Government Code section 70402

(a)

Any amount in a county’s courthouse construction fund established by Section 76100, a fund established by Section 70622 in the County of Riverside, a fund established by Section 70624 in the County of San Bernardino, and a fund established by Section 70625 in the City and County of San Francisco, shall be transferred to the State Court Facilities Construction Fund at the later of the following dates:

(1)

The date of the last transfer of responsibility for court facilities from the county to the Judicial Council or December 31, 2009, whichever is earlier.

(2)

The date of the final payment of the bonded indebtedness for any court facility that is paid from that fund is retired.

(b)

If the responsibility for one or more facilities does not transfer, the county’s courthouse construction fund shall retain that portion of the total money in the fund as the square footage of the facilities that do not transfer bears to the total square footage of court facilities in that county.

Source: Section 70402, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=70402.­ (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

Last Updated

May 12, 2025

§ 70402’s source at ca​.gov