SECTIONS 70402-70403 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 70402-70403

70402. (a) Any amount in a county's courthouse construction fund
established by Section 76100, a fund established by Section 70622 in
the County of Riverside, a fund established by Section 70624 in the
County of San Bernardino, and a fund established by Section 70625 in
the City and County of San Francisco, shall be transferred to the
State Court Facilities Construction Fund at the later of the
following dates:
(1) The date of the last transfer of responsibility for court
facilities from the county to the Judicial Council or December 31,
2009, whichever is earlier.
(2) The date of the final payment of the bonded indebtedness for
any court facility that is paid from that fund is retired.
(b) If the responsibility for one or more facilities does not
transfer, the county's courthouse construction fund shall retain that
portion of the total money in the fund as the square footage of the
facilities that do not transfer bears to the total square footage of
court facilities in that county.

70403. (a) Each county shall submit a report to the Administrative
Director of the Courts and the Director of Finance accounting for all
receipts and expenditures from the local courthouse construction
fund established pursuant to Section 76100 for the period from
January 1, 1998, to the date of transfer of the fund pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 70402 or December 31, 2005, whichever is
earlier.
(b) If the county retains the fund under subdivision (a) of
Section 70325 for payment on existing bonded indebtedness of a
courthouse facility, the county shall submit annual updates on all
receipts and expenditures from the local courthouse construction
fund, within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year, to the
Administrative Director of the Courts and the Director of Finance.
(c) Any expenditures made from the fund for a purpose other than
those specified in Section 76100 must be repaid to the state for
deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund pursuant to
Section 70402. Either the Administrative Director of the Courts or
the Director of the Department of Finance may provide the county with
notice that an expenditure made from the fund was for a purpose
other than as specified in Section 76100. If the county disagrees
with the determination, it may appeal the determination to the Court
Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee pursuant to Section 70303.
(d) On or before January 1, 2007, and on or before each January 1,
thereafter, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the budget
and fiscal committees of the Legislature based on the information
received from counties pursuant to this section, including any
amounts required to be repaid by counties.