California Government Code 70392 – Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Administrative …
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall have the following responsibilities and authority in addition to other responsibilities and authority granted by law or delegated by the Judicial Council:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the appropriation of funds, provide the ongoing oversight, management, operation, and maintenance of facilities used by the trial courts, if the responsibility for the facility has been transferred to the Judicial Council pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In California Government Code 70392
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Court facilities: consist of all of the following:
California Government Code 70301
- Maintenance: means the ongoing upkeep of buildings, equipment, grounds, and utilities required to keep a building and its systems in a condition adequate to support its designed level of service. See California Government Code 70301
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Carry out the Judicial Council’s policies with regard to trial court facilities, except as otherwise expressly limited by law.
(c) Develop for Judicial Council approval the master plans for trial court facilities in each district.
(d) Construction of court buildings, including, but not limited to, selection of architects and contractors, except as otherwise expressly limited by law.
(e) Delegate its responsibilities and authority to the local trial court for court facilities used by that court.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 592, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2004.)