Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The district shall have power to establish and maintain such offices as are judged best to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes of the district, and to take by grant, purchase, devise, or gift, or to lease or rent, and to hold, use, and enjoy any property necessary or co…

The district may perform the following four major functions: (a) The district may prepare, maintain, and regularly review and revise, a regional plan as defined in Section 65060.7, and may, after at least two public hearings in different parts of the region and such other public …

The district shall have power to contract or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the federal government, its agencies or instrumentalities in connection with any federal program judged by the board to be relevant to its functions; and the board…

The district shall have power to contract with any person, firm, association, or corporation, or to contract for any other types of services judged by the board to be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1811.)

The board, acting with the advice of the director, shall determine the compensation, number, and general duties of personnel employed by the district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1811.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 3.)

(a) The Judicial Council shall adopt standards of timely disposition for the processing and disposition of civil and criminal actions. The standards shall be guidelines by which the progress of litigation in the superior court of every county may be measured. In establishing thes…

The Judicial Council shall designate the four superior courts with 18 or more judicial positions which, as of June 30, 1986, had the highest ratio per judicial position of at-issue civil cases pending more than one year, and the five superior courts with more than eight judicial …

On and after July 1, 1992, this article shall apply to all actions and proceedings in the superior court in each county, except actions and proceedings subject to subdivision (a) of Section 68608 or subdivision (b) of Section 68609. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 3.)

In each of the counties in which an exemplary delay reduction program is established, the presiding judge shall, (a) select a sufficient number of judges for the program that will provide, consistent with the size of the court, an adequate basis for determining the effectiveness …

In accordance with this article and consistent with statute, judges shall have the responsibility to eliminate delay in the progress and ultimate resolution of litigation, to assume and maintain control over the pace of litigation, to actively manage the processing of litigation …

No action or proceeding may be removed from a delay reduction program because of a challenge filed under Section 170.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 3.)

(a) Juvenile, probate, and domestic relations cases shall not be assigned to a delay reduction program, and cases which have been assigned to a judge or judges for all purposes based on subject matter need not be assigned to the program. (b) Judges shall have all the powers to im…

(a) The presiding judge of each superior court with an exemplary delay reduction program shall assign a pro rata share of new cases, and an appropriate number of existing cases, to the program, and these cases shall thereafter be handled by the judges of the program for all purpo…

Each court and the Judicial Council, under subdivision (b) of Section 68619, shall adopt rules to allow for the arbitration of cases designated by the court as “Uninsured Motorist” in which an action is filed against a defendant who is an uninsured motorist and the plaintiff’s cl…

The Judicial Council, in conjunction with other interested groups as it determines appropriate, may prepare and administer a program, consistent with the policies and requirements of this article, for the training of judges in administering the delay reduction program. (Repealed …

Judges shall, in consultation with the bar of the county to the maximum extent feasible develop and publish the procedures, standards, and policies which will be used in the program, including time standards for the conclusion of all critical steps in the litigation process, incl…

The Judicial Council may receive and expend on the programs established by this article any funds available from county, state, or federal government or other sources which may be available for such purposes. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 3.)

Nothing in this article is intended to prevent a presiding judge from directing the use of the methods of delay reduction specified in Section 68607 by judges who are not part of an exemplary delay reduction program. This section shall cease to be operative on July 1, 1992. (Repe…

In its discretion, the Judicial Council may contract out for performance of any of the duties imposed by this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 3.)

Delay reduction rules shall not require shorter time periods than as follows: (a) Service of the complaint within 60 days after filing. Exceptions, for longer periods of time, (1) may be granted as authorized by local rule, and (2) shall be granted on a showing that service could…

On or before October 30, 2002, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor regarding the effectiveness of the Centers for Complex Litigation established pursuant to the Budget Act of 1999. The report shall examine, among other things, the number…

(a) The Judicial Council shall review all local delay reduction rules adopted by courts and any revisions or new rules adopted by them and make recommendations to the courts of revisions so that these rules are consistent, to the extent desirable, with other court rules. (b) The …

(a) Each superior court shall establish a delay reduction program for limited civil cases in consultation with the local bar that is consistent with the provisions of this article. In its discretion, the Judicial Council may assist in the development of, or may develop and adopt,…

(a) The Joint Rules Committee shall include, in planning the Legislature’s new building to be located at the corner of 10th Street and “N” Street in Sacramento, child care services and limited school age child care services, as prescribed in this subdivision, to be made available…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Alternative energy equipment” means alternative energy equipment, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 15814.11, and, in the case of fossil fuel generation, complies with emission standards and gui…

(a) The department in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, shall identify each public building in the department’s state property inventory where it is feasible for that building t…

The director may enter into third party agreements that the director, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, determines are appropriate and cost-effective to implement energy efficiencies and feasible onsite electric generation pursuant to Section 14711.5 and to achie…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 15814.12, the department shall retrofit all public buildings, identified in Section 14711.5, where feasible, provided that work on public buildings of the California State University shall be performed only at the request or with the…

The Revenue Deficiency Reserve Fund in the Treasury is continued in existence to meet the needs of the State for General Fund revenues when revenues from taxes, fees, and other sources do not equal the estimate for revenues as set forth in the fiscal year budget. There shall be t…

Whenever the Governor, Controller, and Director of Finance determine that the General Fund revenues for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1947, are below the amount estimated in the budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for the fiscal year, they may joi…

The money in the Revenue Deficiency Reserve Fund may be loaned temporarily to the General Fund upon the joint authorization of the Governor, Controller, and Director of Finance during any fiscal year in anticipation of the receipt of revenue from taxes, fees, and other sources re…

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to provide assurances to the persons who invest in the state’s registered reimbursement warrants that funds will be set aside in the Warrant Payment Fund and will be used to retire the registered reimbursement warrant…

(a) The Warrant Payment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purpose of setting aside unapplied moneys in the General Fund for the payment and redemption of registered reimbursement warrants issued during the 1994–95 fiscal year and maturing in the 1995–96 fiscal …

The Controller shall transfer from unapplied moneys in the General Fund to the Warrant Payment Fund the total amount of four billion dollars ($4,000,000,000) plus interest necessary to redeem the warrants identified in subdivision (a) of Section 17296.1, to be transferred in four…

The Controller shall transfer funds from the Warrant Payment Fund to the General Fund to pay and redeem registered reimbursement warrants at maturity. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 136, Sec. 2. Effective July 5, 1994. Repealed on or after July 1, 1996, as prescribed by Section 17296…

Moneys in the Warrant Payment Fund shall be available for transfer to the General Fund pursuant to Section 16310. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 136, Sec. 2. Effective July 5, 1994. Repealed on or after July 1, 1996, as prescribed by Section 17296.5.)

Unless registered reimbursement warrants remain outstanding, this article shall be in effect only until July 1, 1996, and as of that date is repealed. If registered reimbursement warrants remain outstanding July 1, 1996, this article shall continue in effect until the warrants ar…

The board has exclusive control of the investment of the retirement fund. Except as otherwise restricted by the California Constitution and by law, the board may, in its discretion, invest the assets of the fund through the purchase, holding, or sale thereof of any investment, fi…

The board may itself make any investment authorized by law or sell any security, obligation, or real property in which moneys in the retirement fund are invested, by affirmative vote of at least seven members of the board, or by the same affirmative vote may from time to time ado…

(a) All investment transaction decisions made during a closed session pursuant to paragraph (16) of subdivision (c) of Section 11126 shall be by rollcall vote entered into the minutes of that meeting. (b) The board, within 12 months of the close of an investment transaction or th…

In addition to the other investments authorized by this article, the board may invest in real estate and leases thereof and improvements thereon for business or residential purposes as an investment for the production of income. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective J…

The board may invest the money in the retirement fund in real property or improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon when the real property or improvements are acquired or to be made by or for sale or lease to the state or a public agency. The board may acquire the real pr…

In addition to the other investments authorized by this article, the board may invest in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bonds, as defined in Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 9. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)

(a) The board may select, purchase, or acquire in the name of the system, the fee or any lesser interest in real property, improved or unimproved, and may construct or remodel, and equip, an office building, including appropriate satellite structures, in the County of Sacramento,…

The board may contract with the Department of General Services or any other state department for assistance and supervision in the acquisition of real property and the construction thereon of buildings and improvements authorized in this article. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, S…