SECTIONS 76200-76252 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 76200-76252

76200. Alameda County is authorized to establish a Courthouse
Construction Fund pursuant to Section 76100 so long as the county
maintains a courtroom building in the City of Berkeley. In the event
that the courtroom building in the City of Berkeley is closed,
Alameda County may not collect those funds.

76213. To assist Imperial County in the improvement of criminal
justice automated information systems and the funding and maintenance
of a criminal justice forensic laboratory, the board of supervisors
may by resolution establish in the county treasury a Criminal Justice
Investigation Fund pursuant to Section 76105.
The fund moneys together with any interest earned thereon shall be
held by the treasurer separate from any funds subject to transfer or
division pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code. The moneys in
the Criminal Justice Investigation Fund together with any interest
earned thereon shall be payable only for the improvement of criminal
justice automated information systems and the construction,
reconstruction, expansion, improvement, operation, or maintenance of
the forensic laboratory facilities. The money in the fund may be used
through any public agency funding mechanism including, but not
limited to, retirement of bonded indebtedness, loan repayments, and
monthly payments involving lease-purchase programs, which reduce an
obligation incurred in reliance upon the authority granted by this
section.

76214. (a) Deposits collected in the Monterey County Courthouse
Construction Fund shall continue through the 30th year after the
initial year for which the surcharge or additional penalty, as
defined in Section 76000, is collected, or through the 30th year
after any borrowings are made for any construction funded pursuant to
Section 76100.
(b) The Monterey County Treasurer shall deposit those amounts
specified by the board of supervisors by resolution into the Monterey
County Courthouse Construction Fund pursuant to Section 76000.
However, deposits to the fund shall continue through whatever period
of time is necessary to repay any borrowings made by Monterey County
on or before January 1, 1998, to pay for construction provided in
this chapter.

76215. To assist Kern County in the improvement of county juvenile
justice facilities or county juvenile justice rehabilitation
facilities, the board of supervisors may by resolution establish in
the county treasury a Juvenile Justice Facilities Construction Fund
pursuant to Section 76105. The moneys in the Juvenile Justice
Facilities Construction Fund shall be payable only for construction,
reconstruction, expansion, improvement, operation, or maintenance of
county juvenile justice or county juvenile justice rehabilitation
facilities.
The money in the fund may be used to finance any public agency
funding mechanism which reduces an obligation incurred in reliance
upon the authority granted by this section, including, but not
limited to, retirement of bonded indebtedness, loan repayments, and
monthly payments involving lease-purchase programs.

76219. (a) The Courthouse Construction Fund established in Los
Angeles County pursuant to Section 76100 shall be known as the
Courthouse Construction Fund.
(b) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed and owed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be
within the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and
the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, until the time that the
County of Los Angeles has spent a total of at least forty-three
million dollars ($43,000,000) on courthouse construction within the
San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and at least eight million
dollars ($8,000,000) within the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District
for the Bellflower Courthouse.
(c) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the
boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the
boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the
boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within
the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of
Hollywood, or within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District, until the time that the County of Los
Angeles has fulfilled the requirements of subdivision (b) and has
additionally spent at least sixteen million five hundred thousand
dollars ($16,500,000) on courthouse construction within the East Los
Angeles Municipal Court District, has spent at least ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) on courthouse construction within the Downey
Municipal Court District, has commenced construction on a courthouse
with at least six courtrooms in the West San Fernando Valley, has
commenced construction on a courthouse with at least two courtrooms
in the community of Hollywood, and has commenced construction on a
courthouse for the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District.
(d) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the
boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the
boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the
boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within
the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of
Hollywood, within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District, within the Pasadena Judicial District,
within the Southeast Municipal Court District, within the South Bay
Judicial District, within the Santa Monica Judicial District, within
the Antelope Valley Judicial District, or within the Long Beach
Judicial District until the time that the County of Los Angeles has
fulfilled the requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c), and has
commenced construction of new facilities or the expansion of existing
facilities for the municipal courts in the Pasadena Judicial
District, the north and south branches of the Southeast Municipal
Court District, and the South Bay Judicial District, has commenced
construction on a courthouse for the superior court with at least 18
courtrooms in the North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area of the
City of Los Angeles or immediately adjacent thereto, and has
commenced construction of new facilities for the superior and
municipal courts in the Santa Monica Judicial District, the Antelope
Valley Judicial District, and the Long Beach Judicial District.
(e) For purposes of this section, the San Fernando Valley
Statistical Area includes all land within the San Fernando Valley
Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 11093) as
well as the City of San Fernando, the City of Hidden Hills, and the
unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County located west of the City
of Los Angeles, east and south of the Ventura County line, and north
of a line extended westerly from the southern boundary of the San
Fernando Valley Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 11093).
(f) The moneys of the Courthouse Construction Fund together with
any interest earned thereon shall be payable only for courtroom
construction and land acquisition as authorized in subdivision (b)
and, after the requirement of subdivision (b) has been met, shall be
payable only for courtroom construction and land acquisition as
authorized in subdivision (c) and, after the requirements of
subdivisions (b) and (c) have been met, shall be payable only for
courtroom construction and land acquisition as authorized in
subdivision (d).
(g) Deposits into the fund shall continue through and including
either (1) the 25th year after the initial calendar year in which the
surcharge is selected or (2) whatever period of time is necessary to
repay any borrowings made by the county to pay for construction
provided for in this section, whichever time is longer.
(h) The resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Los Angeles on September 2, 1980, stating that the
provisions of Chapter 578 of the Statutes of 1980 are necessary to
the establishment of adequate courtroom facilities in the County of
Los Angeles shall be deemed a resolution stating that the provisions
of this section are necessary to the establishment of adequate
courtroom facilities in the county, and shall satisfy the
requirements of this section.

76221. Deposits to the Criminal Justice Facilities Construction
Fund established in Marin County pursuant to Section 76101 shall
continue through and including the 20th year after the initial
calendar year in which the surcharge is collected, or until such time
as any debt incurred prior to the year 2000 for the purposes of this
section has been retired, whichever is longer.

76223. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following
conditions pertain to the construction of court facilities in Merced
County by the County of Merced for any construction pursuant to a
written agreement entered into prior to January 1, 2004, between the
board of supervisors and the presiding judge of the superior court:
(a) Revenue received in Merced County from civil assessments for
Failure to Appear, pursuant to Section 1214.1 of the Penal Code,
shall be available, in an annual amount not to exceed the amount
agreed upon by the board of supervisors and the presiding judge of
the superior court, for the purpose of augmenting other funds made
available for construction.
(b) The presiding judge of the superior court may agree to make
available court funds, up to a stated amount, other than funds
received from the Trial Court Trust Fund or other state sources, in
the courthouse construction fund.
(c) The total amounts deposited under subdivision (a) may not
exceed in any fiscal year the amount payable on the construction
costs less (1) any amounts paid by the courthouse construction fund
and (2) any other amounts paid from other sources except for any
amounts paid pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) The total amounts deposited under subdivision (b) shall not
exceed in any fiscal year the amount payable on the construction
costs less (1) any amounts paid by the courthouse construction fund,
(2) any amounts paid pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, and
(3) any other amounts paid from other sources except for any amounts
paid pursuant to subdivision (b).
(e) If legislation is passed and becomes effective transferring
the responsibility for court facilities to the state, and the
legislation permits the transfer of the bonded indebtedness or other
encumbrance on court facilities together with revenue sources for
payment of the bonded indebtedness or other encumbrance, the revenue
sources provided for by this section may also be transferred to the
state.
(f) As used in this section, the costs of construction also
includes the payment on the bonded indebtedness or other encumbrance
used to finance the construction.

76224. Deposits to the Courthouse Construction Fund established in
Merced or Sonoma County pursuant to Section 76100 and the Criminal
Justice Facilities Construction Fund established in Merced or Sonoma
County pursuant to Section 76101 shall continue through and including
the 30th year after the initial year in which the surcharge is
collected or the 30th year after any borrowings are made for any
construction under those sections, whichever comes later.

76225. If Merced County has not executed the transfer of its
responsibilities and titles for the New Downtown Merced Courthouse,
New Courts Building (Departments 1 to 3, inclusive), Jail Court
(Department 4), Department 5 Modular, Departments 7 and 8 Trailer,
Adobe Building, Criminal Trailer, and Jury Assembly, to the state as
required under Chapter 1082 of the Statutes of 2002, on or before
April 1, 2007, then Merced County shall pay back to the state the
construction funds used for these projects.

76230. To assist Orange County in the operation of the county jail,
the board of supervisors may establish by resolution a County Jail
Fund to be funded with a transfer of any funds remaining in the
Orange County Transition Planning Fund collected prior to July 1,
1990. The fund moneys, together with any interest earned thereon,
shall be held by the county treasurer, separate from any other funds
and shall be expended through any public agency funding mechanism
which reduces an obligation incurred in the operation of the county
jail, including, but not limited to, retirement of bonded
indebtedness, loan repayments, and monthly payments involving
lease-purchase programs.

76245. (a) The fund established in Shasta County pursuant to
Section 76100 shall be known as the Statham Courthouse Construction
Fund.
(b) The fund established in Shasta County pursuant to Section
76101 shall be known as the Statham Criminal Justice Facilities
Construction Fund.

76248. To assist Solano County in county jail operations, the board
of supervisors may establish by resolution a County Jail Fund
pursuant to Section 76105.
(a) The moneys in the fund, together with any interest earned
thereon, shall be payable only for county jail operations. The money
in the fund may be used through any public agency funding mechanism,
including, but not limited to, retirement of bonded indebtedness,
loan repayments, and monthly payments involving lease-purchase
programs, which reduce an obligation incurred in reliance upon the
authority granted by this section.
(b) Deposits to the County Jail Fund shall continue until January
1, 2000.

76251. (a) To assist the County of Ventura in the improvement of
county juvenile justice facilities or county juvenile justice
rehabilitation facilities, the board of supervisors may by resolution
establish in the county treasury a Juvenile Justice Facilities
Construction Fund pursuant to Section 76105. The moneys in the
Juvenile Justice Facilities Construction Fund shall be payable for
construction, reconstruction, expansion, improvement, operation, or
maintenance of county juvenile justice or county juvenile justice
rehabilitation facilities.
(b) The money in the fund may be used to finance any public agency
funding mechanism which reduces an obligation incurred in reliance
upon the authority granted by this section, including, but not
limited to, retirement of bonded indebtedness, loan repayments, and
monthly payments involving lease-purchase programs.
(c) Deposits into the fund shall continue to and including either
(1) the 20th year after the enactment of this section or (2) whatever
period of time is necessary to repay all borrowings or bonded
indebtedness incurred by the county to pay for construction provided
for in this section, whichever is longer.

76252. Deposits to the Courthouse Construction Fund established in
Ventura County pursuant to Section 76100 shall continue to and
including the 25th year after the initial year in which the surcharge
is collected or the 25th year after any borrowings are made for any
construction funded pursuant to that section, whichever comes later.