Gov. Code, § 71639.5 · Article 3. Labor Relations
Gov. Code, § 71639.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any written agreements reached through negotiations held pursuant to this article are binding upon the parties, upon adoption under Section 71634.3, and, notwithstanding Sections 1085 and 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure requiring the issuance of a writ to an inferior tribunal, any of those agreements may be enforced by petitioning the superior court for relief pursuant to Section 1085 or 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) Written agreements reached through negotiations held pursuant to this article that contain provisions requiring the arbitration of controversies arising out of the agreement shall be subject to enforcement under Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) The Judicial Council shall adopt rules of court that shall provide a mechanism for the establishment of a panel of court of appeal justices who shall be qualified to hear petitions under Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and writ applications under Sections 1085 and 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and as specified in those rules, from which a single justice shall be assigned to hear the matter in the superior court. The rules of court shall provide that these matters shall be heard in the superior court, and to the extent permitted by law, shall provide that any justice assigned to hear the matter in the superior court shall not be from the court of appeal district in which the action is filed, and shall further provide that appeals in such matters shall be heard in the court of appeal district where the matter was filed.
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History
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 227, Sec. 71. Effective August 16, 2004.
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Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1085Printed as Section 1085 or 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure | Sections 1085 and 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1103Printed as Section 1085 or 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure | Sections 1085 and 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., pt. 3, tit. 9ARBITRATIONPrinted as Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure
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