BILL NUMBER: AB 1111	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 68752 of the Government Code, relating to
courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1111, as introduced, Wieckowski. Courts: subpoenas.
   The California Constitution establishes the Commission on Judicial
Performance and the Judicial Council. Existing law authorizes the
commission to investigate the conduct or performance of any retired
judge serving on senior judge status pursuant to rules adopted by the
Judicial Council. In the course of an investigation described above,
the commission or special masters appointed by the Supreme Court
may, among other things, issue subpoenas for the attendance of
witnesses and the production of relevant materials and testimony, as
specified. Existing law provides that if a person refuses to comply
with the subpoena, the commission or the masters may petition a
superior court, as specified, for an order compelling the person to
attend or testify or to produce the writings or things required by
the subpoena. Existing law provides that if the person fails to obey
the order, that person shall be punishable for contempt of court.
   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 68752 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   68752.  If  any   a  person refuses to
attend or testify or produce any writings or things required by
 any such   a  subpoena  described in
Section 67850  , the commission or the masters may petition the
superior court for the county in which the hearing is pending for an
order compelling  such   that  person to
attend  and   or  testify or produce the
writings or things required by the subpoena before the commission or
the masters. The court shall order  such  the
 person to appear before it at a specified time and place and
then and there show cause why he  or she  has not attended
or testified or produced the writings or things as required. A copy
of the order shall be served upon him  or her  . If it
appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued, the
court shall order  such   the  person to
appear before the commission or the masters at the time and place
fixed in the order and testify or produce the required writings or
things. Upon failure to obey the order,  such  
that  person shall be  dealt with as  
punishable  for contempt of court.