reasonable notice to obtain such vouchers, the court may order
them destroyed by the clerk of the court.
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 levels of administrative automation.
   (2) The purpose of this section is to make a fund available for
the development of automated administrative systems, including
automated accounting, automated data collection through case
management systems, and automated case-processing systems for the
trial courts, together with funds to train operating personnel, and
for the maintenance and enhancement of the systems. As used in this
paragraph, "automated administrative systems" does not include
electronic reporting systems for use in a courtroom.
   (3) Automated data collection shall provide the foundation for
planning, research, and evaluation programs that are generated from
within and outside of the judicial branch. This system shall be a
resource to the courts, the Judicial Council and its committees, the
Administrative Office of the Courts, the Legislature, the Governor,
and the public. During the developmental stage and prior to the
implementation of the system, the Legislature shall make
recommendations to the Judicial Council as to the breadth and level
of detail of the data to be collected.
   (b) Prior to making any other required distribution, the county
treasurer shall transmit 2 percent of all fines, penalties, and
forfeitures collected in criminal cases, including, but not limited
to, moneys collected pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section
76000) of Title 8 of this code, Section 13003 of the Fish and Game
Code, Section 11502 of the Health and Safety Code, and Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 1427) of Title 11 of Part 2 of the Penal
Code, into the Trial Court Improvement Fund established pursuant to
Section 77209, to be used exclusively to pay the costs of automated
systems for the trial courts, as described in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a). These systems shall meet Judicial Council
performance standards, including production of reports as needed by
the state, the counties, and local governmental entities.
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.  Interpreters' and translators' fees shall be paid:
   (a) In criminal cases and in coroners' cases, from the county
treasury upon warrants drawn by the county auditor, when so ordered
by the court or by the coroner, as the case may be.
   (b) In civil cases, by the litigants, in such proportions as the
court may direct, to be taxed and collected as other costs.  The
county's proportion of such fees so ordered to be paid in any civil
suit to which the county is a party shall be paid in the same manner
as such fees are paid in criminal cases.
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 expert described in subdivision (b) of Section
2034.210 of the Code of Civil Procedure, (2) a treating physician and
surgeon or other treating health care practitioner who is to be
asked to express an opinion during the action or proceeding, or (3)
an architect, professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor who
was involved with the original project design or survey for which he
or she is asked to express an opinion within his or her expertise and
relevant to the action or proceeding, shall pay the reasonable and
customary hourly or daily fee for the actual time consumed in the
examination of that witness by any party attending the action or
proceeding.  The hourly or daily fee shall not exceed the fee charged
the party who retained the expert except where the expert donated
his or her services to a charitable or other nonprofit organization.
A daily fee shall only be charged for a full day of attendance at a
deposition or where the expert was required by the deposing party to
be available for a full day and the expert necessarily had to forego
all business he or she would have otherwise conducted that day but
for the request that he or she be available all day for the scheduled
deposition.
   The party requiring the attendance shall either accompany the
service of the subpoena or notice with a tender of the expert's fee
based on the anticipated length of time the expert is required to
remain at such place pursuant to the notice or subpoena or tender
that fee at the required time of appearance.  The expert's fee shall
be delivered to the attorney for the party designating the expert.
If the appearance of the expert takes longer than anticipated, the
party serving the subpoena or notice shall pay the balance of the
expert's fee within five days of receipt of an itemized statement
from the expert.  The party designating the expert is responsible for
any fee charged by the expert for preparing for the testimony and
for traveling to the place of the civil action or proceeding, as well
as for any travel expenses of the expert, unless otherwise
determined by the court.
   (b) The service of a proper subpoena or notice accompanied by the
tender of the expert witness fee described in subdivision (a) is
effective to require the party employing or retaining the expert to
produce the expert for testimony.  If the party serving the notice or
subpoena fails to tender the expert's fee under subdivision (a), the
expert shall not be required to appear at that time unless the
parties stipulate otherwise.
   (c) If a party requiring the appearance by subpoena or notice of
another party's expert witness under this subdivision deems that the
hourly or daily fee of that expert for providing testimony is
unreasonable, that party may move for an order setting the
compensation of that expert.  This motion shall be accompanied by a
declaration stating facts showing a reasonable and good faith attempt
at an informal resolution of each issue presented by the motion.
Notice of this motion shall also be given to the expert.
   In any such attempt at an informal resolution, either the party or
the expert shall provide the other with (A) proof of the ordinary
and customary fee actually charged and received by that expert for
similar services provided outside the subject litigation, (B) the
total number of times the presently demanded fee has ever been
charged and received by that expert, and (C) the frequency and
regularity with which the presently demanded fee has been charged and
received by that expert within the two-year period preceding the
hearing on the motion.  Provisions (B) and (C) shall apply to actions
filed after January 1, 1994.
   In addition to any other facts or evidence, the expert or the
party designating the expert shall provide, and the court's
determination as to the reasonableness of the fee shall be based
upon, (1) proof of the ordinary and customary fee actually charged
and received by that expert for similar services provided outside the
subject litigation, (2) the total number of times the presently
demanded fee has ever been charged and received by that expert, and
(3) the frequency and regularity with which the presently demanded
and any other fee has been charged and received by that expert within
the two-year period preceding the hearing on the motion.  The court
may also consider (4) the ordinary and customary fees charged by
similar experts for similar services within the relevant community,
and (5) any other factors the court deems necessary or appropriate to
make its determination.
   Upon a determination that the fee demanded by that expert is
unreasonable, and based upon the evidence and factors considered, the
court shall set the fee of the expert providing testimony.
   (d) In the event the proceeding at which the expert witness has
been notified his or her attendance is required is continued or
canceled in advance of the time for which it is scheduled, such
witness shall be notified of the continuance or cancellation by the
party requiring his or her attendance by the quickest and most
reliable means of giving notice under the circumstances.  In the
event such party fails to give notice as required by this
subdivision, then the expert witness shall be entitled to receive the
compensation specified in subdivision (a) of this section,
notwithstanding his or her failure to give any testimony.
   (e) An express contract entered into between a person and the
party requesting or requiring the person to testify, relating to
compensation, shall be enforceable and shall prevail over the
provisions of this section.
   (f) The deposition of an expert witness is governed by Chapter 18
(commencing with Section 2034.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code
of Civil Procedure.
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) a day and mileage actually traveled, both ways, twenty cents
($0.20) a mile.
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
actually traveled in attendance as such witness, one way only twenty
cents ($0.20).  Such per diem and mileage are discretionary and shall
only be allowed upon a showing that the allowances are necessary for
the expenses of the witness in attending.  The court may disallow
any fees to a witness unnecessarily subpoenaed.
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 jury, are twelve dollars ($12) a day and mileage for each
mile actually traveled in attendance as a witness, one way only,
twenty cents ($0.20).  That per diem and mileage shall be a county
charge.
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 which he or
she perceived or investigated in the course of his or her duties, to
which that local agency is not a party, shall receive the salary or
other compensation to which he or she is normally entitled from that
local agency during the time that he or she prepares for his or her
response and appearance, during the time that he or she travels to
and from the place where the court or other tribunal is located and
while he or she is required to remain at that place pursuant to the
subpoena.  He or she shall also receive from that local agency the
actual necessary and reasonable traveling expenses he or she incurred
in complying with the subpoena.
   (b) The party at whose request the subpoena is issued shall
reimburse the local agency for the full cost incurred by the local
agency in paying the employee his or her salary or other compensation
and traveling expenses as provided for in this section, for each day
that the employee is required to remain in attendance pursuant to
the subpoena.  The amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150),
together with the subpoena, shall be tendered to that local agency
for each day that the employee is required to remain in attendance
pursuant to the subpoena.
   (c) If the actual expenses should later prove to be less than the
amount tendered, the excess of the amount tendered shall be refunded.
   (d) If the actual expenses should later prove to be more than the
amount tendered, the difference shall be paid to the local agency by
the party at whose request the subpoena was issued.
   (e) If a court continues a proceeding on its own motion, no
additional witness fee shall be required prior to the issuance of a
subpoena or the making of any order directing the employee to appear
on the date to which the proceeding is continued.
   (f) As used in this section, "local agency" means a city, county,
city and county, special district, redevelopment agency, or any other
political subdivision of the state.
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
hereinafter provided for employees of the Department of Justice who
are peace officers or analysts in technical fields, peace officers of
the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer
members of the State Fire Marshal's Office, other state employees,
trial court employees, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy
marshals, district attorney inspectors, probation officers, building
inspectors, firefighters, and city police officers.  For the purposes
of this section and Sections 68097.1 to 68097.10, inclusive, only,
the term "peace officer of the California Highway Patrol" shall
include those persons employed as vehicle inspection specialists by
the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the term
"firefighter" has the definition provided in Section 50925, and a
volunteer firefighter shall be deemed to be employed by the public
entity for which he or she volunteers as a firefighter.
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 of the State Fire Marshal's Office, sheriff, deputy sheriff,
marshal, deputy marshal, district attorney inspector, probation
officer, building inspector, firefighter, or city police officer is
required as a witness before any court or other tribunal in any civil
action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event
or transaction which he or she has perceived or investigated in the
course of his or her duties, a subpoena requiring his or her
attendance may be served by delivering a copy either to the person
personally, or by delivering two copies to his or her immediate
superior at the public entity by which he or she is employed or an
agent designated by that immediate superior to receive that service.
   (b) Whenever any other state employee or any employee of the trial
courts is required as a witness before any court or other tribunal
in any civil action or proceeding in connection with a matter, event,
or transaction concerning which he or she has expertise gained in
the course of his or her duties, a subpoena requiring his or her
attendance may be served by delivering a copy either to the person
personally or by delivering two copies to his or her immediate
superior or agent designated by that immediate superior to receive
that service.
   (c) The attendance of any person described in subdivisions (a) and
(b) may be required pursuant to this section only in accordance with
Section 1989 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
   (d) As used in this section and in Sections 68097.2 and 68097.5,
"tribunal" means any person or body before whom or which attendance
of witnesses may be required by subpoena, including an arbitrator in
arbitration proceedings.
68097.2.  (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter
4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal
Code, any firefighter, any state employee, any trial court employee,
or any county employee, who is obliged by a subpoena issued pursuant
to Section 68097.1 to attend as a witness, shall receive the salary
or other compensation to which he or she is normally entitled from
the public entity by which he or she is employed during the time that
he or she travels to and from the place where the court or other
tribunal is located and while he or she is required to remain at that
place pursuant to the subpoena.  He or she shall also receive from
the public entity by which he or she is employed the actual necessary
and reasonable traveling expenses incurred by him or her in
complying with the subpoena.
   (b) The party at whose request the subpoena is issued shall
reimburse the public entity for the full cost to the public entity
incurred in paying the peace officer, firefighter, state employee,
trial court employee, or specified county employee his or her salary
or other compensation and traveling expenses as provided for in this
section, for each day that the peace officer, firefighter, state
employee, trial court employee, or specified county employee is
required to remain in attendance pursuant to the subpoena.  The
amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), together with the
subpoena, shall be tendered to the person accepting the subpoena for
each day that the peace officer, firefighter, state employee, trial
court employee, or specified county employee is required to remain in
attendance pursuant to the subpoena.
   (c) If the actual expenses should later prove to be less than the
amount tendered, the excess of the amount tendered shall be refunded.
   (d) If the actual expenses should later prove to be more than the
amount deposited, the difference shall be paid to the public entity
by the party at whose request the subpoena is issued.
   (e) If a court continues a proceeding on its own motion, no
additional witness fee shall be required prior to the issuance of a
subpoena or the making of an order directing the peace officer,
firefighter, state employee, or trial court employee to appear on the
date to which the proceeding is continued.
   (f) For the purposes of the payment of the salary or other
compensation of a volunteer firefighter pursuant to subdivision (a),
a volunteer firefighter who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness in
connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which he
or she has perceived or investigated in the course of his or her
duties as a volunteer firefighter, shall be deemed to be entitled to
reasonable compensation evidenced by the compensation paid to
firefighters in jurisdictions with similar geographic and economic
characteristics.  However, the requirements of subdivision (a) and of
this subdivision are not applicable if a volunteer firefighter will
receive his or her regular salary or other compensation pursuant to
the policy of his or her regular employer, for the periods during
which compensation is required under subdivision (a).
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 any court located in this state, in any civil action or
proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or
transaction which he has perceived or investigated in the course of
his duties, by a subpoena requiring his attendance.  The subpoena may
be served by delivering a copy (1) to the member personally or to
his immediate superior or (2) during usual office hours, at least
five days prior to the date of the member's required attendance, to
the person in charge of the office of the California Highway Patrol
where the member filed his report of the event or transaction.
68097.4.  Any member of the California Highway Patrol who is obliged
to appear pursuant to a subpoena issued under the provisions of
Section 68097.3 as a witness, shall receive from the State the salary
or other compensation to which he is normally entitled as a member
of the patrol during the time that he travels to and from the place
where the court is located and while he is required to remain at such
place pursuant to such subpoena.  He shall also receive from the
State the actual necessary and reasonable traveling expenses incurred
by him in complying with such subpoena.
   The party at whose request a subpoena is issued pursuant to
Section 68097.3 shall reimburse the State for the amount of the
salary or other compensation to which the member of the California
Highway Patrol involved is normally entitled from the State during
the time that he travels to and from the place where the court is
located and while he is required to remain at such place pursuant to
such subpoena; and in addition, such party shall reimburse the State
for the actual, necessary and reasonable traveling expenses incurred
by the member of the California Highway Patrol in complying with such
subpoena.  An amount equal to the estimated amount of such salary or
other compensation and expenses shall be deposited with the clerk of
the court prior to the issuance of such subpoena.  If the actual
amount of such salary or other compensation and expenses should later
prove to be more than the amount deposited, the party shall also
deposit the difference with the clerk.  If the actual amount should
later prove to be less than the amount deposited, the excess of the
amount deposited shall be refunded.  All amounts received by the
clerk to which the State is entitled shall be remitted to the
Department of the California Highway Patrol for deposit in the State
Treasury.
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 Fire Marshal's office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal,
deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer shall be ordered
to return by the court for subsequent proceedings beyond the day
stated in the subpoena referred to in Sections 68097.1, 68097.2,
68097.3 and 68097.4, or the day upon which the witness appeared
pursuant to the provisions of Section 68097.9, unless the party at
whose request the subpoena was issued or the party at whose request
the witness is ordered to return, shall first tender to the public
entity by which the witness is employed the same sum required to be
tendered for the issuance of a subpoena in the first instance.
68097.55.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 68097.5, the
court, upon good cause shown, including the fact that the party is
proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to Section 68511.3, may relieve
a party of the duty to make any deposit or payment, or portion
thereof, required by Sections 68096.1, 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3,
68097.4, and 68097.5.
68097.6.  Sections 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3, 68097.4, and 68097.5
apply to subpoenas issued for the taking of depositions of employees
of the Department of Justice who are peace officers or analysts in
technical fields, peace officers of the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, peace officer members of the State Fire Marshal's
office, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals,
firefighters, or city police officers pursuant to Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 2025.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code
of Civil Procedure.
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, peace officer of the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal's
office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal,
firefighter, or city police officer as a witness in any action or
proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or
transaction which he or she has perceived or investigated in the
course of his or her duties in any manner other than as provided in
Sections 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3, 68097.4, 68097.5, and 68097.6 is
guilty of a misdemeanor, and any 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 Fire Marshal's office, sheriff,
deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police
officer who asks or receives a payment except as provided in Sections
68097.2 and 68097.4 is likewise guilty of a misdemeanor.
68097.8.  All deposits made pursuant to Sections 68097.2 or 68097.4
of this code, except such deposits as the party may be entitled to
have refunded, shall be taxable as costs by the prevailing party.
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 Fire Marshal's office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal,
deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer who has been
subpoenaed pursuant to Section 68097.1, 68097.3, or 68097.6, may, in
lieu of attendance at the time specified in the subpoena, agree with
the party at whose request the subpoena was issued to appear at
another time or pursuant to notice as may be agreed upon.
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 the State Fire Marshal's office, sheriff, deputy sheriff,
marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer appears
as a witness pursuant to Section 68097.1 and reimbursement is not
made as provided for in Section 68097.2, then the Department of
Justice, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the State
Fire Marshal's office, or the public entity employing the employee,
sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or
city police officer shall have standing to bring an action in order
to recover the funds.
68098.  Witness' fees in criminal cases in superior and municipal
courts are charges against the same funds as jurors' fees in such
cases.
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 receipt thereof, be deposited with the county treasurer of
the county in which that court is situated, and paid, by warrant of
the county auditor drawn upon a requisition of the clerk or judge of
the court, at least once a month to the Treasurer to be deposited in
the State Treasury. Any remittance not made pursuant to this section
or Section 24353 shall be considered delinquent and subject to
Section 68085.
   (b) Any judge imposing or collecting those fines or forfeitures
shall keep a record of them and at least monthly transmit a record
thereof to the county auditor. The county auditor shall transmit a
record of the imposition, collection and payment of such fines or
forfeitures to the Controller at the time of transmittal of each
warrant to the Treasurer pursuant to this section.
   (c) Commencing January 1, 2006, this section does not apply to
money collected under Chapter 5.8 (commencing with Section 70600) or
fees and fines to which Section 68085.1 applies.
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
imposition of such fine or forfeiture in lieu thereof, such fine or
forfeiture shall be recorded and accounted for in the same manner as
though it had been imposed in the first instance.
   Whenever such fine has been imposed for violation of any act, and
before the full payment of it, a sentence of imprisonment is imposed
in lieu thereof, such imprisonment shall be recorded and accounted
for to the county auditor.
68103.  The State Controller shall check the reports and records
received by him with the transmittals of such fines and forfeitures.
Whenever it is apparent that such fines or forfeitures have not been
transmitted, the county auditor shall and the State Controller may
bring suit to enforce the collection or transmittal, or both.
   The official bond of any judge is liable for his failure to
transmit such fines or forfeitures imposed by him.
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 particular county.
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
phonographic reporter pro tempore a person who has declared the
intention to become a citizen and who is a certified shorthand
reporter.
   "A person who has declared the intention to become a citizen," as
used in this section, means a person who has either (1) filed the
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, or
petition for naturalization, or comparable document prescribed by
federal law or (2) filed an affidavit with the court, in the form
prescribed by the court, that the person will, at the first
opportunity at which the applicable federal law permits, file such a
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States,
petition for naturalization, or comparable document.  If the court
determines that an individual who has filed under alternative (2) of
the preceding sentence, has, without good cause, failed at the first
opportunity provided under federal law to file one of the specified
documents prescribed by federal law, it shall forthwith revoke the
appointment.
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.
That social security number is not a public record and shall not be
disclosed except for collection purposes.
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 court may not be in session on those days except as ordered by
the presiding judge.  On these furlough days, if the  court clerk's
office is not open to the public, each court shall permit documents
to be filed at a drop box pursuant to subdivision (b).  If the court
is not in session on a furlough day, an appropriate judicial officer
shall be available to conduct arraignments and examinations as
required pursuant to Section 825 of the Penal Code, and to sign any
necessary documents on an emergency basis.
   (b) A drop box shall provide for an automated, official time and
date stamping mechanism or other means of determining the actual date
on which a document was deposited in the drop box.
68109.  (a) Every court of this state shall cooperate with the
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to
identify and place a deportation hold on any defendant convicted of a
felony who is determined to be an undocumented alien subject to
deportation.
   (b) As used in this section, "cooperate" means to provide the INS
and its agents with access to all court records available to the
public pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code and to provide any
necessary paperwork within a reasonable time.
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.  The
Judicial Council shall, by rule, prescribe the style of such robes.
68111.  Whenever any judge of any court of this state is a witness
in his official capacity as judge in any action or proceeding, such
judge shall be entitled to be represented at such action or
proceeding by counsel of his choice.
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
programs provided or administered by the county pursuant to Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 53200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5,
or pursuant to a memorandum or agreement in effect prior to the
effective date of this section.  This section does not constitute a
change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.  Any reduction or
cessation of benefits contrary to this section made between June 30,
1992, and the effective date of this section shall be restored.
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 court reporters, unless determined otherwise by a
majority of the judges of the superior court.  Effective pay period
one of each year, official court reporters will be credited with 160
hours of vacation leave time for the reporters' immediate use.
Official court reporters who are hired after the beginning of pay
period one shall be credited with vacation leave hours on a pro rata
basis.  Official court reporters who terminate after the beginning of
pay period one shall reimburse the county for vacation time used in
excess of the pro rata amount earned while employed during the year.
Amounts reimbursable may be deducted from court reporter
compensation which is payable after notice is given by the court
reporter of termination.  Official court reporters in regular
positions budgeted less than 80 hours per pay period or in job-share
positions shall receive vacation accumulation on a pro rata basis.
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 employees, including employees of the Administrative Office of
the Courts, appellate courts, participating superior courts,
Commission on Judicial Performance, and Habeas Corpus Resource
Center.  Contributions from participating judicial branch employers
shall be credited to the fund.  Income of whatever nature earned on
the Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Fund during any fiscal year
shall be credited to the fund.  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the
Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated
without regard to fiscal years.  The fund shall be used by the
Administrative Office of the Courts to pay workers' compensation
claims of judicial branch employees and administrative costs.


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