BILL NUMBER: AB 1152	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   866
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 31, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 29, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ackerman

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 2942 of the Probate Code, relating to
courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1152, Ackerman.  Courts:  funding:  public guardians.
   Existing law requires a probate court to determine the just and
reasonable compensation of the public guardian, the attorney of the
public guardian and the processing and filing services of the county
clerk or clerk of the superior court, to be paid from the estate of a
ward or conservatee.
   This bill would require the court, in making this determination,
to consider specified factors, but would not require a public
guardian to base a request for compensation upon an hourly rate.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2942 of the Probate Code is amended to read:
   2942.  The public guardian shall be paid from the estate of the
ward or conservatee for all of the following:
   (a) Reasonable expenses incurred in the execution of the
guardianship or conservatorship.
   (b) Compensation for services of the public guardian and the
attorney of the public guardian, and for the filing and processing
services of the county clerk or the clerk of the superior court, in
the amount the court determines is just and reasonable.  In
determining what constitutes just and reasonable compensation, the
court shall, among other factors, take into consideration the actual
costs of the services provided, the amount of the estate involved,
the special value of services provided in relation to the estate, and
whether the compensation requested might impose an economic hardship
on the estate.  Nothing in this section shall require a public
guardian to base a request for compensation upon an hourly rate of
service.
   (c) An annual bond fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25)
plus one-fourth of 1 percent of the amount of an estate greater than
ten thousand dollars ($10,000).  The amount charged shall be
deposited in the county treasury.  This subdivision does not apply if
the ward or conservatee is eligible for Social Security Supplemental
Income benefits.