BILL NUMBER: SB 188	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   An act to amend Section 410.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to civil actions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 188, as introduced, Harman. Civil actions: jurisdiction.
   Existing law authorizes a court to exercise jurisdiction on any
basis not inconsistent with the California or the United States
Constitutions. Existing law also requires a court to stay or dismiss
an action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just when
the court finds that in the interest of substantial justice an
action should be heard in a forum outside of the state.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change 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 410.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure is
amended to read:
   410.30.  (a) When a court upon motion of a party or its own motion
finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should
be heard in a forum outside  of  this state, the court shall
stay or dismiss the action in whole or in part on any conditions
that may be just.
   (b) The provisions of Section 418.10 do not apply to a motion to
stay or dismiss the action by a defendant who has made a general
appearance.