AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT Adopted by the Judicial Council on April 17, 2015, effective on July 1, 2015 Rule 10.70. Task forces, working groups, and other advisory bodies 1 2 (

a) Established by Chief Justice or Judicial Council 3 4 The Chief Justice , the Administrative Director of the Courts, or the council may 5 establish task forces and other advisory bodies to work on specific projects that 6 cannot be addressed by the council’s standing advisory committees. These task 7 forces and other advisory bodies may be required to report to one of the internal 8 committees or the Administrative Director, as designated in their charges. 9 10 (Subd (

a) lettered and amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as unlettered subd effective 11 January 1, 1999.) 12 13 (

b) Established by Administrative Director 14 15 The Administrative Director may establish working groups to work on specific 16 projects identified by the Administrative Director that address areas and topics 17 within the Administrative Director’s purview. 18 19 (Subd (

b) adopted effective July 1, 2015.) 20 21 Rule 10.70 amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as rule 6.70 effective January 1, 1999; 22 previously renumbered effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective September 1, 23 2003 and August 14, 2009. 24 25 Rule 10.101. Role of the Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts 26 27 (

a) Purpose 28 29 This rule specifies the responsibilities of the Judicial Council, the Chief Justice, the 30 Administrative Director of the Courts, and the Administrative Office of the Courts 31 council staff with respect to the judicial branch budget. 32 33 (Subd (

a) amended effective July 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2005, 34 January 1, 2007, and August 14, 2009.) 35 36 (

b) Duties of the Judicial Council 37 38 The Judicial Council must: 39 40 (1) * * * 41

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(2) Develop policies and procedures for the creation and implementation of a 2 yearly budget for the judicial branch; 3 4 (2)

(3) Develop the budget of the judicial branch based on the priorities established 5 and the needs of the courts; 6 7 (3)

(4) Communicate and advocate the budget of the judicial branch to the Governor 8 and the Legislature; 9 10 (4)

(5) Allocate funds in a manner that ensures equal access to justice for all citizens 11 of the state, ensures the ability of the courts to carry out their functions 12 effectively, promotes implementation of statewide policies as established by 13 statute and the Judicial Council, and promotes implementation of efficiencies 14 and cost-saving measures; 15 16 (5)

(6) Resolve appeals on budget and allocation issues; and 17 18 (6)

(7) Ensure that the budget of the judicial branch remains within the limits of the 19 appropriation set by the Legislature. 20 21 (Subd (

b) amended effective July 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2007 22 and August 14, 2009.) 23 24 (

c) Authority of the Chief Justice and Administrative Director of the Courts 25 26

(1) The Chief Justice and the Administrative Director of the Courts may take the 27 following actions, on behalf of the Judicial Council, with regard to any of the 28 Judicial Council’s recommended budgets for the Supreme Court, the Courts 29 of Appeal, the trial courts, the Judicial Council, the Habeas Corpus Resource 30 Center, and the Administrative Office of the Courts council staff: 31 32 (A)–(B) * * * 33 34

(2) The Chief Justice and the Administrative Director of the Courts, on behalf of 35 the Judicial Council, may allocate funding appropriated in the annual State 36 Budget to the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, the Judicial Council, the 37 Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and the Administrative Office of the Courts 38 council staff. 39 40

(3) After the end of each fiscal year, the Administrative Director of the Courts 41 must report to the Judicial Council on the actual expenditures from the 42 budgets for the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, the trial courts, the 43

3 Judicial Council, the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and the Administrative 1 Office of the Courts council staff. 2 3 (Subd (

c) amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted effective January 1, 2005; previously 4 amended effective August 14, 2009.) 5 6 (

d) Duties of the Administrative Director of the Courts 7 8 The Administrative Director of the Courts implements the directives of the Judicial 9 Council and must: 10 11

(1) Develop policies and procedures for the creation and implementation of a 12 yearly budget for the judicial branch; 13 14 (2)

(1) Present the judicial branch budget in negotiations with the Governor and the 15 Legislature; and 16 17 (3)

(2) Allocate to the trial courts, on behalf of the Judicial Council, a portion of the 18 prior fiscal year baseline allocation for the trial courts following approval of 19 the State Budget and before the allocation of state trial court funding by the 20 Judicial Council. The portion of the prior fiscal year baseline allocation that 21 may be so allocated is limited to the amount estimated to be necessary for the 22 operation of the courts pending action by the Judicial Council, and may not 23 exceed 25 percent of the prior fiscal year baseline allocation for each trial 24 court. 25 26 (Subd (

d) amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as subd (c); previously relettered 27 effective January 1, 2005; previously amended effective January 1, 2001, January 1, 2007, 28 and August 14, 2009.) 29 30 (

e) Duties of the director of the Finance Division 31 32 The director of the Finance Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts for 33 the Judicial Council, under the direction of the Administrative Director of the 34 Courts, administers the budget policies and procedures developed by the 35 Administrative Director of the Courts and approved by the Judicial Council. The 36 director of the Finance Division must: 37 38 (1)–(4) * * * 39 40

(5) Assist all courts and the Administrative Director of the Courts in preparing 41 and managing budgets. 42 43

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e) amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as subd (d); previously relettered 1 effective January 1, 2005; previously amended effective January 1, 2007 and August 14, 2 2009.) 3 4 Rule 10.101 amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as rule 2301 effective July 1, 1998; 5 renumbered as rule 6.101 effective January 1, 1999; previously amended and renumbered 6 effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2001, January 1, 2005, and 7 August 14, 2009. 8 9 Advisory Committee Comment 10 11 Subdivision (c)(1)(A).

Examples of technical changes to the budget include calculation of fiscal 12 need, translation of an approved concept to final fiscal need, and simple non-policy-related 13 baseline adjustments such as health and retirement benefits, Pro Rata, and the Statewide Cost 14 Allocation Plan. 15 16 Rule 10.473. Minimum education requirements for trial court executive officers 17 18 (a) * * * 19 20 (

b) Content-based requirement 21 22

(1) Each new executive officer must complete the Presiding Judges Orientation 23 and Court Management Program provided by the Administrative Office of 24 the Courts’ Education Division/ Judicial Council’s Center for Judicial 25 Judiciary Education and Research (CJER) within one year of becoming an 26 executive officer and should participate in additional education during the 27 first year. 28 29 (2) * * * 30 31 (Subd (

b) amended effective July 1, 2015.) 32 33 (

c) Hours-based requirement 34 35

(1) Each executive officer must complete 30 hours of continuing education, 36 including at least three hours of ethics education, every three years. beginning 37 on the following date: 38 39 (A)

(2) For a new executive officer, the first three-year period begins on 40 January 1 of the year following completion of the required education for new 41 executive officers. 42 43

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B) For all other executive officers, the first three-year period began on 1 January 1, 2007. 2 3 (2)

(3) The following education applies toward the required 30 hours of continuing 4 education: 5 6 (A) * * * 7 8 (

B) Each hour of participation in traditional (live, face-to-face) education; 9 distance education such as broadcasts, videoconferences, and online 10 coursework; self-directed study; and faculty service counts toward the 11 requirement on an hour-for-hour basis.

Each court executive officer 12 must complete at least half of his or her continuing education hours 13 requirement as a participant in traditional (live, face-to-face) education. 14 The court executive officer may complete the balance of his or her 15 education hours requirement through any other means with no 16 limitation on any particular type of education. The presiding judge has 17 discretion to determine the number of hours, if any, of traditional (live, 18 face-to-face) education required to meet the continuing education 19 requirement. 20 21 (C) * * * 22 23 (Subd (

c) amended effective July 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2008, 24 January 1, 2011, January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013.) 25 26 (d)–(e) * * * 27 28 Rule 10.473 amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as rule 10.463 effective January 1, 2007; 29 previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2008; previously amended effective 30 January 1, 2011, January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013. 31 32 33 Rule 10.630.

Reporting of Reciprocal assignment orders 34 35 A “reciprocal assignment order” is an order issued by the Chief Justice that permits 36 judges in courts of different counties to serve in each other’s courts. A court must report 37 to the Administrative Office of the Courts, on a monthly basis, each assignment of a 38 judge from another county to its court under a reciprocal assignment order. 39 40 Rule 10.630 amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as rule 813 effective July 1, 1990; 41 previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007. 42 43

6 Rule 10.804. Superior court financial policies and procedures 1 2 (

a) Adoption of financial policies and procedures by the Administrative Office of 3 the Courts Judicial Council 4 5 The Administrative Office of the Courts must prepare and adopt a financial policies 6 and procedures manual for the superior courts (The “Trial Court Financial Policies 7 and Procedures Manual”), must be consistent with the rules of court and policies 8 adopted by the Judicial Council. The manual and must include accounting 9 standards for superior courts and policies and procedures for procurement and 10 contracting by superior courts.

These policies and procedures must not modify 11 superior courts’ existing authority to procure, contract for, or use goods or services 12 or the requirement that a court have authorized funding available in order to 13 procure or contract for any good or service. 14 15 (Subd (

a) amended effective July 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.) 16 17 (

b) Comment period for financial policies and procedures 18 19 Before issuing or amending the Trial Court Financial Policies and Procedures 20 Manual, the Administrative Office of the Courts Judicial Council must make it 21 available for comment from to the superior courts and from, the California 22 Department of Finance, and the State Controller’s Office for 30 days for comment. 23 24 (Subd (

b) amended effective July 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.) 25 26 (c) * * * 27 28 Rule 10.804 amended effective July 1, 2015; adopted as rule 6.707 effective January 1, 2001; 29 previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007. 30