SECTIONS 77100-77101 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 77100-77101

77100. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) The trial of civil and criminal actions is an integral and
necessary function of the judicial branch of state government under
Article VI of the California Constitution.
(b) All citizens of this state should enjoy equal and ready access
to the trial courts.
(c) Local funding of trial courts may create disparities in the
availability of the courts for the resolution of disputes and the
dispensation of justice.
(d) The method of funding trial courts should not create financial
barriers to the fair and proper resolution of civil and criminal
actions.
(e) Many people defend their personal and property rights in the
courts, and seek redress through the judicial system only when
compelled by sheer necessity of circumstance.
(f) This chapter is enacted to promote the general welfare and to
protect the public interest in a viable and accessible judicial
system.

77101. The Legislature further finds and declares that the
expenditure of the state funds under the provisions of this chapter
is in the public interest and necessary to the accomplishment of the
purposes set forth above.