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CHAPTER 13. State Funding of Trial Courts [77000. - 77400.]

Chapter 13 repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 945, Sec. 10.

§§ 77000–77400 · 35 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 77000–77013 · 14 sections
    • § 77000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Brown-Presley Trial Court Funding Act.
    • § 77001 The Judicial Council shall adopt rules which establish a decentralized system of trial court management. These rules shall ensure: (a) Local authority and…
    • § 77002 As used in this chapter, “board” means the board of supervisors of a county.
    • § 77003 (a) As used in this chapter, “court operations” means all of the following: (1) Salaries, benefits, and public agency retirement contributions for superior…
    • § 77004 As used in this chapter, “option county” means a county which has adopted the provisions of this chapter for the current fiscal year.
    • § 77005 As used in this chapter, “state-mandated local program” means any and all reimbursements owed or owing by operation of either Section 6 of Article XIII B of…
    • § 77006 As used in this chapter, “subordinate judicial officer” means a court commissioner or referee authorized by statute.
    • § 77006.5 As used in this chapter, “trial court funding” means the amount of state funds provided for the operation of the trial courts, as defined in Section 77003,…
    • § 77007 As used in this chapter, “trial court” means a superior court.
    • § 77008 As used in this chapter, “filing fees” means any and all fees and charges, liberally construed, collected or collectible for filing, processing, including…
    • § 77009 (a) The Judicial Council may establish bank accounts for the superior courts and require the courts to deposit moneys for trial court operations, and any other…
    • § 77009.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county or city and county may, pursuant to this section, lend money to the trial courts of that county to…
    • § 77012 As used in this chapter, “county” includes a city and county.
    • § 77013 As used in this chapter, “Controller” means the State Controller.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Legislative Findings §§ 77100–77101 · 2 sections
    • § 77100 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The trial of civil and criminal actions is an integral and necessary function of the judicial branch of state…
    • § 77101 The Legislature further finds and declares that the expenditure of the state funds under the provisions of this chapter is in the public interest and necessary…
  3. ARTICLE 3. State Finance Provisions §§ 77200–77212 · 18 sections
    • § 77200 On and after July 1, 1997, the state shall assume sole responsibility for the funding of court operations, as defined in Section 77003 and Rule 10.810 of the…
    • § 77201 (a) Commencing on July 1, 1997, no county shall be responsible for funding court operations, as defined in Section 77003 and Rule 10.810 of the California…
    • § 77201.1 (a) Commencing on July 1, 1997, no county shall be responsible for funding court operations, as defined in Section 77003 and Rule 10.810 of the California…
    • § 77201.2 All moneys required to be paid to the Trial Court Trust Fund pursuant to Sections 77201, 77201.1, and 77201.3 shall be considered delinquent if not received by…
    • § 77201.3 (a) Commencing with the 2006–07 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, each county shall…
    • § 77202 (a) The Legislature shall make an annual appropriation to the Judicial Council for the general operations of the trial courts based on the request of the…
    • § 77202.5 (a) The Judicial Council shall report all approved allocations and reimbursements to the trial courts in each fiscal year, including funding received through…
    • § 77203 (a) Prior to June 30, 2014, a trial court may carry over all unexpended funds from the courts operating budget from the prior fiscal year. (b) Commencing June…
    • § 77204 (a) The Judicial Council shall have the authority to allocate funds appropriated annually to the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund for the…
    • § 77205 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any year in which a county collects fee, fine, and forfeiture revenue for deposit into the county general…
    • § 77206 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council may regulate the budget and fiscal management of the trial courts. The Judicial Council, in…
    • § 77206.1 (a) The presiding judge, or the person designated by the presiding judge to authorize expenditures from the Trial Court Operations Fund, shall approve no…
    • § 77207 The Legislature shall appropriate trial court funding. The Controller shall apportion trial court funding payments to the courts as provided in Section 68085…
    • § 77207.5 (a) The Judicial Council shall make monthly allocations to the trial courts from the Trial Court Trust Fund for automated administrative systems as provided in…
    • § 77209 (a) There is in the State Treasury the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund. The State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund is the…
    • § 77210 (a) The state shall provide municipal court judges retired under the Judges’ Retirement System with retiree health, dental, and vision care plans equal to and…
    • § 77211 Any trial court may establish a “900” telephone number or numbers for traffic, misdemeanor, and other telephonic arraignment, for court scheduling, and for…
    • § 77212 (a) The State of California, the counties of California, and the trial courts of California, recognize that a unique and interdependent relationship has…
  4. ARTICLE 5. Nonseverability § 77400 · 1 section
    • § 77400 If any portion of this chapter is declared to be unconstitutional or void, the entire chapter shall become inoperative.