BILL NUMBER: AB 996	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 68106 to the Government Code, relating to
courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 996, as introduced, Anderson. Courts: continuous hours of
operation.
   Existing law requires all offices of every state agency to be kept
open for the transaction of business from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. of
each day from Monday to Friday, inclusive, other than legal holidays,
but provides that any state agency or division, or branch or office
thereof, may be kept open for the transaction of business on other
hours and on other days.
   This bill would authorize the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
the presiding justice of a court of appeal, or the presiding judge of
a superior court to order the court to operate on a continuous and
ongoing basis, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68106 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   68106.  Notwithstanding any other law, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, the presiding justice of a court of appeal, or the
presiding judge of a superior court may order the court to operate on
a continuous and ongoing basis, 24 hours per day, seven days per
week.