Under existing law, the Administrative Office of Courts may direct state appropriated funds to pay for the judicial education of any justice, judge, or court-supportive personnel. This bill would allow the Administrative Office of Courts to create a nonprofit entity to collect and use nonpublic funds for judicial education. This bill would allow the Administrative Office of Courts to hold nonpublic funds in accounts outside the State Treasury which would be audited or reviewed annually. This bill would allow the Administrative Office of Courts and other state entities to transfer state funds to the nonprofit entity for judicial education purposes and would allow the nonprofit entity to be housed at the Administrative Office of Courts and staffed by the employees of the Administrative Office of Courts. This bill would be remedial and curative. This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Introduced: 12-5-11