Insurance costs shall be included in the county facilities payment. If the actual expenditures made by the county are used to determine the amount, the expenditures shall be based on the 1999-2000 fiscal year multiplied by the increase in the inflation index specified in Section 70355 from January 2000, to the month of the date of the transfer of responsibility for the court facilities from the county to the state, inclusive.

The amount of insurance may not include the cost of any insurance required by any agreement involving bonded indebtedness on the facility to the extent that the cost of insurance is greater than the cost of commercial insurance coverage on the building.

Terms Used In California Government Code 70358

  • Bonded indebtedness: includes any financial encumbrance, including, but not limited to, bonds, lease revenue bonds, certificates of participation, mortgages, liens, or loans, on a building. See California Government Code 70301
  • Building: means a single structure or connected structures. See California Government Code 70301
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • County facilities payment: means the amount established by Article 5 of this chapter to be paid by a county in partial exchange for relief from the responsibility for providing court facilities. See California Government Code 70301
  • Court facilities: consist of all of the following:

    California Government Code 70301

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

The determination of the insurance costs may consider the costs of commercial insurance coverage for a fair and reasonable level of insurance and the costs of self-insurance. The amount of the insurance costs shall be subject to negotiation between the Judicial Council and the county.

To the extent the responsibility for grounds is transferred, the insurance costs for court facilities shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of liability insurance relating to the grounds.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 592, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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