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Rules and Forms: Miscellaneous Technical Amendments (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
Various members of the judicial branch, members of the public, and Judicial Council staff have identified errors in the California Rules of Court and Judicial Council forms resulting from typographical errors and changes resulting from legislation and previous rule amendments and form revisions. Judicial Council staff recommend making the necessary corrections to avoid causing confusion for court users, clerks, and judicial officers.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Judicial Council staff recommend that the council, effective March 5, 2018:
1. Amend rule 8.866 of the California Rules of Court to correct the numbering of subdivision (d) to reflect amendments approved by the Judicial Council in September and November 2017. The proposed amendment would renumber subdivision (d) to reinstate paragraph number "(1)" in the first paragraph and to add paragraph number "(2)" in what is now the second paragraph. In addition, the text of subdivision (d)(2) would be added back, as it was inadvertently left out of the amendment approved by the Judicial Council in November, due to the two successive amendments close in time.
2. Amend a heading in Chapter 4 of Title 2, Trial Court Rules. In November 2017, the Language Access Plan Implementation Task Force recommended that the Judicial Council adopt new rules 2.850 (Language Access Representative) and 2.851 (Language access services complaints) (both effective January 1, 2018). The header of the new rules indicated that they should be added to:
Title 2. Trial Court Rules
Chapter 4. Language Access
Article 1. General Provisions
As a result, existing Chapter 4, Court Interpreters, should have been renumbered as Article 2 within Chapter 4. This amendment recommends changing the heading for rules 2.890-2.895 from "Chapter 4. Court Interpreters" to "Article 2. Court Interpreters," as shown below, so that the new and exis...
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