SB 1190, as amended, Jackson. Courts: judgeships.
(1) Existing law specifies the number of judges for the superior court of each county and for each division of each district of the court of appeal. Existing law provides that the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District consists of 3 divisions. Existing law requires that one of these divisions hold its regular sessions in the Sanbegin delete Bernadino/Riversideend deletebegin insert Bernardino/Riversideend insert area and further requires this division to have 7 judges.
This bill would increase the number of judges in the division of the Fourth Appellate District of the Court of Appeal located in the Sanbegin delete Bernadino/Riversideend deletebegin insert
Bernardino/Riversideend insert area to 9 judges.begin insert The bill would appropriate an unspecified sum from the General Fund to the judicial branch for the purpose of funding those additional appellate court judgeships and accompanying staff, thereby making an appropriation.end insert
(2) Existing law allocates additional judgeships to the various counties in accordance with uniform standards for factually determining additional need in each county, as approved by the Judicial Council. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to report biennially to the Legislature and the Governor on the factually determined need for new judgeships in each superior court using that uniform criteria for allocation of judgeships. Existing law authorizes 50 additional judges, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the various county superior courts, pursuant to uniform criteria approved by the Judicial Council.
This bill would appropriate an unspecified sum from the General Fund to the judicial branch for the purpose of funding the cost of those additional judgeships described abovebegin insert, thereby making an appropriationend insert. The bill would also authorize 50 additional judges, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act of moneys expressly identified for the purpose of initially funding the costs of additional new judges, to be allocated to the various superior courts, pursuant to the uniform criteria approved by the Judicial Council.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 69104 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
The Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District
4consists of three divisions. One division shall hold its regular
5sessions at San Diego and shall have 10 judges. One division shall
6hold its regular sessions in the San Bernardino/Riverside area and
7shall have nine judges. One division shall hold its regular sessions
8in Orange County and shall have eight judges.
Section 69614 of the Government Code is amended
10to read:
(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the
122006-07 fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated
13to the various superior courts pursuant to the uniform criteria
14described in subdivision (b) for determining the need for additional
15superior court judges.
16(b) The judges shall be allocated, in accordance with the uniform
17standards for factually determining additional judicial need in each
18begin delete county, as updated and approved by the Judicial Council, pursuantend delete
19begin insert county, as approved by the Judicial Council in August 2001,
and
20as modified and approved by the Judicial Council in August 2004
21and December 2011, pursuantend insert to the Update of Judicial Needs
22Study, based on the following criteria:
P3 1(1) Court filings data averaged over a period of three years.
2(2) Workload standards that represent the average amount of
3time of bench and nonbench work required to resolve each case
4type.
5(3) A ranking methodology that provides consideration for
6courts that have the greatest need relative to their current
7complement of judicial officers.
8(c) (1) The Judicial Council shall report to the Legislature and
9the Governor on or before November 1 of every even-numbered
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year on the factually determined need for new judgeships in each
11superior court using the uniform criteria for allocation of judgeships
12described in subdivision (b), as updated and applied to the average
13of the prior three years’ filings.
14(2) On or before November 30, 2011, the Judicial Council shall
15provide to the Legislature a special assessment of the need for new
16judgeships in the family law and juvenile law assignments for each
17superior court.
18(3) The Judicial Council shall report, beginning with the report
19due to the Legislature on November 1, 2012, on the implementation
20and effect of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c)
21of Section 69615.
Section 69614.2 of the Government Code is amended
23to read:
Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2014-15
25fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the
26various county superior courts, pursuant to the uniform criteria
27described in subdivision (b) of Section 69614, as updated and
28approved by the Judicialbegin delete Council on January 17, 2013.end deletebegin insert Council.end insert
Section 69614.4 is added to the Government Code, to
30read:
Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual
32Budget Act of moneys expressly identified for the purpose of this
33section, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the various
34superior courts pursuant to the uniform criteria described in
35subdivision (b) of Section 69614, as updated and approved by the
36Judicialbegin delete Council on January 17, 2013.end deletebegin insert Council.end insert A judgeship shall
37not be created pursuant to this section unless funding for that
38purpose is provided in the annual Budget Act.
The sum of ____ dollars ($____) is hereby appropriated
40from the General Fund to the judicial branch for the purpose of
P4 1funding the cost of new judgeships and accompanying staff
2pursuant to Section 69614.2.
begin insertThe sum of ____ dollars ($____) is hereby
4appropriated from the General Fund to the judicial branch for the
5purpose of funding the cost of new appellate court judgeships and
6accompanying staff pursuant to Section 69104.end insert
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