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Part 1 — Judicial Council

10.1 Authority, duties, and goals of the Judicial Council
10.10 Judicial Council internal committees
10.11 Executive and Planning Committee
10.12 Legislation Committee
10.13 Rules Committee
10.14 Litigation Management Committee
10.15 Judicial Branch Budget Committee
10.16 Technology Committee
10.2 Judicial Council membership and terms
10.20 Proposals for new or amended rules, standards, or forms; rule-making process in general
10.21 Proposals from members of the public for changes to rules, standards, or forms
10.22 Rule-making procedures
10.3 Nonvoting members
10.30 Judicial Council advisory bodies
10.31 Advisory committee membership and terms
10.32 Nominations and appointments to advisory committees
10.33 Advisory committee meetings
10.34 Duties and responsibilities of advisory committees
10.40 Appellate Advisory Committee
10.4 Nominations and appointments to the Judicial Council
10.41 Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee
10.42 Criminal Law Advisory Committee
10.43 Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
10.44 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee
10.46 Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee
10.48 Court Executives Advisory Committee
10.49 Conference of Court Executives [Repealed]
10.5 Notice and agenda of council meetings
10.50 Center for Judicial Education and Resources Advisory Committee
10.51 Court Interpreters Advisory Panel
10.52 Administrative Presiding Justices Advisory Committee
10.53 Information Technology Advisory Committee
10.54 Traffic Advisory Committee
10.55 Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness
10.56 Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee
10.58 Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions
10.59 Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions
10.6 Judicial Council meetings
10.60 Tribal Court-State Court Forum
10.61 Court Security Advisory Committee
10.62 Court Facilities Advisory Committee
10.63 Advisory Committee on Audits and Financial Accountability for the Judicial Branch
10.64 Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
10.65 Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee
10.66 Workload Assessment Advisory Committee [Repealed]
10.67 Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Committee
10.68 Data Analytics Advisory Committee
10.70 Task forces, working groups, and other advisory bodies
10.75 Meetings of advisory bodies D
10.80 Administrative Director of the Courts (Administrative Director)
10.81 Judicial Council staff

Part 5 — Appellate Court Administration

10.1000 Transfer of causes
10.1004 Court of Appeal administrative presiding justice
10.1008 Courts of Appeal with more than one division
10.1012 Supervising progress of appeals
10.1014 Oversight of administrative presiding justices and presiding justices
10.1016 Notice of failure to perform judicial duties
10.1017 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
10.1020 Reviewing court clerk/executive officer
10.1024 Court of Appeal minutes
10.1028 Preservation and destruction of Court of Appeal records D
10.1030 Local rules of Courts of Appeal D
10.1100 Assignments to the appellate division
10.1104 Presiding judge
10.1108 Sessions

Part 2 — Administration of the Judicial Branch

10.101 Role of the Judicial Council
10.102 Acceptance of gifts
10.103 Limitation on intrabranch contracting
10.104 Limitation on contracting with former employees D
10.105 Allocation of new fee, fine, and forfeiture revenue
10.106 Judicial branch travel expense reimbursement policy
10.107 Trial Court Budget Working Group [Repealed]
10.172 Court security plans
10.173 Court security committees
10.174 Petition Regarding Disputes Related to Court Security Memoranda of Understanding
10.180 Court facilities standards
10.181 Court facilities policies, procedures, and standards
10.182 Operation and maintenance of court facilities
10.183 Decision making on transfer of responsibility for trial court facilities
10.184 Acquisition, space programming, construction, and design of court facilities
10.201 Claim and litigation procedure
10.202 Claims and litigation management
10.203 Contractual indemnification
10.350 Workers' compensation program
10.351 Judicial branch policies on workplace conduct
10.400 Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS)
10.405 Judicial branch technology and data security guidelines D
10.430 Generative artificial intelligence use policies
10.451 Judicial branch education
10.452 Minimum education requirements, expectations, and recommendations
10.455 Ethics orientation for Judicial Council members and for judicial branch employees required to file a statement of economic interests
10.461 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justices D
10.462 Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officers D
10.463 Education requirements for family court judges and subordinate judicial officers
10.464 Education requirements and expectations for judges and subordinate judicial officers on domestic violence issues
10.465 Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access
10.468 Content-based and hours-based education for superior court judges and subordinate judicial officers regularly assigned to hear probate proceedings D
10.469 Judicial education recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers
10.471 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal clerks/executive officers D
10.472 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal managing attorneys, supervisors, and other personnel D
10.473 Minimum education requirements for trial court executive officers D
10.474 Trial court managers, supervisors, and other personnel D
10.478 Content-based and hours-based education for court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners D
10.479 Education recommendations for appellate and trial court personnel
10.481 Approved providers; approved course criteria
10.491 Minimum education requirements for Judicial Council employees D
10.492 Temporary extension and pro rata reduction of judicial branch education requirements [Repealed]
10.493 Instructor-led training

Part 3 — Judicial Administration Rules Applicable to All Courts

10.500 Public access to judicial administrative records D
10.501 Maintenance of budget and management information
10.502 Judicial sabbatical program
10.503 Use of recycled paper by all courts [Repealed]
10.504 Smoking prohibited in all courts
10.505 Judicial robes

Part 4 — Trial Court Administration

10.601 Superior court management
10.602 Selection and term of presiding judge
10.603 Authority and duties of presiding judge D
10.605 Executive committee
10.608 Duties of all judges
10.609 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
10.610 Duties of court executive officer
10.611 Nondiscrimination in court appointments
10.612 Use of gender-neutral language
10.613 Local court rules-adopting, filing, distributing, and maintaining D
10.614 Local court forms
10.620 Public access to administrative decisions of trial courts
10.625 Certain demographic data relating to regular grand jurors
10.630 Reciprocal assignment orders
10.635 Limited situations in which a judicial officer may preside remotely from a location other than a courtroom
10.650 Court Employee Labor Relations Rules
10.651 Purpose
10.652 Definitions
10.653 Right and obligation to meet and confer
10.654 Scope of representation
10.655 Governing court employee labor relations
10.656 Transition provisions
10.657 Construction
10.658 Interpretation
10.659 Other provisions
10.660 Enforcement of agreements-petitions (Gov. Code, §§ 71639.5, 71825.2)
10.670 Trial court personnel plans
10.700 Role of subordinate judicial officers
10.701 Qualifications and education of subordinate judicial officers D
10.702 Subordinate judicial officers: practice of law
10.703 Subordinate judicial officers: complaints and notice requirements D
10.740 Responsibilities of the trial courts for temporary judge programs
10.741 Duties and authority of the presiding judge
10.742 Use of attorneys as court-appointed temporary judges
10.743 Administrator of temporary judges program
10.744 Application procedures to serve as a court-appointed temporary judge
10.745 Performance
10.746 Complaints
10.761 Regional Court Interpreter Employment Relations Committees
10.762 Cross-assignments for court interpreter employees
10.776 Definitions
10.777 Qualifications of court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners
10.780 Administration of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs
10.781 Court-related ADR neutrals
10.782 ADR program information
10.783 ADR program administration
10.800 Superior court budgeting
10.801 Superior court budget procedures
10.803 Information access disputes-writ petitions (Gov. Code, § 71675)
10.804 Superior court financial policies and procedures D
10.805 Notice of change in court-county relationship D
10.810 Court operations
10.811 Reimbursement of costs associated with homicide trials
10.815 Fees to be set by the court
10.820 Acceptance of credit cards by the superior courts
10.821 Acceptance of checks and other negotiable paper
10.830 Disposal of surplus court personal property D
10.850 Trial court records
10.851 Court indexes-automated maintenance
10.854 Standards and guidelines for trial court records
10.855 Superior court records sampling program
10.856 Notice of superior court records destruction D
10.870 Trial court automation standards
10.900 Case management and calendaring system
10.901 Internal management procedures
10.910 Assigned cases to be tried or dismissed-notification to presiding judge
10.950 Role of presiding judge, supervising judge, criminal division, and master calendar department in courts having more than three judges
10.951 Duties of supervising judge of the criminal division
10.952 Meetings concerning the criminal court system
10.953 Procedures for disposition of cases before the preliminary hearing
10.960 Court self-help centers
10.970 970 Reports of findings and orders affecting voting rights (Elec. Code, § 2211.5)

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Part 4 · Trial Court Administration

Rule 10.776. Definitions

Amended January 1, 2016 (current)

**** As used in the rules in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings stated below:

Source: Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.776

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