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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.2.

68085.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 77201.1, commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the amount of each county’s annual remittance to the Trial Court Trust Fund under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 77201.1 shall be reduced by the amount determined under this section. In the 2005–06 fiscal year, the remittance shall be reduced by one-half the amount determined in subdivision (b). In the 2006–07 fiscal year and thereafter, the remittance shall be reduced in each fiscal year by the full amount determined in subdivision (b).
(b) The amount of the reduction under this section for each county shall be the actual receipts into the county general fund for retention by the county for civil fees under Sections 26823, 26827.4, 26830, 26832, 26832.1, 26833.1, 26835.1, 26836.1, 26837.1, 26838, 26850.1, 26851.1, 26852.1, 26853.1, 26855.4, and 72060 of this code and Section 116.230 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004. This reduction is intended to compensate the counties for the loss of the revenue, as measured by receipts for the 2003–04 fiscal year, that was allocated to them from these fees by statute before January 1, 2006.
(c) In each county, the superior court and the county shall exchange relevant information to determine the amount of reduction they believe is correct under subdivision (b) and jointly report it to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) on or before January 1, 2006. If the superior court and the county do not agree on the amount, the superior court and the county shall each report the amount it believes is correct to the CSAC and the AOC on or before January 1, 2006.
(d) The AOC and the CSAC shall agree on the amount of the reduction for each county on or before January 1, 2006. If a court or county disagrees with the amount agreed to by the AOC and the CSAC for that county, the court or county may appeal to the AOC and the CSAC for an adjustment. The CSAC and the AOC shall determine whether to make any requested adjustment.
(e) If the CSAC and the AOC do not agree on the amount of the reduction for a county, they may request a mutually agreed-upon third party to arbitrate and determine the amount. The amount shall be determined by March 1, 2006.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 103. Effective July 19, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 156 of Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.3.

68085.3. (a) Fees collected under Sections 70611, 70612, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, 70658, and 70670 shall be deposited in a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts for deposit of fees collected by the courts.
(b) For each three-hundred-fifty-five-dollar ($355) fee listed in subdivision (a), the Administrative Office of the Courts shall distribute specified amounts in each county as follows:
(1) To the county law library fund, the amount described in Sections 6321 and 6322.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) To the account to support dispute resolution programs, the amount described in Section 470.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) The remainder of the fees in subdivision (a) shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer for deposit. For each three-hundred-fifty-five-dollar ($355) fee listed in subdivision (a), the Controller shall make deposits as follows:
(1) To the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 70371) of Chapter 5.7, sixty-five dollars ($65), unless the fee is collected under Section 70658, in which case the amount distributed to that fund shall be two hundred five dollars ($205).
(2) To the Judges’ Retirement Fund, as established in Section 75100, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
(3) To the Trial Court Trust Fund for use as part of the Equal Access Fund program administered by the Judicial Council, four dollars and eighty cents ($4.80).
(4) To the Trial Court Trust Fund, as provided in Section 68085.1, the remainder of the fee.
(d) If any of the fees listed in subdivision (a) are reduced or partially waived, the amount of the reduction or partial waiver shall be deducted from the amount to be distributed to each fund or account in the same proportion as the amount of each distribution bears to the total amount of the fee.
(e) As used in this section, “law library fund” includes a law library account described in Section 6320 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 79, Sec. 4. (AB 143) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.35.

68085.35. (a) Fees collected under Section 70616.5 shall be deposited in a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts for deposit of fees collected by the courts.
(b) For each one-thousand-dollar ($1,000) fee listed in subdivision (a), the Administrative Office of the Courts shall distribute specified amounts as follows:
(1) Five hundred dollars ($500) to the General Fund for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the California Commission on Disability Access.
(2) The remainder of the fee to the Trial Court Trust Fund.
(c) If any of the fees listed in subdivision (a) are reduced or partially waived, the amount of the reduction or partial waiver shall be deducted from the amount to be distributed to each fund in the same proportion as the amount each distribution bears to the total amount of the fee.
(d) No revenue collected pursuant to Section 70616.5 shall be used to supplant existing program funding of the California Commission on Disability Access.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 755, Sec. 7. (AB 1521) Effective October 10, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.4.

68085.4. (a) Fees collected under Sections 70613, 70614, 70621, 70654, and 70656 of this code, Section 103470 of the Health and Safety Code, and Section 7660 of the Probate Code shall be deposited in a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts for deposit of fees collected by the courts.
(b) For each three-hundred-thirty-dollar ($330) fee and each two-hundred-five-dollar ($205) fee listed in subdivision (a), the Administrative Office of the Courts shall distribute specified amounts in each county as follows:
(1) To the county law library fund, the amount described in Sections 6321 and 6322.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) To the account to support dispute resolution programs, the amount described in Section 470.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) The remainder of the fees in subdivision (a) shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer for deposit. For each three-hundred-thirty-dollar ($330) fee and each two-hundred-five-dollar ($205) fee listed in subdivision (a), the Controller shall make deposits as follows:
(1) To the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 70371) of Chapter 5.7, fifty dollars ($50) if the fee is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), and forty dollars ($40) if the fee is two hundred five dollars ($205), except as otherwise provided in Section 6322.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) To the Judges’ Retirement Fund, as established in Section 75100, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
(3) To the Trial Court Trust Fund for use as part of the Equal Access Fund program administered by the Judicial Council, four dollars and eighty cents ($4.80).
(4) To the Trial Court Trust Fund, as provided in Section 68085.1, the remainder of the fee.
(d) If any of the fees listed in subdivision (a) are reduced or partially waived, the amount of the reduction or partial waiver shall be deducted from the amount to be distributed to each fund or account in the same proportion as the amount of each distribution bears to the total amount of the fee.
(e) As used in this section, “law library fund” includes a law library account described in Section 6320 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 79, Sec. 5. (AB 143) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.45.

68085.45. (a) There is hereby established the State Trial Court Operations Trust Fund. Upon the retirement of all bonded indebtedness that may be incurred in connection with trial court projects funded by the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, any moneys remaining in, or that would otherwise be payable into, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, shall be transferred to the Controller for deposit into the State Trial Court Operations Trust Fund.
(b) The proceeds of the State Trial Court Operations Trust Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, only for trial court operations as defined in Section 77003.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 79, Sec. 6. (AB 143) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.8.

68085.8. (a) On or before December 31, 2005, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) shall complete an initial review of the impact upon individual counties and courts of the changes in revenue distributions and payment obligations under Sections 68085.6, and 68085.7 for the purpose of correcting inequities that may result from these changes. The AOC and CSAC shall work with counties and courts to develop and implement procedures to correct inequities resulting from either the implementation of these changes or any changes in the provision of services or benefits under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Institution of new civil assessment programs after the 2003-04 fiscal year.
(2) Substantial impacts on memoranda of understanding or other agreements that are existing or pending as of June 10, 2005, or practices in effect at that time, which agreements and practices contemplate the use of revenues transferred under the act that added this section.
(3) The demonstration by clear evidence that the information used as the basis for determining a reduction under Section 68085.7, or for determining a county’s obligation under Section 68085.6, results in an inequity, and that the inequity imposes an undue hardship on the court or county.
(b) Inequities may be corrected by one or more of the following mechanisms:
(1) Adjustment of the reduction under subdivision (b) of Section 68085.7.
(2) Adjustment of the amount of a county’s obligation under subdivision (a) of Section 68085.6.
(3) Adjustment of allocations to a trial court from the Trial Court Trust Fund under subdivision (a) of Section 68085.
(4) If necessary, with agreement of the court and county, adjustments of the rights and duties of the parties under memoranda of understanding or other agreements or practices.
The adjustments under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, may be temporary or permanent. Adjustments under this section shall be made only with the mutual agreement of the AOC and CSAC.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 705, Sec. 3. Effective October 7, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.9.

68085.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a trial court or officer of a trial court to deposit money received by the court or officer into the county treasury or with the county treasurer, including but not limited to Sections 24353, 68085, 68085.5, and 68101 of this code and Section 1463.001 of the Penal Code, the court or officer, with the consent of the county and the Administrative Director of the Courts, may deposit all money required to be deposited into the county treasury or with the county treasurer into a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury. Money collected pursuant to Section 68085.1 of this code shall be deposited as provided in that section. The Judicial Council, with the consent of the county, may require the court and officer to deposit money into a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 705, Sec. 4. Effective October 7, 2005. See similar section added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 706.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68085.9.

68085.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a trial court or officer of a trial court to deposit money received by the court or officer into the county treasury or with the county treasurer, including, but not limited to, Sections 24353, 68085, 68085.5, and 68101 of this code and Section 1463.001 of the Penal Code, the court or officer, with the consent of the county and the Administrative Director of the Courts, may deposit all money required to be deposited into the county treasury or with the county treasurer into a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury. Money collected pursuant to Section 68085.1 shall be deposited as provided in that section. The Judicial Council, with the consent of the county, may require the court and officer to deposit money into a bank account established by the Administrative Office of the Courts separate from the county treasury.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 706, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68086.1.

68086.1. (a) For each three-hundred-fifty-five-dollar ($355) fee collected under Section 70611, 70612, or 70670, thirty dollars ($30) of the amount distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund shall be used for services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
(b) For each three-hundred-thirty-dollar ($330) fee collected under subdivision (a) of Section 70613 or subdivision (a) of Section 70614, thirty dollars ($30) of the amount distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund shall be used for services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in approving the thirty-dollar ($30) distribution out of each filing fee listed in subdivisions (a) and (b), to continue an incentive to courts to use the services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings. However, nothing in this section shall affect the Judicial Council’s authority to allocate these revenues to replace reductions in the General Fund appropriation to the Trial Court Trust Fund.
(d) The portion of the distribution to the Trial Court Trust Fund to be used for services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be used only in trial courts that utilize the services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 22, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68088.

68088. (a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule of court for racial, ethnic, and gender bias, and sexual harassment training and training for any other bias based on any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 for judges and subordinate judicial officers.
(b) (1) The Judicial Council may also develop training on implicit bias with respect to the characteristics listed or defined in Section 11135. The course shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A survey of the social science on implicit bias, unconscious bias, and systemic implicit bias, including the ways that bias affects institutional policies and practices.
(B) A discussion of the historical reasons for, and the present consequences of, the implicit biases that people hold based on the characteristics listed in Section 11135.
(C) Examples of how implicit bias affects the perceptions, judgments, and actions of judges, subordinate judicial officers, and other court staff, and how those perceptions, judgments, and actions result in unacceptable disparities in access to justice.
(D) The administration of implicit association tests to increase awareness of one’s unconscious biases based on the characteristics listed in Section 11135.
(E) Strategies for how to reduce the impact of implicit bias on parties before the court, members of the public, and court staff.
(F) Inquiry into how judges and subordinate judicial officers can counteract the effects of juror implicit bias on the outcome of cases.
(2) As of January 1, 2022, all court staff who are required, as part of their regular job duties, to interact with the public on matters before the court, shall complete two hours of any training program developed by the Judicial Council pursuant to this subdivision every two years.
(3) The Judicial Council may adopt a rule of court, effective January 1, 2021, to implement this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 418, Sec. 3. (AB 242) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68089.

68089. Two years after judgment in any civil action or proceeding has become final the court may order any vouchers on file for the action or proceeding delivered to the person who filed them or to his attorney. If such person or his attorney cannot be located or fails after reasonable notice to obtain such vouchers, the court may order them destroyed by the clerk of the court.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68090.8.

68090.8. (a) (1) The Legislature finds that the management of civil and criminal cases, including traffic cases, and the accounting for funds in the trial courts requires these courts to implement appropriate levels of administrative automation.
(2) The purpose of this section is to make a fund available for the development of automated administrative systems, including automated accounting, automated data collection through case management systems, and automated case-processing systems for the trial courts, together with funds to train operating personnel, and for the maintenance and enhancement of the systems. As used in this paragraph, “automated administrative systems” does not include electronic reporting systems for use in a courtroom.
(3) Automated data collection shall provide the foundation for planning, research, and evaluation programs that are generated from within and outside of the judicial branch. This system shall be a resource to the courts, the Judicial Council and its committees, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Legislature, the Governor, and the public. During the developmental stage and prior to the implementation of the system, the Legislature shall make recommendations to the Judicial Council as to the breadth and level of detail of the data to be collected.
(b) Prior to making any other required distribution, the county treasurer shall transmit 2 percent of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected in criminal cases, including, but not limited to, moneys collected pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 76000) of Title 8 of this code, Section 13003 of the Fish and Game Code, Section 11502 of the Health and Safety Code, and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1427) of Title 11 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, into the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund established pursuant to Section 77209, to be used exclusively to pay the costs of automated systems for the trial courts, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). These systems shall meet Judicial Council performance standards, including production of reports as needed by the state, the counties, and local governmental entities.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 21. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68092.

68092. Court interpreters’ and translators’ fees or other compensation shall be paid:
(a) In criminal cases, by the court.
(b) In civil cases, by the litigants, in proportions as the court may direct, to be taxed and collected as other costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 212, Sec. 10. (AB 2767) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68092.1.

68092.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is imperative that courts provide interpreters to all parties who require one, and that both the legislative and judicial branches of government continue in their joint commitment to carry out this shared goal.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 26806 or 68092, or any other law, a court may provide an interpreter in any civil action or proceeding at no cost to the parties, regardless of the income of the parties. However, until sufficient funds are appropriated to provide an interpreter to every party who needs one, interpreters shall initially be provided in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 756 of the Evidence Code.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 721, Sec. 3. (AB 1657) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68093.

68093. Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend a civil action or proceeding in the superior courts, are thirty-five dollars ($35) a day and mileage actually traveled, both ways, twenty cents ($0.20) a mile.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 207. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68094.

68094. Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend before a grand jury, are twelve dollars ($12) a day and mileage for each mile actually traveled in attendance as such witness, one way only twenty cents ($0.20). Such per diem and mileage are discretionary and shall only be allowed upon a showing that the allowances are necessary for the expenses of the witness in attending. The court may disallow any fees to a witness unnecessarily subpoenaed.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1061.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68095.

68095. Except as otherwise provided by law, witness’ fees for each day’s actual attendance, when legally required to attend, or if the witness attends voluntarily and is called to testify, before a coroner’s jury, are twelve dollars ($12) a day and mileage for each mile actually traveled in attendance as a witness, one way only, twenty cents ($0.20). That per diem and mileage shall be a county charge.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 161. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68096.1.

68096.1. (a) Any employee of a local agency who is obliged by a subpoena to attend a civil action or proceeding as a witness in litigation in a matter regarding an event or transaction that he or she perceived or investigated in the course of his or her duties, to which that local agency is not a party, shall receive the salary or other compensation to which he or she is normally entitled from that local agency during the time that he or she prepares for his or her response and appearance, during the time that he or she travels to and from the place where the court or other tribunal is located and while he or she is required to remain at that place pursuant to the subpoena. He or she shall also receive from that local agency the actual necessary and reasonable traveling expenses he or she incurred in complying with the subpoena.
(b) The party at whose request the subpoena is issued shall reimburse the local agency for the full cost incurred by the local agency in paying the employee his or her salary or other compensation and traveling expenses as provided for in this section, for each day that the employee is required to remain in attendance pursuant to the subpoena. The amount of two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275), together with the subpoena, shall be tendered to that local agency for each day that the employee is required to remain in attendance pursuant to the subpoena.
(c) If the actual expenses should later prove to be less than the amount tendered, the excess of the amount tendered shall be refunded.
(d) If the actual expenses should later prove to be more than the amount tendered, the difference shall be paid to the local agency by the party at whose request the subpoena was issued.
(e) If a court continues a proceeding on its own motion, no additional witness fee shall be required prior to the issuance of a subpoena or the making of any order directing the employee to appear on the date to which the proceeding is continued.
(f) As used in this section, “local agency” means a city, county, city and county, special district, redevelopment agency, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 170, Sec. 1. (AB 2727) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.

68097. Witnesses in civil cases may demand the payment of their mileage and fees for one day, in advance, and when so demanded may not be compelled to attend until the allowances are paid except as hereinafter provided for employees of the Department of Justice who are peace officers or analysts in technical fields, peace officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer members of the State Fire Marshal’s Office, other state employees, trial court employees, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, district attorney inspectors, probation officers, building inspectors, firefighters, and city police officers. For the purposes of this section and Sections 68097.1 to 68097.10, inclusive, only, the term “peace officer of the California Highway Patrol” shall include those persons employed as vehicle inspection specialists by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the term “firefighter” has the definition provided in Section 50925, and a volunteer firefighter shall be deemed to be employed by the public entity for which he or she volunteers as a firefighter.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.1.

68097.1. (a) Whenever an employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s Office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, district attorney inspector, probation officer, building inspector, firefighter, or city police officer is required as a witness before any court or other tribunal in any civil action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which he or she has perceived or investigated in the course of his or her duties, a subpoena requiring his or her attendance may be served by delivering a copy either to the person personally, or by delivering two copies to his or her immediate superior at the public entity by which he or she is employed or an agent designated by that immediate superior to receive that service.
(b) Whenever any other state employee or any employee of the trial courts is required as a witness before any court or other tribunal in any civil action or proceeding in connection with a matter, event, or transaction concerning which he or she has expertise gained in the course of his or her duties, a subpoena requiring his or her attendance may be served by delivering a copy either to the person personally or by delivering two copies to his or her immediate superior or agent designated by that immediate superior to receive that service.
(c) The attendance of any person described in subdivisions (a) and (b) may be required pursuant to this section only in accordance with Section 1989 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(d) As used in this section and in Sections 68097.2 and 68097.5, “tribunal” means any person or body before whom or which attendance of witnesses may be required by subpoena, including an arbitrator in arbitration proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.3.

68097.3. Whenever a member of the California Highway Patrol is not subject to a subpoena pursuant to Section 1989 of the Code of Civil Procedure, he may nevertheless be required to appear as a witness before any court located in this state, in any civil action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which he has perceived or investigated in the course of his duties, by a subpoena requiring his attendance. The subpoena may be served by delivering a copy (1) to the member personally or to his immediate superior or (2) during usual office hours, at least five days prior to the date of the member’s required attendance, to the person in charge of the office of the California Highway Patrol where the member filed his report of the event or transaction.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.4.

68097.4. Any member of the California Highway Patrol who is obliged to appear pursuant to a subpoena issued under the provisions of Section 68097.3 as a witness, shall receive from the State the salary or other compensation to which he is normally entitled as a member of the patrol during the time that he travels to and from the place where the court is located and while he is required to remain at such place pursuant to such subpoena. He shall also receive from the State the actual necessary and reasonable traveling expenses incurred by him in complying with such subpoena.
The party at whose request a subpoena is issued pursuant to Section 68097.3 shall reimburse the State for the amount of the salary or other compensation to which the member of the California Highway Patrol involved is normally entitled from the State during the time that he travels to and from the place where the court is located and while he is required to remain at such place pursuant to such subpoena; and in addition, such party shall reimburse the State for the actual, necessary and reasonable traveling expenses incurred by the member of the California Highway Patrol in complying with such subpoena. An amount equal to the estimated amount of such salary or other compensation and expenses shall be deposited with the clerk of the court prior to the issuance of such subpoena. If the actual amount of such salary or other compensation and expenses should later prove to be more than the amount deposited, the party shall also deposit the difference with the clerk. If the actual amount should later prove to be less than the amount deposited, the excess of the amount deposited shall be refunded. All amounts received by the clerk to which the State is entitled shall be remitted to the Department of the California Highway Patrol for deposit in the State Treasury.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1485.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.5.

68097.5. No employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer shall be ordered to return by the court for subsequent proceedings beyond the day stated in the subpoena referred to in Sections 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3 and 68097.4, or the day upon which the witness appeared pursuant to the provisions of Section 68097.9, unless the party at whose request the subpoena was issued or the party at whose request the witness is ordered to return, shall first tender to the public entity by which the witness is employed the same sum required to be tendered for the issuance of a subpoena in the first instance.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.55.

68097.55. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 68097.5, the court, upon good cause shown, including the fact that the party is proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to Section 68511.3, may relieve a party of the duty to make any deposit or payment, or portion thereof, required by Sections 68096.1, 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3, 68097.4, and 68097.5.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 93, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.6.

68097.6. Sections 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3, 68097.4, and 68097.5 apply to subpoenas issued for the taking of depositions of employees of the Department of Justice who are peace officers or analysts in technical fields, peace officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer members of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, firefighters, or city police officers pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2025.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 294, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.7.

68097.7. Any person who pays or offers to pay any money or other form of consideration for the services of any employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer as a witness in any action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which he or she has perceived or investigated in the course of his or her duties in any manner other than as provided in Sections 68097.1, 68097.2, 68097.3, 68097.4, 68097.5, and 68097.6 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and any employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer who asks or receives a payment except as provided in Sections 68097.2 and 68097.4 is likewise guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.8.

68097.8. All deposits made pursuant to Sections 68097.2 or 68097.4 of this code, except such deposits as the party may be entitled to have refunded, shall be taxable as costs by the prevailing party.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1485.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.9.

68097.9. An employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer who has been subpoenaed pursuant to Section 68097.1, 68097.3, or 68097.6, may, in lieu of attendance at the time specified in the subpoena, agree with the party at whose request the subpoena was issued to appear at another time or pursuant to notice as may be agreed upon.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68097.10.

68097.10. Whenever an employee of the Department of Justice who is a peace officer or an analyst in a technical field, peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, peace officer member of the State Fire Marshal’s office, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer appears as a witness pursuant to Section 68097.1 and reimbursement is not made as provided for in Section 68097.2, then the Department of Justice, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the State Fire Marshal’s office, or the public entity employing the employee, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, firefighter, or city police officer shall have standing to bring an action in order to recover the funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68098.

68098. Witness’ fees in criminal cases in superior courts, other than fees for expert witnesses appointed by the court for the court’s needs pursuant to Section 730 of the Evidence Code, are charges against the same funds as grand jurors’ fees in criminal cases.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 48. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68100.

68100. When the court is held at a place appointed, pursuant to Section 68115, every person held to appear at the court shall appear at the place so appointed.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68101.

68101. (a) Whenever pursuant to law the state is entitled to receive any portion of any money, forfeited bail or fines received by a judge of any court, that portion shall as soon as practicable after the receipt thereof, be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which that court is situated, and paid, by warrant of the county auditor drawn upon a requisition of the clerk or judge of the court, at least once a month to the Treasurer to be deposited in the State Treasury. Any remittance not made pursuant to this section or Section 24353 shall be considered delinquent and subject to Section 68085.
(b) Any judge imposing or collecting those fines or forfeitures shall keep a record of them and at least monthly transmit a record thereof to the county auditor. The county auditor shall transmit a record of the imposition, collection and payment of such fines or forfeitures to the Controller at the time of transmittal of each warrant to the Treasurer pursuant to this section.
(c) Commencing January 1, 2006, this section does not apply to money collected under Chapter 5.8 (commencing with Section 70600) or fees and fines to which Section 68085.1 applies.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 112. Effective July 19, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 156 of Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68102.

68102. Whenever an imprisonment has been imposed for a violation of any act, and before the termination of the sentence, the defendant is released by the vacation of the sentence of imprisonment and the imposition of such fine or forfeiture in lieu thereof, such fine or forfeiture shall be recorded and accounted for in the same manner as though it had been imposed in the first instance.
Whenever such fine has been imposed for violation of any act, and before the full payment of it, a sentence of imprisonment is imposed in lieu thereof, such imprisonment shall be recorded and accounted for to the county auditor.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 523.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68103.

68103. The State Controller shall check the reports and records received by him with the transmittals of such fines and forfeitures. Whenever it is apparent that such fines or forfeitures have not been transmitted, the county auditor shall and the State Controller may bring suit to enforce the collection or transmittal, or both.
The official bond of any judge is liable for his failure to transmit such fines or forfeitures imposed by him.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 523.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68104.

68104. The records kept by any judge pursuant to Sections 68101 and 68102 shall be open to public inspection, and may be checked by the State Controller, the Attorney General, or the district attorney of the particular county.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68105.

68105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Supreme Court, any court of appeal, or any superior court may appoint as an official phonographic reporter or as an official phonographic reporter pro tempore a person who has declared the intention to become a citizen and who is a certified shorthand reporter.
“A person who has declared the intention to become a citizen,” as used in this section, means a person who has either (1) filed the declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, or petition for naturalization, or comparable document prescribed by federal law or (2) filed an affidavit with the court, in the form prescribed by the court, that the person will, at the first opportunity at which the applicable federal law permits, file such a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, petition for naturalization, or comparable document. If the court determines that an individual who has filed under alternative (2) of the preceding sentence, has, without good cause, failed at the first opportunity provided under federal law to file one of the specified documents prescribed by federal law, it shall forthwith revoke the appointment.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 209. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68107.

68107. A court may order a criminal defendant upon whom a fine, forfeiture, or penalty is imposed, to disclose to the court his or her social security number in order to assist in its collection. That social security number is not a public record and shall not be disclosed except for collection purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 635, Sec. 2. Effective September 14, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68108.

68108. (a) To the extent that a memorandum of understanding for trial court employees designates certain days as unpaid furlough days for employees assigned to regular positions in the superior court, the court may not be in session on those days except as ordered by the presiding judge. On these furlough days, if the court clerk’s office is not open to the public, each court shall permit documents to be filed at a drop box pursuant to subdivision (b). If the court is not in session on a furlough day, an appropriate judicial officer shall be available to conduct arraignments and examinations as required pursuant to Section 825 of the Penal Code, and to sign any necessary documents on an emergency basis.
(b) A drop box shall provide for an automated, official time and date stamping mechanism or other means of determining the actual date on which a document was deposited in the drop box.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68109.

68109. (a) Every court of this state shall cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify and place a deportation hold on any defendant convicted of a felony who is determined to be an undocumented immigrant subject to deportation.
(b) As used in this section, “cooperate” means to provide the DHS and its agents with access to all court records available to the public pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 and to provide any necessary paperwork within a reasonable time.
(c) As used in this section, “immigrant” means a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 77. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68110.

68110. Every judge of a court of this state shall, in open court during the presentation of causes before him or her, wear a judicial robe, which the judge shall furnish at his or her own expense. The Judicial Council shall, by rule, prescribe the style of such robes.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 125. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68111.

68111. (a) Whenever any judge of any court of this state is a witness in an official capacity as judge in any action or proceeding, the judge shall be entitled to be represented at the action or proceeding by counsel of the judge’s choice, at the judge’s own expense.
(b) Representation of a judge at public expense is governed by the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1), including, but not limited to, Section 995.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 478, Sec. 44. (AB 1756) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 68114.7.

68114.7. The coordination, consolidation, merger, or conversion of any court pursuant to this chapter or otherwise shall not of itself cause any reduction in judicial or nonjudicial court employee benefit programs provided or administered by the county pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 53200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, or pursuant to a memorandum or agreement in effect prior to the effective date of this section. This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law. Any reduction or cessation of benefits contrary to this section made between June 30, 1992, and the effective date of this section shall be restored.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 909, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1994.)