BILL NUMBER: AB 2022	CHAPTERED  09/05/02

	CHAPTER  367
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Longville

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to add Section 76236 to, and to repeal Section 26826.4 of,
the Government Code, relating to courthouse construction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2022, Longville.  Courthouse construction:  filing fee
surcharges.
   Existing law authorizes San Bernardino County to impose a
surcharge on certain filing fees, except in limited civil cases, for
purposes of funding its Courthouse Construction Fund.
   This bill would eliminate the exception applicable to limited
civil cases and authorize specific uses of the county's Courthouse
Construction Fund.  The bill would also make technical,
nonsubstantive changes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 26826.4 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 76236 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   76236.  In addition to the total filing fee authorized pursuant to
Section 26820.4, 26826, or 26827, after giving notice and holding a
public hearing on the proposal, the Board of Supervisors of San
Bernardino County may impose a surcharge not to exceed thirty-five
dollars ($35) for the filing in superior court of (a) a complaint,
petition, or other first paper in a civil or probate action or
special proceeding, and (b) a first paper on behalf of any defendant,
respondent, intervenor, or adverse party.  The surcharge shall be in
an amount determined to be necessary by the board of supervisors to
supplement the Courthouse Construction Fund, to be deposited in that
fund and used solely for the purposes authorized for expenditures
from that fund, including, but not limited to, earthquake
retrofitting, renovation, and remodeling of all portions of the
Central San Bernardino Courthouse in need of retrofitting,
renovation, or remodeling, whether or not necessitated by the
retrofitting work, including the original courthouse built in 1926
and all subsequent additions thereto.  Expenditures made from the
Courthouse Construction Fund that are funded from the surcharge shall
be made in order of priority to ensure that all necessary earthquake
retrofitting of the Central San Bernardino Courthouse will be
completed.  Collection of the surcharge authorized by this section
shall terminate upon repayment of the amortized costs incurred, or 30
years from the sale of the bond, whichever occurs first.  However,
the surcharge shall not apply in instances in which no filing fee is
charged or the filing fee is waived.