BILL NUMBER: AB 295	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2011

   An act to amend Section 68511.8 of the Government Code, relating
to courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 295, as introduced, Bonnie Lowenthal. California Case
Management System.
   Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide an annual
status report to the chairpersons of the budget committee in each
house of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
regarding the California Case Management System and Court Accounting
and Reporting System, as specified. Existing law requires the
Administrative Office of the Courts to annually provide to those
chairpersons copies of any independent project oversight report for
the California Case Management System.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68511.8 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   68511.8.  (a) On or before December 1 of each year  , 
until project completion, the Judicial Council shall provide an
annual status report to the chairperson of the budget committee in
each house of the Legislature and the chairperson of the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee with regard to the California Case
Management System and Court Accounting and Reporting System. The
report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Project accomplishments to date.
   (2) Project activities underway.
   (3) Proposed activities.
   (4) Annual revenues and expenditures to date in support of these
projects, which shall include all costs for the Administrative Office
of the Courts and incremental court personnel, contracts, and
hardware and software.
   (b) On or before December 1 of each year  ,  until
project completion, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall
provide, on an annual basis to the chairperson of the budget
committee in each house of the Legislature and the chairperson of the
Joint Legislative Budget Committee, copies of any independent
project oversight report for the California Case Management System.
The independent project oversight report shall include, but is not
limited to, a review and an assessment of project activities,
identification of deficiencies, and recommendations to the
Administrative Office of the Courts on how to address those
deficiencies. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall include
in the annual submission descriptions on actions taken to address
identified deficiencies.
   (c) Within 18 months of fully implementing the California Case
Management System and the Court Accounting and Reporting System
projects, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide to
the chairperson of the budget committee in each house of the
Legislature and the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee, a postimplementation evaluation report for each project.
The report shall include, but is not limited to, a summary of the
project background, project results, and an assessment of the
attainment of project objectives.