Section 77654 Of Article 2. The Task Force On Court Facilities From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 2.
77654
. (a) The task force shall be appointed on or before October
1, 1997.
(b) The task force shall meet and establish its operating
procedures on or before September 1, 1998, and submit its plan for
the entire review of court facilities by October 1, 1998, to the
Judicial Council, Legislature, and Governor.
(c) The task force shall review all available court facility
standards and make preliminary determinations of acceptable standards
for construction, renovation, and remodeling of court facilities,
and shall report those preliminary determinations to the Judicial
Council, the Legislature, and the Governor in an interim report on or
before July 1, 1999.
(d) The task force shall complete a survey of all trial and
appellate court facilities in the state and report its findings to
the Judicial Council, the Legislature, and the Governor in a second
interim report on or before January 1, 2001. The report shall
document all of the following:
(1) The state of existing court facilities.
(2) The need for new or modified court facilities.
(3) The currently available funding options for constructing or
renovating court facilities.
(4) The impact which creating additional judgeships has upon court
facility and other justice system facility needs.
(5) The effects which trial court coordination and consolidation
have upon court and justice system facilities needs.
(6) Administrative and operational changes which can reduce or
mitigate the need for added court or justice system facilities.
(7) Recommendations for specific funding responsibilities among
the entities of government including full state responsibility, full
county responsibility, or shared responsibility.
(8) A proposed transition plan if responsibility is to be changed.
(9) Recommendations regarding funding sources for court facilities
and funding mechanisms to support court facilities.
(e) The interim reports shall be circulated for comment to the
counties, the judiciary, the Legislature, and the Governor. The task
force may also circulate these reports to users of the court
facilities.
(f) The task force shall submit a final report to the Judicial
Council, the Legislature, and the Governor on or before July 1, 2001.
The report shall include all elements of the interim reports
incorporating any changes recommended by the task force in response
to comments received.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period
from July 1, 1997 to December 31, 2002, inclusive, the board of
supervisors of each county shall be responsible for providing
suitable and necessary facilities for judicial officers and court
support staff for judicial positions created prior to July 1, 1996,
to the extent required by Section 68073. The board of supervisors of
each county shall also be responsible for providing suitable and
necessary facilities for judicial officers and court support staff
for judgeships authorized by statutes chaptered in 1996 to the extent
required by Section 68073, provided that the board of supervisors
agrees that new facilities are either not required or that the county
is willing to provide funding for court facilities. Unless a court
and a county otherwise mutually agree, the state shall assume
responsibility for suitable and necessary facilities for judicial
officers and support staff for any judgeships authorized during the
period from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2002, inclusive.