BILL NUMBER: AB 2255	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to  amend Section 312   repeal Section
630.12  of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil
actions.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2255, as amended, Donnelly. Civil actions. 
   Existing law, operative until January 1, 2016, establishes
procedures for conducting expedited jury trials in civil cases where
the parties sign a consent order to stipulate that those procedures
apply, including provisions for a jury of 8 or fewer members, with no
alternates, a limit of 3 peremptory challenges for each side, and a
limit of 3 hours for each side to present its case. Existing law
provides that all parties waive all rights to appeal and to move for
a directed verdict or to make any posttrial motions, except as
provided.  
   This bill would delete that repeal date, thereby extending the
operation of these provisions indefinitely.  
   Existing law requires civil actions to be commenced within
specified periods, after the cause of action has accrued, unless an
exception applies.  
   This bill would make 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 630.12 of the   Code
of Civil Procedure   is repealed.  
   630.12.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 312 of the Code of Civil
Procedure is amended to read:
   312.  Civil actions, without exception, can only be commenced
within the periods prescribed in this title, after the cause of
action has accrued, unless, in special cases, a different limitation
is prescribed by statute.