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Title
Technology: Modernization of the Appellate Rules of Court (Phase II of the Rules Modernization Project) (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) and Appellate Advisory Committee (AAC) recommend adoption of changes to the appellate rules and forms to facilitate modern
e-business practices, e-filing, and e-service. Last year, technical changes to the appellate rules were approved to eliminate rule language inconsistent with current e-filing, e-service, and other e-business practices of the appellate courts. This year, ITAC and the AAC recommend more substantive changes to the rules to facilitate and encourage use of modern e-business practices by the appellate courts, as well as further necessary technical changes to rules and forms.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The AAC and ITAC recommend that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2017:
1. Add language to rule 8.104 providing that an order signed electronically has the same effect as an order signed on paper;
2. Correct the reference in rule 8.124, subdivision (d), to the format requirements of rule 8.144(b)-(d) to refer instead to rule 8.144(a)-(c);
3. Add language in rule 8.144, subdivision (a), setting the format standard for computer-readable copies of reporters' transcripts as any text-searchable format approved by the reviewing court, and make corresponding changes to rules 8.130, 8.336, 8.409, 8.416, 8.450, 8.613, 8.619, 8.625, 8.834, 8.866, and 8.919 where those rules refer to the existing format standard;
4. Add language to the advisory committee comments to rules 8.150, 8.336, 8.409, 8.416, 8.450, 8.454, 8.480, 8.482, and 8.1007 stating that "[u]nder rule 8.71(c), the superior court clerk may send the record to the reviewing court in electronic form"1;
5. Replace the word "mail" with "send" and "mailed" with "sent" in rules 8.450 and 8.454, and add e-mail to the list of ways the superior court clerk can send out notice as r...
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