SECTIONS 68900-68905 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 68900-68905

68900. The Supreme Court shall appoint the reporter of the
decisions of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal and such
other assistants as required. Each officer provided for herein serves
at the pleasure of the Supreme Court and, in addition to the duties
prescribed by law, shall perform such duties as are required by the
rules, orders, and practices of the Supreme Court.

68901. The annual salary of the reporter of the decisions of the
Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal is seventy-four thousand
four hundred fifty-four dollars ($74,454) or as set by the Supreme
Court, subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Judicial
Council pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19825.

68902. Such opinions of the Supreme Court, of the courts of appeal,
and of the appellate divisions of the superior courts as the Supreme
Court may deem expedient shall be published in the official reports.
The reports shall be published under the general supervision of the
Supreme Court.

68903. The official reports shall be published under a contract to
be entered into on behalf of the state by the Chief Justice of
California, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the
President of the State Bar, and the Reporter of Decisions, who shall
serve as secretary.

68904. The contract shall be entered into with the person who
agrees to publish and sell the official reports, for a period of not
less than two nor more than seven years on the terms most
advantageous to the state and to the public. Prior to the letting of
such a contract, the Reporter of Decisions shall advertise for
proposals for the publication of the reports pursuant to Section 6061
of this code in a daily paper in Sacramento, one in Los Angeles, and
one in San Francisco. The Reporter of Decisions shall have no
pecuniary interest in the volumes of reports.

68905. The contract shall require the publisher:
(a) To print and publish each volume in the style stipulated in
the contract within 60 days after the manuscript is delivered by the
reporter.
(b) To sell copies to the state for official use only at the price
fixed in the contract.
(c) To keep on hand and for sale at the price stipulated in the
contract a sufficient number of each volume to supply all demands for
six years after the publication.
(d) To give bonds in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for
the fulfillment of the terms of the contract.