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Rule 50 (50.1 to 50.4): the Court Executive Officer, who also functions as the Clerk of the Court under Rule 10.610(a), with the powers, duties and responsibilities of the clerk under Government Code §§69840-69848, the transfer of the clerk's employment responsibilities under §68114.6, and the appointment as Jury Commissioner under Code of Civil Procedure §195(a) (50.2); and a judicial vacation day defined (50.4).
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LOCAL RULE 50 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (Effective 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 7/1/19) 50.1 GENERAL RULES (Effective 7/1/96, title amended 1/1/99) 50.2 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CLERK OF THE COURT (Effective date 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/16) A. The Superior Court of California, County of Butte employs a Court Executive Officer pursuant to the authority in California Rules of Court, Rule 10.610(a) that also functions as the Clerk of the Court. 1. Under direction of the presiding judge, the Court Executive Officer is responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the nonjudicial operations of the Court and allocating resources in a manner that promotes access to justice for all members of the public, provides a forum for the fair and expeditious resolution of disputes, maximizes the use of judicial and other resources, increases efficiency in Court operations, and enhances service to the public. Duties of the Court Executive Officer are pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 10.610(c). 2. The Court Executive Officer is granted the power, duties, and responsibilities of the Clerk of the Court pursuant to the authority contained in the Government Code §§69840-69848. The power, duties and responsibilities shall include all of those performed by the Clerk of the Court pursuant to the authority contained in Government Code §69840 with respect to actions, proceedings and records, including but not limited to: a. The acceptance, processing and filing of papers in connection with any action or proceeding before the Court, including but not limited to those relating to the Court's original jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction and appeals from the Court; the maintenance and management of Court records; the microfilming of Court records and the keeping and disposition of papers, documents, files and exhibits in accordance with law. b. The maintenance of indexes of all Court files; the keeping of a register of actions or its alternate. c. The issuance of process and notices, including, without limitation, summons, writs of execution and other writs; subpoenas to witnesses; probate notices; citations in probate, guardianship and other matters; the acceptance of service on parties; the entry of defaults; the transmission of transcripts on change of venue. d. The attendance at each session of Court and upon the judges in chambers when required; the administration of oaths; the keeping of minutes and other records of the Court. e. The entry of orders, findings, judgments, and decrees; the acceptance for filing of confessions of judgment; the authentication of records; certification of abstracts of judgment; the keeping of a judgment book or its equivalent f. The collection, receipt, deposit and accounting of fees for filing, for preparing or certifying copies and for other fees; the receipt of jury fees, bonds, undertakings, fines, forfeitures and revenues; the keeping of money deposited in Court, including, but not limited to, funds received in connection with minors' compromises. g. The maintenance of statistical financial records and the preparation of reports to the Judicial Council and other state and county offices as required by law or policy. h. The preparation of the Clerk's transcript on appeal and the transmission of the record and exhibits to the reviewing Court. i. The receipt of wills of decedents. j. The taking of bail and related matters as provided in the Penal Code. k. The provision of calendar management, including the calendaring of cases and hearings and the maintenance of Court calendars and schedules. l. The printing and sale of Court forms and Rules of Court; the procurement of supplies. m. The keeping and affixing of the seal of the Court to appropriate instruments. n. The administrative functions related to the above, including, without limitation, hiring, training and supervision of personnel; accounting functions; mailing activities; and ordering and storing equipment and supplies. 3. Pursuant to the authority contained in Government Code §68114.6, the Court hereby transfers to the Court Executive Officer the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Clerk of the Court with respect to the employment and supervision of personnel whose principal activities are to serve the Court in providing the functions outlined above in subsection (A). 4. Pursuant to the authority contained in Code of Civil Procedure §195(a), the Court hereby appoints the Court Executive Officer to serve as Jury Commissioner. 5. Pursuant to the authority contained in Government Code §69840(a), the County Clerk is relieved of any obligation imposed on her by law with respect to the above powers, duties and responsibilities, effective January 1, 1996. (Effective date 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 7/1/19) 50.3 RESERVED (Effective 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99) 50.4 JUDICIAL VACATION DAY DEFINED (Effective date 1/1/02) A. Time away from the Court for more than one-half (1/2) day for vacation purposes shall be deemed as a full day of vacation. (Effective date 1/1/02)
LOCAL RULE 50 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (Effective 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 7/1/19) 50.1 GENERAL RULES (Effective 7/1/96, title amended 1/1/99) 50.2 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CLERK OF THE COURT (Effective date 7/1/96, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/16) A. The Superior Court of California, County of Butte employs a Court Executive Officer pursuant to the authority in
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Butte build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-butte/docs/local-rules/local-rules-january-2026-final-edit_san.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Local Court Rules Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 6485001 bytes, sha256 043b7a23248fccbde751232510b0b283759182bb05446c97c68478f2adcb12b1; 229 pages; this rule PDF pages 123 to 124) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: 19 rules - 1 to 4, 6, 9, 12 to 22, 50 and 51 - each composed from its own pages (PDF pages 14 to 126, printed “Page 1 of 216” to “Page 113 of 216”), from its heading (“LOCAL RULE 1 GENERAL RULES”, with its history note on the same row) to its last history note: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF BUTTE RULES”) and its two footer lines (the rule's name and “Page N of 216”) removed as chrome - PDF page 24, a Rule 2 page, prints Rule 1's name in its footer, removed there too; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and each subdivision's label and title (“2.1 APPLICABILITY”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) finds no struck run; 14 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: eleven complaint addresses in Rules 6, 9, 16, 17 and 51 whose street the reflow ran into the court's name, each street set on its own line as printed; Rule 2.6(B)'s transcript request address set on its four lines; Rule 2.16's empty label “D.” set apart from Rule 2.17's heading; Rule 16.27's “c)Training” set on its own line) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-10.txt) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the list of the rules with their effective dates, the applicability statement, the table of contents, the abbreviations, the subject index, the forms indexes and the local forms printed as page images (PDF pages 127 to 229) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.