California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 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...
• Section 68500.1.
  The Judicial Council may prescribe the methods, means, and standards for electronic collection of data related to court administration, practice, and procedure.(Added by Stats. 1986,...
• Section 68500.3.
  Any reference to the Administrative Office of the Courts in state law means the Judicial Council.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 36, Sec. 8. (AB 452)...
• Section 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...
• Section 68501.
  The chairman of the Judicial Council may appoint committees composed of official court reporters, judges, retired judges, attorneys and experts in specialized fields, or any...
• Section 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.(Added by...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Administrative Office of...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Chairperson...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 68506.5.
  The Judicial Council shall, after receiving comment from the courts, court employee organizations, and other interested groups, adopt fiscally responsible travel reimbursement policies, procedures, and...
• Section 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...
• Section 68508.
  No act of the Judicial Council shall be valid unless concurred in by a majority of its members.(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch.
• Section 68509.
  The Judicial Council shall meet at the call of its chairman or as otherwise provided by it.(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 161.)
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 68511.1.
  The Judicial Council shall prepare a pamphlet explaining the nature of guardianship of a minor and the rights, duties, and obligations of a person serving...
• Section 68511.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for the photographic, microphotographic, mechanical, or electronic entry, storage, and retrieval of...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 functions of...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 68511.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Case Management System, as well as all other administrative and infrastructure information technology projects of the Judicial Council or...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 68514.
  (a) Beginning October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Judicial Council shall report to the Department of Finance and to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the...
• Section 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 state law to raise...
• Section 68518.
  With advice from law enforcement and domestic violence groups, organizations representing the interests of parents, and staff of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature,...
• Section 68525.
  (a) The board of supervisors of each county may require each official reporter and official temporary reporter to:(1) Maintain records of transcript production and related income and...
• Section 68530.
  (a) If the Judicial Council receives funds for the purpose of implementing this section, the Judicial Council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct a study of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018