ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.

§§ 68500–68525 · 35 sections

§ 68500 The Judicial Council may appoint and employ during its pleasure such officers, assistants, and other employees as it deems necessary for the performance of the…
§ 68500.1 The Judicial Council may prescribe the methods, means, and standards for electronic collection of data related to court administration, practice, and procedure.
§ 68500.3 Any reference to the Administrative Office of the Courts in state law means the Judicial Council.
§ 68500.5 The annual salary of the Administrative Director of the Courts shall be set by the chairperson of the Judicial Council and shall be no less than the salary of…
§ 68501 The chairman of the Judicial Council may appoint committees composed of official court reporters, judges, retired judges, attorneys and experts in specialized…
§ 68502 The committees may assemble information and make recommendations to the Judicial Council, but shall not exercise any of the powers vested in the council.
§ 68502.5 (a) The Judicial Council may, as part of its trial court budget process, seek input from groups and individuals as it deems appropriate, including, but not…
§ 68502.6 (a) If the cash balance of the Trial Court Trust Fund is insufficient to support trial court operations during the fiscal year, the Judicial Council may…
§ 68502.7 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the state in any fiscal year to provide money for trial court costs from any state fund that is in excess…
§ 68503 Members of committees appointed pursuant to Section 68501 shall receive no compensation from the state for their services. When called into session by the…
§ 68503.5 Whenever provision is made by law for appointment or designation, by the Judicial Council or the chairman thereof, of judges to serve on nonsalaried advisory…
§ 68504 Upon receiving information of the death, removal, or resignation of any justice of the Supreme Court or of the courts of appeal, or a judge of the superior…
§ 68505 The county clerks and clerks of all courts of record shall cooperate with the Judicial Council. They shall keep such records and make such reports to the…
§ 68506 All salaries and expenses incurred by the council pursuant to this article, including the necessary expenses for travel, board, and lodging of the members of…
§ 68506.5 The Judicial Council shall, after receiving comment from the courts, court employee organizations, and other interested groups, adopt fiscally responsible…
§ 68507 The Secretary of the Judicial Council shall purchase and provide for the installation of the flag of the United States and the Bear Flag of California in all…
§ 68508 No act of the Judicial Council shall be valid unless concurred in by a majority of its members.
§ 68509 The Judicial Council shall meet at the call of its chairman or as otherwise provided by it.
§ 68510 No member of the Judicial Council shall receive any compensation for his services as such, but he shall be allowed his necessary expenses for travel, board and…
§ 68511 The Judicial Council may prescribe by rule the form and content of forms used in the courts of this state. When any such form has been so prescribed by the…
§ 68511.1 The Judicial Council shall develop a form explaining the nature of a guardianship of a minor, the rights, duties, and obligations of a person serving as…
§ 68511.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for the photographic, microphotographic, mechanical, or electronic…
§ 68511.5 Not later than January 1, 1985, the Judicial Council shall adopt rules of court regulating the selection of appointed counsel, other than the State Public…
§ 68511.6 The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate rules providing for notice to the public and for public input to decisions concerning administrative and financial…
§ 68511.7 (a) Prior to adopting a baseline budget plan for the fiscal year, each trial court shall provide the public notice of, and an opportunity for input on, the…
§ 68511.8 (a) On or before December 1 of each year until the completion and full implementation of the project, the Judicial Council shall provide an annual status…
§ 68511.9 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Case Management System, as well as all other administrative and infrastructure information technology…
§ 68512 The Chair of the Judicial Council, with the approval of the Director of Finance, may adjust the salaries of the following judicial officers by the same percent…
§ 68513 The Judicial Council shall provide for the uniform entry, storage, and retrieval of court data relating to civil cases in superior court other than limited…
§ 68514 (a) Beginning October 1, 2018, and annually on or before December 31 thereafter, the Judicial Council shall report to the Department of Finance, the…
§ 68515 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the Judicial Council shall annually, on or before February 1, provide a report to the Legislature on the operations of…
§ 68516 (a) The Judicial Council is authorized to establish a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, qualified under federal and…
§ 68518 With advice from law enforcement and domestic violence groups, organizations representing the interests of parents, and staff of the appropriate policy…
§ 68520 (a) On January 1, 2024, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the California Research Bureau shall prepare and publish on its Internet Web site a…
§ 68525 (a) The board of supervisors of each county may require each official reporter and official temporary reporter to: (1) Maintain records of transcript…