SECTIONS 73750-73758 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 73750-73758

73750. There is in the County of Madera, on and after the effective
date of this section, a single municipal court district known as the
Madera County Municipal Court District.

73756. Facilities for the district shall be maintained at the court
facilities provided within each division. The presiding judge shall
determine the nature and frequency of sessions held at the court
facilities within each division.

73757. (a) In Madera County the majority of the judges of the
superior court have voted to consolidate court services and security
functions in the office of the Sheriff of Madera County.
(b) The sheriff's functions shall include, but not be limited to,
providing all bailiff functions for the unified superior court in
Madera County, and all other duties imposed by law upon deputy
sheriffs and peace officers generally.
(c) The sheriff shall be responsible for the service of all writs,
notices, and other processes issued by any court or other competent
authority. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the
responsibility or authority of a private person or registered
process server from serving process or notices in the manner
prescribed by law, nor shall it limit the authority of the sheriff or
any other peace officer to serve warrants of arrest or other process
specifically directed by any court to the sheriff or any other peace
officer.
(d) Each elected marshal holding office in Madera County as of
January 1, 2000, shall become an employee of the Madera County
Sheriff's Department in the position of sheriff's bailiff, as of that
date and each elective position of Marshal of the Madera County
Municipal Court District is abolished as of that date. Each marshal
transferring to the sheriff's department pursuant to this section
shall be compensated at not less than the EL-10 step of Salary Range
43 (table B). No transferring marshal shall lose peace officer status
or be demoted or otherwise be adversely affected by the
consolidation of court-related services accomplished by this section.
Each transferring marshal employed in the position of sheriff's
bailiff shall be deemed duly qualified for that position and no other
qualifications shall be required for that employment or retention in
that position. Any transferring marshal wishing to transfer to
another position shall meet the qualifications of a peace officer as
required by subdivision (a) of Section 832 of the Penal Code and any
other requirements of the Madera County civil service system. For
purposes of establishing seniority within the class of sheriff's
bailiff, each transferring marshal shall be credited with the marshal'
s total years of service to Madera County as a constable and marshal.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute,
which is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that
date. The repeal of this section does not affect any right or benefit
to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.

73758. The Sheriff of Madera County shall be responsible for the
transportation of prisoners held in the county's adult correctional
facility to and from necessary court appearances, medical and dental
trips, and transfers to or from local, state, or federal correctional
facilities. To meet this responsibility, the Sheriff of Madera
County shall contract with the county department of corrections,
pursuant to Section 831.6 of the Penal Code, to provide these
transportation services by qualified personnel of the county
department of corrections.