Section 77209 Of Article 3. State Finance Provisions From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 13. >> Article 3.
77209
. (a) There is in the State Treasury the State Trial Court
Improvement and Modernization Fund. The State Trial Court Improvement
and Modernization Fund is the successor fund of the Trial Court
Improvement Fund and the Judicial Administration Efficiency and
Modernization Fund. All assets, liabilities, revenues, and
expenditures of the Trial Court Improvement Fund and the Judicial
Administration Efficiency and Modernization Fund shall be transferred
to and become a part of the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund. Any reference in state law to the Trial Court
Improvement Fund or the Judicial Administration Efficiency and
Modernization Fund shall be construed to refer to the State Trial
Court Improvement and Modernization Fund.
(b) Any funds in the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund that are unencumbered at the end of the fiscal
year shall be reappropriated to the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund for the following fiscal year.
(c) Moneys deposited in the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund shall be placed in an interest-bearing account.
Any interest earned shall accrue to the fund and shall be disbursed
pursuant to subdivision (d).
(d) Moneys deposited in the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund may be disbursed for purposes of this section.
(e) Moneys deposited in the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund pursuant to Section 68090.8 shall be allocated by
the Judicial Council for automated administrative system improvements
pursuant to that section and in furtherance of former Rule 991 of
the California Rules of Court, as it read on July 1, 1996. As used in
this subdivision, "automated administrative system" does not include
electronic reporting systems for use in a courtroom.
(f) Moneys deposited in the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund shall be administered by the Judicial Council. The
Judicial Council may, with appropriate guidelines, delegate to the
Administrative Director of the Courts the administration of the fund.
Moneys in the fund may be expended to implement trial court projects
approved by the Judicial Council. Expenditures may be made to
vendors or individual trial courts that have the responsibility to
implement approved projects.
(g) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the
2-percent automation fund moneys deposited in the State Trial Court
Improvement and Modernization Fund pursuant to Section 68090.8 shall
be allocated by the Judicial Council to statewide initiatives related
to trial court automation and their implementation. The Judicial
Council shall allocate the remainder of the moneys deposited in the
Trial Court Improvement Fund as specified in this section.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "2-percent automation fund"
means the fund established pursuant to Section 68090.8 as it read on
June 30, 1996. As used in this subdivision, "statewide initiatives
related to trial court automation and their implementation" does not
include electronic reporting systems for use in a courtroom.
(h) Royalties received from the publication of uniform jury
instructions shall be deposited in the State Trial Court Improvement
and Modernization Fund and used for the improvement of the jury
system.
(i) The Judicial Council shall present an annual report to the
Legislature on the use of the State Trial Court Improvement and
Modernization Fund. The report shall include appropriate
recommendations.
(j) Each fiscal year, the Controller shall transfer thirteen
million three hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars ($13,397,000)
from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund to the
Trial Court Trust Fund for allocation to trial courts for court
operations.