CHAPTER 5. Law Libraries [6300. - 6363.]
Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 452.
§§ 6300–6363 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Boards of Law Library Trustees §§ 6300–6307 · 11 sections
- § 6300 There is in each county of this State a board of law library trustees, which governs the law library established for the county under the provisions of this…
- § 6301 (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a board of law library trustees is constituted as follows: (1) In a county where there are no more than three…
- § 6301.1 Notwithstanding Section 6301, in San Diego County the board of law library trustees shall be constituted, as follows: (a) Up to five judges of the superior…
- § 6301.5 In any county where there are no more than three judges of the superior court, the board of supervisors, with the concurrence of the majority of the incumbent…
- § 6302 Appointments of trustees which are to be made by the board of supervisors of the county shall be made at the first meeting of the board of supervisors after…
- § 6302.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in Los Angeles County appointments made by judges of the superior court shall be for a term of four years, and…
- § 6303 The office of trustee is honorary, without salary or other compensation.
- § 6304 Each board of law library trustees shall meet quarterly on a day it appoints, and any board may meet at other times as it appoints, at a place to be designated…
- § 6305 A board of law library trustees may remove any trustee, except an ex officio trustee, who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the board, and may fill…
- § 6306 Each board shall appoint one of its number as president.
- § 6307 Each board shall elect a secretary, who shall keep a full statement and account of all property, money, receipts and expenditures, and shall keep a record and…
ARTICLE 2. Law Library Funds §§ 6320–6326 · 7 sections
- § 6320 All money collected for the law library in each county, must be deposited with the treasurer of the county, who must keep the same separate and apart in a…
- § 6321 (a) On and after January 1, 2006, as described in Section 68085.1 of the Government Code, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall make monthly…
- § 6322 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the change in the method of distributing funds to law libraries from fees collected by the superior courts under…
- § 6322.1 (a) (1) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section 70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county may increase, as provided in…
- § 6324 The board of supervisors may appropriate from the county treasury for law library purposes such sums as may in their discretion appear proper. When so paid…
- § 6325 The orders and demands of the trustees of the law library, when duly made and authenticated as hereinafter provided, shall be verified and audited by the…
- § 6326 A revolving fund of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) may be established from money in the law library fund, by resolution of the board of law…
ARTICLE 3. Duties and Powers of Boards §§ 6340–6350 · 20 sections
- § 6340 Each board of law library trustees shall establish and maintain a law library at the county seat of the county in which it is appointed and may lease suitable…
- § 6341 Any board of law library trustees may establish and maintain a branch of the law library in any city in the county, other than the county seat, in which a…
- § 6342 A board of law library trustees may order the drawing and payment, upon properly authenticated vouchers, of money from out of the law library fund, for any…
- § 6343 A board may make and enforce all rules, regulations, and by-laws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the law library, and of all…
- § 6344 A board may purchase books, journals, other publications, and other personal property. It may dispose of obsolete or duplicate books, and other unneeded or…
- § 6345 A board may appoint a law librarian and define the powers and prescribe the duties of any law library employees, determine the number, and elect all necessary…
- § 6346 A board shall fix the salaries of the law librarian and law library employees, and may require a bond of any law librarian or law library employee, in such sum…
- § 6346.5 A board of law library trustees may contract with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, to make all or any of the employees of the law library…
- § 6346.6 As an alternative to Section 6346.5, a board of law library trustees may, with the consent of the board of administration of the applicable retirement system,…
- § 6347 A board may contract with any other law library board, law library association, superior court, or legal-related entity, including a self-help group or other…
- § 6348 A board may expend surplus funds under its control, not necessary for use to maintain the law library, to acquire or lease real property and erect thereon a…
- § 6348.1 An appropriation to obtain quarters for the law library in a building to be erected by the board of supervisors of the county, may be made subject to such…
- § 6348.2 When a board of law library trustees in any county determines to erect a library building to house the law library, it may borrow money for that purpose and…
- § 6348.3 A library building erected to house the law library may include courtrooms with offices in connection therewith, offices for use of a county bar association,…
- § 6348.4 Real property acquired by a board may be sold, leased, rented, or licensed with the proceeds to be deposited in the law library fund.
- § 6348.5 A board of law library trustees may invest surplus funds in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or of the average annual expenditures of the…
- § 6348.6 A board of law library trustees may contract with the board of supervisors of the county upon such terms as may be mutually agreeable for the construction by…
- § 6348.7 A board of law library trustees may enter into an agreement with a county for the joint exercise of powers pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500)…
- § 6349 Each board of law library trustees, on or before the 15th day of October of each year, shall make an annual report to the board of supervisors of the county in…
- § 6350 A financial report, showing all receipts and disbursements of money, shall be made by the secretary, duly verified by oath, at the same time that the report of…
ARTICLE 4. General Provisions §§ 6360–6363 · 4 sections
- § 6360 (a) A law library established under this chapter shall be free to the judiciary, to state and county officials, to members of the State Bar of California, and…
- § 6361 The board of supervisors of the county in which the law library is established shall provide sufficient quarters for the use of the library upon request of the…
- § 6362.5 The State Librarian shall periodically supply to each law library established under the provisions of this chapter, and requesting the same, information…
- § 6363 Whenever a law library, and a board of trustees to govern the same, is in existence under the provisions of any law, other than the law superseded by this…