BILL NUMBER: AB 1008	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torres

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section  167 of the Code of Civil
Procedure    69841 of the Government Code  ,
relating to  civil procedure   courts  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1008, as amended, Torres. Civil procedure: judges.
   Existing  law requires the clerk of the superior court to
attend each session of the superior court in the county and upon the
judges of the court in chambers when required. Existing  law
authorizes a judge to perform any act required or permitted to be
performed by a clerk of the court. 
   This bill would provide that the above-described requirements of a
court clerk are not satisfied by a judge performing the duties of a
clerk pursuant to the latter provision.  
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.

   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 69841 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   69841.   (a)    The clerk of the superior court
shall attend each session of the superior court in the county and
upon the judges of the court in chambers when required. 
   (b) The requirements of subdivision (a) are not satisfied by the
attendance of a judge performing the duties of a clerk pursuant to
Section 167 of the Code of Civil Procedure.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 167 of the Code of Civil
Procedure is amended to read:
   167.  An act required or permitted to be performed by the clerk of
a court may be performed by a judge thereof.