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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 6320-6326



6320.  All money collected for the law library in each county, must
be deposited with the treasurer of the county, who must keep the same
separate and apart in a trust fund or trust account, to be disbursed
by the board of law library trustees. Money may be disbursed only as
in this chapter provided, and only for the purposes herein
authorized.
   Whenever a law library and a board of trustees to govern the same,
is in existence under the provisions of any law, other than the law
superseded by this chapter, in any county, or city and county, in
this State, money so collected shall be paid into the hands of those,
and in the manner, provided by such law.



6321.  (a) On and after January 1, 2006, as described in Section
68085.1 of the Government Code, the Administrative Office of the
Courts shall make monthly distributions from superior court filing
fees to the law library fund in each county in the amounts described
in this section and Section 6322.1. From each first paper filing fee
as provided under Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, or 70670 of the
Government Code, each first paper or petition filing fee in a
probate matter as provided under Section 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653,
70654, 70655, 70656, or 70658 of the Government Code, Section 103470
of the Health and Safety Code, or Section 7660 of the Probate Code,
each filing fee for a small claim or limited civil case appeal as
provided under Section 116.760 of the Code of Civil Procedure or
Section 70621 of the Government Code, and each vehicle forfeiture
petition fee as provided under subdivision (e) of Section 14607.6 of
the Vehicle Code, that is collected in each of the following
counties, the amount indicated in this subdivision shall be paid to
the law library fund in that county:

  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $37.00
  Alpine.........................          4.00
  Amador.........................         20.00
  Butte..........................         35.00
  Calaveras......................         32.00
  Colusa.........................         17.00
  Contra Costa...................         35.00
  Del Norte......................         20.00
  El Dorado......................         29.00
  Fresno.........................         37.00
  Glenn..........................         20.00
  Humboldt.......................         40.00
  Imperial.......................         20.00
  Inyo...........................         29.00
  Kern...........................         27.00
  Kings..........................         29.00
  Lake...........................         23.00
  Lassen.........................         28.00
  Los Angeles....................         24.00
  Madera.........................         32.00
  Marin..........................         32.00
  Mariposa.......................         27.00
  Mendocino......................         35.00
  Merced.........................         29.00
  Modoc..........................         20.00
  Mono...........................         20.00
  Monterey.......................         31.00
  Napa...........................         23.00
  Nevada.........................         29.00
  Orange.........................         35.00
  Placer.........................         35.00
  Plumas.........................         23.00
  Riverside......................         32.00
  Sacramento.....................         50.00
  San Benito.....................         26.00
  San Bernardino.................         29.00
  San Diego......................         38.00
  San Francisco..................         42.00
  San Joaquin....................         29.00
  San Luis Obispo................         34.00
  San Mateo......................         38.50
  Santa Barbara..................         41.00
  Santa Clara....................         26.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         35.00
  Shasta.........................         26.00
  Sierra.........................         20.00
  Siskiyou.......................         26.00
  Solano.........................         29.00
  Sonoma.........................         35.00
  Stanislaus.....................         24.00
  Sutter.........................          7.00
  Tehama.........................         23.00
  Trinity........................         20.00
  Tulare.........................         35.00
  Tuolumne.......................         20.00
  Ventura........................         32.00
  Yolo...........................         35.00
  Yuba...........................         10.00

   (b) If a board of supervisors in any county acted before January
1, 2006, to increase the law library fee in that county effective
January 1, 2006, the amount distributed to the law library fund in
that county under subdivision (a) shall be increased by the amount
that the board of supervisors acted to increase the fee, up to three
dollars ($3). Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 6322.1, as
it read on January 1, 2005, the maximum increase permitted under this
subdivision in Los Angeles County is three dollars ($3), rather than
two dollars ($2).
   (c) The amounts of twenty-three dollars ($23) for Inyo County,
twenty-nine dollars ($29) for Mendocino County, twenty-three dollars
($23) for Plumas County, and twenty-three dollars ($23) for San
Benito County listed in subdivision (a) shall apply to distributions
made under subdivision (a) beginning January 1, 2006.




6322.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the change in
the method of distributing funds to law libraries from fees collected
by the superior courts under the Uniform Civil Fees and Standard Fee
Schedule Act of 2005 will not result in undue financial hardship for
any law library. On and after January 1, 2006, any law library that
experiences undue financial hardship from the change in the method of
distributing funding to law libraries may request a one-time advance
from the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative
Office of the Courts shall provide the advance within 15 days after
the request is received, but no earlier than February 1, 2006, if all
of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is experiencing financial hardship caused by an increase in
the time between collection of a fee by the court and the receipt of
the money by the law library fund resulting from the implementation
of the new distribution method for money received from superior court
filing fees.
   (2) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is operating under this chapter.
   (3) The Administrative Office of the Courts receives the request
on or before February 15, 2006.
   (b) The amount of the advance shall be equal to one-twelfth of the
law library's total receipts from superior court fees for the
2003-04 fiscal year.
   (c) The funding for the advance shall be provided from amounts
deposited into the bank account established by the Administrative
Office of the Courts under subdivision (b) of Section 68085.1 of the
Government Code. The advance shall be returned within 30 days if a
law library ceases to operate or the responsibility for the law
library is transferred from the law library board of trustees.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by forty-four
dollars ($44) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013, and, as
of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2014, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by twenty-four
dollars ($24) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.




6324.  The board of supervisors may appropriate from the county
treasury for law library purposes such sums as may in their
discretion appear proper. When so paid into the law library fund,
those sums shall constitute a part of the fund and be used for the
same purposes.



6325.  The orders and demands of the trustees of the law library,
when duly made and authenticated as hereinafter provided, shall be
verified and audited by the auditing officer, and paid by the
treasurer of the county out of the law library fund. Full entry and
record shall be kept as in other cases.



6326.  A revolving fund of not more than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) may be established from money in the law library fund, by
resolution of the board of law library trustees, for expenditures of
not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) each for purposes for
which the law library fund may lawfully be expended. The board shall
prescribe the procedure by which money may be drawn from the
revolving fund, the records to be kept, and the manner in which
reimbursements shall be made to the revolving fund by demand and
order from the law library fund. All or any part of the money in the
revolving fund may be deposited in a commercial account in a bank,
subject to payments of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
each by check on the signature of the secretary or any other person
or persons designated by the board.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Bpc > 6320-6326

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 6320-6326



6320.  All money collected for the law library in each county, must
be deposited with the treasurer of the county, who must keep the same
separate and apart in a trust fund or trust account, to be disbursed
by the board of law library trustees. Money may be disbursed only as
in this chapter provided, and only for the purposes herein
authorized.
   Whenever a law library and a board of trustees to govern the same,
is in existence under the provisions of any law, other than the law
superseded by this chapter, in any county, or city and county, in
this State, money so collected shall be paid into the hands of those,
and in the manner, provided by such law.



6321.  (a) On and after January 1, 2006, as described in Section
68085.1 of the Government Code, the Administrative Office of the
Courts shall make monthly distributions from superior court filing
fees to the law library fund in each county in the amounts described
in this section and Section 6322.1. From each first paper filing fee
as provided under Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, or 70670 of the
Government Code, each first paper or petition filing fee in a
probate matter as provided under Section 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653,
70654, 70655, 70656, or 70658 of the Government Code, Section 103470
of the Health and Safety Code, or Section 7660 of the Probate Code,
each filing fee for a small claim or limited civil case appeal as
provided under Section 116.760 of the Code of Civil Procedure or
Section 70621 of the Government Code, and each vehicle forfeiture
petition fee as provided under subdivision (e) of Section 14607.6 of
the Vehicle Code, that is collected in each of the following
counties, the amount indicated in this subdivision shall be paid to
the law library fund in that county:

  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $37.00
  Alpine.........................          4.00
  Amador.........................         20.00
  Butte..........................         35.00
  Calaveras......................         32.00
  Colusa.........................         17.00
  Contra Costa...................         35.00
  Del Norte......................         20.00
  El Dorado......................         29.00
  Fresno.........................         37.00
  Glenn..........................         20.00
  Humboldt.......................         40.00
  Imperial.......................         20.00
  Inyo...........................         29.00
  Kern...........................         27.00
  Kings..........................         29.00
  Lake...........................         23.00
  Lassen.........................         28.00
  Los Angeles....................         24.00
  Madera.........................         32.00
  Marin..........................         32.00
  Mariposa.......................         27.00
  Mendocino......................         35.00
  Merced.........................         29.00
  Modoc..........................         20.00
  Mono...........................         20.00
  Monterey.......................         31.00
  Napa...........................         23.00
  Nevada.........................         29.00
  Orange.........................         35.00
  Placer.........................         35.00
  Plumas.........................         23.00
  Riverside......................         32.00
  Sacramento.....................         50.00
  San Benito.....................         26.00
  San Bernardino.................         29.00
  San Diego......................         38.00
  San Francisco..................         42.00
  San Joaquin....................         29.00
  San Luis Obispo................         34.00
  San Mateo......................         38.50
  Santa Barbara..................         41.00
  Santa Clara....................         26.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         35.00
  Shasta.........................         26.00
  Sierra.........................         20.00
  Siskiyou.......................         26.00
  Solano.........................         29.00
  Sonoma.........................         35.00
  Stanislaus.....................         24.00
  Sutter.........................          7.00
  Tehama.........................         23.00
  Trinity........................         20.00
  Tulare.........................         35.00
  Tuolumne.......................         20.00
  Ventura........................         32.00
  Yolo...........................         35.00
  Yuba...........................         10.00

   (b) If a board of supervisors in any county acted before January
1, 2006, to increase the law library fee in that county effective
January 1, 2006, the amount distributed to the law library fund in
that county under subdivision (a) shall be increased by the amount
that the board of supervisors acted to increase the fee, up to three
dollars ($3). Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 6322.1, as
it read on January 1, 2005, the maximum increase permitted under this
subdivision in Los Angeles County is three dollars ($3), rather than
two dollars ($2).
   (c) The amounts of twenty-three dollars ($23) for Inyo County,
twenty-nine dollars ($29) for Mendocino County, twenty-three dollars
($23) for Plumas County, and twenty-three dollars ($23) for San
Benito County listed in subdivision (a) shall apply to distributions
made under subdivision (a) beginning January 1, 2006.




6322.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the change in
the method of distributing funds to law libraries from fees collected
by the superior courts under the Uniform Civil Fees and Standard Fee
Schedule Act of 2005 will not result in undue financial hardship for
any law library. On and after January 1, 2006, any law library that
experiences undue financial hardship from the change in the method of
distributing funding to law libraries may request a one-time advance
from the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative
Office of the Courts shall provide the advance within 15 days after
the request is received, but no earlier than February 1, 2006, if all
of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is experiencing financial hardship caused by an increase in
the time between collection of a fee by the court and the receipt of
the money by the law library fund resulting from the implementation
of the new distribution method for money received from superior court
filing fees.
   (2) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is operating under this chapter.
   (3) The Administrative Office of the Courts receives the request
on or before February 15, 2006.
   (b) The amount of the advance shall be equal to one-twelfth of the
law library's total receipts from superior court fees for the
2003-04 fiscal year.
   (c) The funding for the advance shall be provided from amounts
deposited into the bank account established by the Administrative
Office of the Courts under subdivision (b) of Section 68085.1 of the
Government Code. The advance shall be returned within 30 days if a
law library ceases to operate or the responsibility for the law
library is transferred from the law library board of trustees.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by forty-four
dollars ($44) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013, and, as
of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2014, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by twenty-four
dollars ($24) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.




6324.  The board of supervisors may appropriate from the county
treasury for law library purposes such sums as may in their
discretion appear proper. When so paid into the law library fund,
those sums shall constitute a part of the fund and be used for the
same purposes.



6325.  The orders and demands of the trustees of the law library,
when duly made and authenticated as hereinafter provided, shall be
verified and audited by the auditing officer, and paid by the
treasurer of the county out of the law library fund. Full entry and
record shall be kept as in other cases.



6326.  A revolving fund of not more than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) may be established from money in the law library fund, by
resolution of the board of law library trustees, for expenditures of
not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) each for purposes for
which the law library fund may lawfully be expended. The board shall
prescribe the procedure by which money may be drawn from the
revolving fund, the records to be kept, and the manner in which
reimbursements shall be made to the revolving fund by demand and
order from the law library fund. All or any part of the money in the
revolving fund may be deposited in a commercial account in a bank,
subject to payments of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
each by check on the signature of the secretary or any other person
or persons designated by the board.



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Statutes > California > Bpc > 6320-6326

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 6320-6326



6320.  All money collected for the law library in each county, must
be deposited with the treasurer of the county, who must keep the same
separate and apart in a trust fund or trust account, to be disbursed
by the board of law library trustees. Money may be disbursed only as
in this chapter provided, and only for the purposes herein
authorized.
   Whenever a law library and a board of trustees to govern the same,
is in existence under the provisions of any law, other than the law
superseded by this chapter, in any county, or city and county, in
this State, money so collected shall be paid into the hands of those,
and in the manner, provided by such law.



6321.  (a) On and after January 1, 2006, as described in Section
68085.1 of the Government Code, the Administrative Office of the
Courts shall make monthly distributions from superior court filing
fees to the law library fund in each county in the amounts described
in this section and Section 6322.1. From each first paper filing fee
as provided under Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, or 70670 of the
Government Code, each first paper or petition filing fee in a
probate matter as provided under Section 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653,
70654, 70655, 70656, or 70658 of the Government Code, Section 103470
of the Health and Safety Code, or Section 7660 of the Probate Code,
each filing fee for a small claim or limited civil case appeal as
provided under Section 116.760 of the Code of Civil Procedure or
Section 70621 of the Government Code, and each vehicle forfeiture
petition fee as provided under subdivision (e) of Section 14607.6 of
the Vehicle Code, that is collected in each of the following
counties, the amount indicated in this subdivision shall be paid to
the law library fund in that county:

  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $37.00
  Alpine.........................          4.00
  Amador.........................         20.00
  Butte..........................         35.00
  Calaveras......................         32.00
  Colusa.........................         17.00
  Contra Costa...................         35.00
  Del Norte......................         20.00
  El Dorado......................         29.00
  Fresno.........................         37.00
  Glenn..........................         20.00
  Humboldt.......................         40.00
  Imperial.......................         20.00
  Inyo...........................         29.00
  Kern...........................         27.00
  Kings..........................         29.00
  Lake...........................         23.00
  Lassen.........................         28.00
  Los Angeles....................         24.00
  Madera.........................         32.00
  Marin..........................         32.00
  Mariposa.......................         27.00
  Mendocino......................         35.00
  Merced.........................         29.00
  Modoc..........................         20.00
  Mono...........................         20.00
  Monterey.......................         31.00
  Napa...........................         23.00
  Nevada.........................         29.00
  Orange.........................         35.00
  Placer.........................         35.00
  Plumas.........................         23.00
  Riverside......................         32.00
  Sacramento.....................         50.00
  San Benito.....................         26.00
  San Bernardino.................         29.00
  San Diego......................         38.00
  San Francisco..................         42.00
  San Joaquin....................         29.00
  San Luis Obispo................         34.00
  San Mateo......................         38.50
  Santa Barbara..................         41.00
  Santa Clara....................         26.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         35.00
  Shasta.........................         26.00
  Sierra.........................         20.00
  Siskiyou.......................         26.00
  Solano.........................         29.00
  Sonoma.........................         35.00
  Stanislaus.....................         24.00
  Sutter.........................          7.00
  Tehama.........................         23.00
  Trinity........................         20.00
  Tulare.........................         35.00
  Tuolumne.......................         20.00
  Ventura........................         32.00
  Yolo...........................         35.00
  Yuba...........................         10.00

   (b) If a board of supervisors in any county acted before January
1, 2006, to increase the law library fee in that county effective
January 1, 2006, the amount distributed to the law library fund in
that county under subdivision (a) shall be increased by the amount
that the board of supervisors acted to increase the fee, up to three
dollars ($3). Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 6322.1, as
it read on January 1, 2005, the maximum increase permitted under this
subdivision in Los Angeles County is three dollars ($3), rather than
two dollars ($2).
   (c) The amounts of twenty-three dollars ($23) for Inyo County,
twenty-nine dollars ($29) for Mendocino County, twenty-three dollars
($23) for Plumas County, and twenty-three dollars ($23) for San
Benito County listed in subdivision (a) shall apply to distributions
made under subdivision (a) beginning January 1, 2006.




6322.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the change in
the method of distributing funds to law libraries from fees collected
by the superior courts under the Uniform Civil Fees and Standard Fee
Schedule Act of 2005 will not result in undue financial hardship for
any law library. On and after January 1, 2006, any law library that
experiences undue financial hardship from the change in the method of
distributing funding to law libraries may request a one-time advance
from the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative
Office of the Courts shall provide the advance within 15 days after
the request is received, but no earlier than February 1, 2006, if all
of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is experiencing financial hardship caused by an increase in
the time between collection of a fee by the court and the receipt of
the money by the law library fund resulting from the implementation
of the new distribution method for money received from superior court
filing fees.
   (2) The law library board of trustees certifies that the law
library is operating under this chapter.
   (3) The Administrative Office of the Courts receives the request
on or before February 15, 2006.
   (b) The amount of the advance shall be equal to one-twelfth of the
law library's total receipts from superior court fees for the
2003-04 fiscal year.
   (c) The funding for the advance shall be provided from amounts
deposited into the bank account established by the Administrative
Office of the Courts under subdivision (b) of Section 68085.1 of the
Government Code. The advance shall be returned within 30 days if a
law library ceases to operate or the responsibility for the law
library is transferred from the law library board of trustees.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by forty-four
dollars ($44) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013, and, as
of January 1, 2014, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2014, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.



6322.1.  (a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by twenty-four
dollars ($24) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows:


  Jurisdiction                           Amount
  Alameda........................        $12.00
  Alpine.........................          1.00
  Amador.........................          6.00
  Butte..........................         12.00
  Calaveras......................          7.00
  Colusa.........................         12.00
  Contra Costa...................          8.00
  Del Norte......................          6.00
  El Dorado......................          9.00
  Fresno.........................          9.00
  Glenn..........................          6.00
  Humboldt.......................         12.00
  Imperial.......................         12.00
  Inyo...........................          6.00
  Kern...........................         12.00
  Kings..........................         12.00
  Lake...........................         12.00
  Lassen.........................         12.00
  Los Angeles....................          5.00
  Madera.........................         12.00
  Marin..........................         12.00
  Mariposa.......................          4.00
  Mendocino......................         12.00
  Merced.........................         12.00
  Modoc..........................          6.00
  Mono...........................          6.00
  Monterey.......................         10.00
  Napa...........................         12.00
  Nevada.........................          7.00
  Orange.........................          8.00
  Placer.........................          7.00
  Plumas.........................          6.00
  Riverside......................         12.00
  Sacramento.....................          8.50
  San Benito.....................          6.00
  San Bernardino.................         12.00
  San Diego......................         12.00
  San Francisco..................         12.00
  San Joaquin....................         10.00
  San Luis Obispo................         12.00
  San Mateo......................         12.00
  Santa Barbara..................         12.00
  Santa Clara....................          8.00
  Santa Cruz.....................         12.00
  Shasta.........................          8.50
  Sierra.........................          9.00
  Siskiyou.......................          8.00
  Solano.........................          9.00
  Sonoma.........................         12.00
  Stanislaus.....................          6.50
  Sutter.........................          1.00
  Tehama.........................          9.00
  Trinity........................          6.00
  Tulare.........................         12.00
  Tuolumne.......................          2.00
  Ventura........................         12.00
  Yolo...........................         10.00
  Yuba...........................          7.00

   The increases described in subdivision (a) do not apply to the law
library distributions in this subdivision.
   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 68085.4 of the
Government Code, when the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided
in this subdivision, the amounts distributed to dispute resolution
programs, the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, the Judges'
Retirement Fund, children's waiting rooms, and the Equal Access Fund
shall remain as provided under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
68085.4 of the Government Code and shall not be changed. Only the
amounts distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund, the law libraries,
and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court
Facilities Construction Fund shall be adjusted. The amount
distributed from each uniform filing fee under this section to the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5, shall be eleven
dollars ($11). If the fee is further reduced below one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181), as with a partial waiver or partial
payment, the proportional reductions described in subdivision (g) of
Section 68085.1 of the Government Code shall apply.
   (d) Distributions under this section to the law library fund in
each county shall be used only for the purposes authorized by this
chapter.
   (e) As used in this section and Section 6321, "law library fund"
includes a law library account described in the second paragraph of
Section 6320.
   (f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.




6324.  The board of supervisors may appropriate from the county
treasury for law library purposes such sums as may in their
discretion appear proper. When so paid into the law library fund,
those sums shall constitute a part of the fund and be used for the
same purposes.



6325.  The orders and demands of the trustees of the law library,
when duly made and authenticated as hereinafter provided, shall be
verified and audited by the auditing officer, and paid by the
treasurer of the county out of the law library fund. Full entry and
record shall be kept as in other cases.



6326.  A revolving fund of not more than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) may be established from money in the law library fund, by
resolution of the board of law library trustees, for expenditures of
not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) each for purposes for
which the law library fund may lawfully be expended. The board shall
prescribe the procedure by which money may be drawn from the
revolving fund, the records to be kept, and the manner in which
reimbursements shall be made to the revolving fund by demand and
order from the law library fund. All or any part of the money in the
revolving fund may be deposited in a commercial account in a bank,
subject to payments of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
each by check on the signature of the secretary or any other person
or persons designated by the board.