Rule 10.810. Court operations

(a) Definition Except as provided in subdivision (b) and subject to the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d), “court operations” as defined in Government Code section 77003 includes the following costs:

(1) (judicial salaries and benefits)salaries, benefits, and public agency retirement contributions for superior and municipal court judges and for subordinate judicial officers;

(2) (nonjudicial salaries and benefits)salaries, benefits, and public agency retirement contributions for superior and municipal court staff whether permanent, temporary, full- or part-time, contract or per diem, including but not limited to all municipal court staff positions specifically prescribed by statute and county clerk positions directly supporting the superior courts;

(3) salaries and benefits for those sheriff, marshal, and constable employees as the court deems necessary for court operations in superior and municipal courts and the supervisors of those sheriff, marshal, and constable employees who directly supervise the court security function;

(4) court-appointed counsel in juvenile dependency proceedings, and counsel appointed by the court to represent a minor as specified in Government Code section 77003;

(5) (services and supplies)operating expenses in support of judicial officers and court operations;

(6) (collective bargaining)collective bargaining with respect to court employees; and

(7) (indirect costs)a share of county general services as defined in subdivision (d), Function 11, and used by the superior and municipal courts.

(b) Exclusions Excluded from the definition of “court operations” are the following:

(1) law library operations conducted by a trust pursuant to statute;

(2) courthouse construction and site acquisition, including space rental (for other than court records storage), alterations/remodeling, or relocating court facilities;

(3) district attorney services;

(4) probation services;

(5) indigent criminal and juvenile delinquency defense;

(6) civil and criminal grand jury expenses and operations (except for selection);

(7) pretrial release services;

(8) equipment and supplies for use by official reporters of the courts to prepare transcripts as specified by statute; and

(9) county costs as provided in subdivision (d) as unallowable.

(c) Budget appropriations Costs for court operations specified in subdivision (a) shall be appropriated in county budgets for superior and municipal courts, including contract services with county agencies or private providers except for the following:

(1) salaries, benefits, services, and supplies for sheriff, marshal, and constable employees as the court deems necessary for court operations in superior and municipal courts;

(2) salaries, benefits, services, and supplies for county clerk activities directly supporting the superior court; and

(3) costs for court-appointed counsel specified in Government Code section 77003. Except as provided in this subdivision, costs not appropriated in the budgets of the courts are unallowable.

**** Function 1. Judicial Officers

**** Function 2. Jury Services

**** Function 3. Verbatim Reporting

**** Function 4. Court Interpreters

**** Function 5. Collections Enhancement

**** Function 6. Dispute Resolution Programs

**** Function 7. Court-Appointed Counsel (Noncriminal)

**** Function 8. Court Security

**** Function 9. Information Technology

**** Function 10. All Other Court Operations

**** Function 11. County General Services (“Indirect Costs”)

(d) Functional budget categories Trial court budgets and financial reports shall identify all allowable court operations in the following eleven (11) functional budget categories. Costs for salary, wages, and benefits of court employees are to be shown in the appropriate functions provided the individual staff member works at least 25 percent time in that function. Individual staff members whose time spent in a function is less than 25 percent are reported in Function 10, All Other Court Operations. The functions and their respective costs are as follows:

Committee Notes

(Subd (a) amended effective July 1, 1995; previously amended effective January 1, 1989, July 1, 1990, and July 1, 1991.)

(Subd (b) amended effective July 1, 1995; adopted effective July 1, 1988 as subd (c); previously amended effective January 1, 1989, and July 1, 1990.)

(Subd (c) amended effective July 1, 1995; adopted as subd (d) effective July 1, 1990.)

(Subd (d) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously amended and relettered effective July 1, 1995.)