SECTIONS 68070-68114.10 - California Statutes

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.

68070.5. (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 45th 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, attach