§ 77202.5. — 77202.5. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 11, Sec. 8.)

(a)
The Judicial Council shall report all approved allocations and reimbursements to the trial courts in each fiscal year, including funding received through augmentations in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 77202, to the chairs of the Senate Committees on Budget and Fiscal Review and Judiciary and the Assembly Committees on Budget and Judiciary on or before February 1 following the close of each fiscal year. The report shall include all of the following:
(1)
A statement of the intended purpose for which each allocation or
reimbursement was made.
(2)
The policy governing trial court reserves.
(b)
The trial courts shall report to the Judicial Council on or before September 15 following the close of each fiscal year all court revenues, expenditures, reserves, and fund balances from the prior fiscal year for funding from all fund sources. The report shall specify all expenditures, including those associated with administrative costs, by program, component, and object. The Judicial Council shall summarize this information by court and report it to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Budget and the Judiciary and post that information on a public internet website on or before
December 31, 2009, and on or before December 31 following the close of each fiscal year thereafter.
(c)
Nothing in this section is intended to restrict public access to information otherwise authorized by statute, rule, or case law.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 11, Sec. 8. (AB 136) Effective June 27, 2025. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 77400.