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2012- 13 ANNUAL REPORT
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Mission 2
Organization of California County Law Libraries 3
Board of Trustees 8
Staff 9
Service 9
Resolution Approving the Annual Report 10
New Books 11
Books Lost or Missing 11
Physical Subscriptions and Archival Materials Held 12
Certification by the Secretary 13
Financial Report 14
2013 - 2014 Budget Forecast 18
Board Meeting Dates and Public Invitation for Comments 20
Appendix 1 - Distribution List 21
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Our Mission
The Rule of Law exists for three purposes: To regulate government power, to provide
equality before law, and to provide procedural and formal justice. For the Rule of
Law to achieve these ends, equal access to the courts of justice and equal access to
the laws and to the materials that explain the rules of evidence, the rules of
procedure, and the relationship of laws to other law is essential.
County Law Libraries, in California, are Public Libraries, free and open to the judiciary,
to state and county officials, to members of the State Bar, and to all residents and
nonresidents of the State of California, for the examination of books and other printed
materials, for provision of access to photocopiers and printers, and to online
resources.
Our Mission is to make the Rule of Law equally accessible to all people.
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Organization of California County Law Libraries
STATUTORY HISTORY
The law governing California's system of free, public, county law libraries is contained
in Chapter 5 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code (sections 6300-6364).
California's County Law Libraries have been in existence since Statehood. The
statutory provisions that established the law libraries of today appeared shortly
thereafter: Statutes of 1872, chapter 278 enacted the Political Code, the antecedent
of today's Government Code, which revised the 1850 organization of State
government - and provided for uniformity of county government. Pursuant thereto,
and in amendment thereof, in 1891 , the Legislature established county law libraries,
and in 1907, the Legislature established the Judicial Department of county
government - containing the county Law Library together with the Superior Court, the
Clerk of the Superior Court, the District Attorney, the Sheriff, the County Clerk, the
Official Reporter, the Public Administrator, the Justice's Court, and the Constable.
The provisions for county law libraries were codified in Article X of Chapter VI of Title II
of the Government of Counties (Former Pol. Code §§ 4190-4204, now Bus. & Prof.
Code §§ 6300-6364).
Butte County Public Law Library was established by Resolution of the Butte County
Board of Supervisors, who ordained to adopt chapter 282 of the Political Code,
December 2, 1907.
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
By statute, responsibility for providing suitable quarters for county law libraries and
maintenance of physical plant was made the responsibility of counties (Former Pol.
Code § 4198, now Bus. & Prof. Code § 6361 ). Responsibility for stocking county law
libraries with each report of the decisions of the [state] supreme court, district courts
of appeal, and of the statutes of this state, and also a copy of all such reports and
statutes heretofore published was made the responsibility of the state (Former Pol.
Code § 4201 , subsequently Bus. & Prof. Code § 6362, 1-01-1942 to 12-31-1967).
Responsibility for all other operations was made the responsibility of boards of law
library trustees (Former Pol. Code §§ 4191-4195, now Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 6300, 6340-
6350).
LAW LIBRARY FUNDS
Former sections 4190 of the Political Code (as codified in 1907) and 6321 and 6322 of
the Business and Professions Code (as codified in 1941 ) provided for a Law Library
Fund of one dollar ($1 ) from every first paper filing fee charged to plaintiff/petitioners
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and defendant/respondents filing first appearance fees in the Superior Court. In
counties with small populations, filing fee revenues together with the free state
publications were insufficient to maintain a law library. The 1941 statute authorized
county boards of supervisors to augment these funds by appropriating from the
county treasury for law library purposes such sums as may in their discretion appear
proper. When so paid, those sums became a part of the law library fund (Bus. & Prof.
Code § 6324). Board of supervisors' support allowed the counties with small
populations to maintain their law libraries in the decade of the 1940s - forward.
In the years since then, since 1941 , the law library portion of the filing fee, producing
the law library fund, was periodically increased by the Legislature: to not more than
two dollars ($2) in 1947 (Stats. 1947, Ch. 932, § 1 ); to not more-than three dollars ($3) in
1957 (Stats. 1957, Ch. 86, § 1 ); to not more-than five dollars ($5) in 1968 (Stats 1968, Ch.
199, § 1 ); to not more-than seven dollars ($7) in 1972 (Stats. 1972, Ch. 890, § 1 ); to not
more-than twelve dollars ($12) in 1980 (Stats. 1980, Ch. 64, §1 ); to not more-than
twenty dollars ($20) in 1990 - with an exception, created in 1990, for claims made by
"assignees" (Stats. 1990, Ch. 56, § 1 ). (The steepness of the 1990 increase followed
from a period of steep inflation in the prices of legal publications. The period also
witnessed the advent of electronic legal research and the disappearance of card
catalogs. The costs were high: Government agencies, universities, large law firms,
and publicly-supported county law libraries could access the online material.)
LEGISLATIVE INTENT
In 1990 the Legislature approved a long term solution to the Legislature's need to
adjust the law library's share of the first-paper fee to defray the expenses of the library
by allowing county boards of supervisors to add a local fee of up-to three dollars ($3)
per year to the statutory base. (This power lasted until 2005.) Thus, it was stated in
Statutes 1990, chapter 56, sections 1 and 7:
"After January 1, 1995, the board of supervisors of the county may increase
those costs to an amount over twenty dollars ($20) but in no case may this
increase in any year be greater than three dollars ($3)."
"It is the intent of the Legislature for California to continue its century old
tradition of making legal materials available to all its citizens via
adequately funded, staffed, and maintained county law libraries.
...County boards of supervisors are charged with the responsibility of
monitoring the needs of the county law library within their respective
jurisdictions and adjusting filing fees as permitted by the provisions of that
chapter to enable the county law library to fulfill its defined mission."
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THE LOCAL RESPONSES
The rate of steep inflation in the prices of legal publications that began in the second
half of the decade of the 1980s continued in the 1990s. Small publishers were
acquired by larger publishers. Prices increased, at times, by 15 to 20 percent per year.
In response to this inflation, forty-four (44) county boards of supervisors, that included
the Butte County Board of Supervisors, imposed local fees to keep their law libraries
viable. The Butte County Board of Supervisors added Section 3-90 to the Butte
County Code in 1996, establishing a local fee of three dollars ($3) in 1996, six dollars
($6) in 2000, and nine dollars ($9) in 2003 in furtherance thereof.
ALL BECAME PART OF SUBSEQUENT STATE LAW
The statewide effect of local law library fees and other local charges that supported
other local programs pursuant to State Law made for differing filing fees from county-
to-county; this led to the call for legislation to standardize filing fees, statewide, and to
the Uniform Civil Fee and Standard Fee Schedule Act of 2005.
The Act (Stats. 2005, ch. 75 (AB 145)) established a uniform schedule of filing fees and
other civil fees, of $320, $300, $180, and $165 for filings in the Superior Court, effective
1-01-2006. These fees contained the law library fees of twenty dollars ($20) plus nine
dollars ($9), and twelve dollars ($12), established by existing law. Local law library
fee ordinances were abrogated by the 2005 legislation: Section 3-90 of the Butte
County Code was made inapplicable. Retained, however, in Sections 7 and 10 of
the Act, was the authority of county boards of supervisors to direct an increase in the
law library's portion of the filing fee, for a limited time: to direct that for every first-
paper filed in a Civil, Family or Probate proceeding, by other-than an assignee, that
the Administrative office of the Courts would allocate up to an additional three
dollars ($3) per year to the law library fund - but without any increase in any fee. The
request could be made annually, in 2005 and in 2006.
Thereafter, thirty-six (36) county boards of supervisors, that included the Butte County
Board of Supervisors, received the increased allocations provided-for in the Act.
Butte County Public Law Library's portion of the filing fee increased from $29 and $12,
I Also established by the Act was a first-time graduated fee structure of$30, $50, and $75 for filings in Small
Claims. For Small Claims filings at the lower levels, no allocations for the support of law libraries were made; for
Small Claims filings at the highest level, two dollars ($2) from each new seventy-five dollar ($75) fee collected
would be added to the law library fund.
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in 2005, to $32, $12 and $2, in 2006, and from $32, $12 and $2, in 2006, to $35, $12 and
$2, in 2007.
Pursuant to these actions, revenues to the Butte County Public Law Library fund
increased from $180,588 in 2006-'07 to $208,306 in 2007-'08. Revenues fell thereafter
owing to a decrease in paid filings.
INCREASED FILING FEES, LEADING TO A DECLINE IN FILINGS AND/OR TO AN INCREASE
IN IN FORMA PAUPERIS FILINGS, CAUSED LAW LIBRARY RECEIPTS TO FALL
Statutes 2008, chapter 311 (SB 1407) increased the superior court filing fees
established at $320, $300, $180, and $165, to $355, $330, $205, and $181 , respectively
- to pay for renovation and construction of courthouses; no part of any supplemental
fee provided-for in that chapter was allocated to the law library fund. This law, at
section 9.3 thereof, and two subsequent trial court funding measures, Statutes 2009-
2010 4th Extra Session, chapter 22, at section 10 thereof, and Statutes 2010, chapter
720, at section 17 thereof, imposed moratoriums on adjustments to, or increases, in
fees, other-than as specified by statute, for the five-year period 2008-2013.
First-paper filings declined and applications for initial waivers of court fees and costs
increased during the Great Recession.
Statutes 2010, chapter 720 (SB 857), section 18, effective October 19, 2010, increased
the first-paper filing fees established at $355, $330, $205, and $181 in 2008 to $395,
$370, $225, and $181 , respectively; no part of any supplemental fee provided-for in
that Section was allocated to the law library fund.
Statutes 2012, chapter 41 (SB 1021 ) increased the first-paper filing fees established at
$395, $370, $225, and $181 in 2010 to $435, $370, $225 and $181 ; no part of any
supplemental fee provided-for in that Section was allocated to the law library fund.
STATEWIDE, AND LOCAL, EFFECTS OF THE DECLINE IN PAID FILINGS
From 2009 to 2013, due in part to reduced filings and due in part to increased fee
waivers, law library revenues, statewide, declined to 751/2 percent of what law library
revenues had been in 2008-'09. (Council of CA County Law Librarians Report)
Butte County Public Law Library's fund revenues fared better than the statewide
average: From levels of $198,679 received in 2009-10 and $210,650 received in 2010-
' 11 , filing fee revenues declined to $182,472 in 2011-'12 and $172,710 in 2012-' 13,
amounting to a 17% percent decline compared to the 241/2 percent statewide
decline. Statewide, many county law libraries reduced their hours of service. Hardest-
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hit were Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties —who experienced four-year
revenue declines of 36 percent, 35 percent, and 34 percent respectively.
We, in Butte County, are weathering the storm: Our budget is trimmed; we have lost
some ground in preserving our reserves, but there has been no reduction in service.
A SOLUTION IS AT HAND
Urgent legislation is needed to shore-up the Statewide system: to restore reference
services, to restore library hours, and to restore subscriptions necessary to having
meaningful access to the law, to the rules of procedure and evidence, and to the
texts necessary to understanding and resolving interpersonal issues and governmental
issues as they affect governments and people.
The Council of California County Law Librarians is working with the Administrative
Office of the Courts and with the Legislature to restore a measure of health to law
library funding. At the top of the list is a movement to eliminate the reduced filing fee
exception for "assignees:" collection agencies that pay the Courts one hundred
eighty-one dollars ($181 ) instead of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225). Also on
the table is the imposition of a requirement that California's official publisher provide
printed case reports, and maintain one copy of California's annotated codes for
each county law library, at no expense to that law library. Eliminating the reduced
filing fee exception will restore lost revenues.
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2012-2013 Board of Trustees
The Board of Law Library Trustees is composed of Judges of the Superior Court, or their
designees, and County Supervisors, or their designees. The Court is represented by
four or five seats on the seven-member Board. The County is represented by two or
three seats on the seven-member Board.
William R. Colligan, Esq.
Family Law, Private Practice, Chico, CA
Designee of Hon. Robert A. Glusman, Judge, Butte County Superior Court
Trustee 2010 to Present, succeeding Margaret Bomberg
R. Bruce Finch, Esq.
Appellate Law, Private Practice, Chico, CA
Designee of the Chair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors
Appointed by the Board of Supervisors February 2010
Trustee 2010 to Present, succeeding Staff Research Attorney Gary R. Knippen
Raoul J. LeClerc, Esq.
Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, Private Practice, Oroville, CA
Trustee 1987 to Present, succeeding Attorney M. Melanie Howell
Appointed by the Board of Supervisors, by annual appointment
President Board of Trustees 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Judge Kristen A. Lucena
Judge, Criminal Division Butte County Superior Court
Trustee 2003 to Present, succeeding Assistant District Attorney Gerald E. Flanagan
Judge Clare Keithley
Judge, Juvenile Division Butte County Superior Court
Trustee 2011 to Present, succeeding Commissioner Gunn
Ronald A. Reed, Esq.
Juvenile Criminal Defense, Private Practice, Chico, CA
Designee of Hon. Barbara L. Roberts, Judge, Butte County Superior Court
Trustee 2003 to Present, succeeding Staff Research Attorney Leslie M. Johnson
President Board of Trustees 2004
Jane E. Stansell, Esq.
Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, Private Practice, Chico, CA
Designee of Hon.Sandra L. McLean, Judge, Butte County Superior Court
Trustee 2007 to Present, succeeding Judge McLean
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Staff
John A. Zorbas
M.S.L.S., Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
J.D., Monterey College of Law, Monterey, CA
B.A., History, University of California at Berkeley
Member State Bar of California
Member Judicial Council Task Force on Self Represented Litigants
Law Library Director 1995 to Present
Joyce M. Monday
J.D., Cal Northern School of Law, Chico, CA
Intake Worker, Legal Services of Northern California, Chico Regional Office
Planning Commissioner, City of Oroville, CA
Legal Reference Assistant 1999-2005
Assistant Law Librarian 2005 to Present
Our Services
We maintain a well-rounded collection in the general practice subjects for the use of
the practicing bar, for new admittees to the State Bar of California, and for the
general reading public interested in subjects legal - or who have matters for which
access to a law library was advised. More-extensive resources are subscribed-to
online. Separately attached hereto, as Appendix II, is an Excel spreadsheet file that
lists our subscriptions. Please copy the Excel file to your Desktop
We show members of the general reading public materials that will be useful for their
issue; we show them how to use the material, how it is organized, where to find the
topic of interest; we show and tell them what other resources we have that would
address the topic; we help them find the sections or topics within the resource that
may be applicable; we provide form resources; we provide information regarding
court procedure. Additionally, we collaborate with legal services and with the Butte,
Lake and Tehama County Superior Courts' SHARP Program in developing material for
self-represented litigants.
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Resolution Approving the Annual Report
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT AND
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO FORWARD THE ANNUAL REPORT, SO
APPROVED, TO THE BUTTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS REQUIRED BY STATE
LAW
Upon a motion duly made, seconded, and carried unanimously,
RESOLVED that the Annual Report as required by California Business and Professions
Code Sections 6349 and 6350 is deemed to consist of the following, attached hereto:
1 . Report of the number of books added, number lost or missing, and summary,
by publisher, of the physical subscriptions and archival materials held -
mandated by Section 6349 of the Code;
2. Financial Report submitted by the Secretary to the Butte County Board of
Law Library Trustees - mandated by Section 6350 of the Code;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Butte County Board of Law Library
Trustees is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this RESOLUTION with
the appropriate attachments to the Butte County Board of Supervisors with a copy of
the same to the Butte County Auditor as required by law.
In compliance therewith, there are attached hereto the originals of the Financial
Report and the Report of the Number of Books Added, Number Lost or Missing, and
Summary, by Publisher, of the Physical Subscriptions and Archival Materials held.
Adopted at a regular meeting of the Butte County Board of Law Library Trustees this
24th day of September, 2013
R-.pectfully,
t
111
Raoul J. L , President
Butte County :oard of Law
Library Trustees
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New Books
Commerce Clearing House
12/31 /2012 2013 US Master Tax Guide
01 /07/2013 2013 Guidebook to California Taxes
Continuing Education of the Bar [CEB]
07/31 /2012 CA Mechanics Liens 4th Ed. [Book]
07/31 /2012 CA Summary Judgment 2012 [Book]
07/31 /2012 Domestic Violence Cases in Criminal Court [Book]
10/31 /2012 Estate Planning 2012 [Book]
01 /14/2013 CA Probate Code Annotated to CEB Pubs 2013 [Book]
02/15/2013 Neighbor Disputes & Remedies [Book]
05/13/2013 Practice Under the CA Family Code 2013 [Book]
06/28/2013 Handling Unlawful Detainers [Revised Action Guide 2013]
Lexis-Nexis
05/04/2012 Lexis Nexis Custom SolutionsTM Patron Access Research,
online access, all 50 states and Federal, cases, codes,
agency decisions and regs, CA Appellate Practice &
Proc., CA Forms of Pleading & Practice, CA Points &
Authorities, Federal Legislative History Mats., Martindale-
Hubbell Digests and Listings, Shepard's, Topical Searching,
Nolo Occidental
02/11 /2013 How to Do Your Own Divorce in CA in 2013, 36th Ed
03/12/2013 How to Solve Divorce Problems in CA in 2013 [New Ed]
Thomson Reuters
04/22/2013 Sutherland Statutory Construction, 7th Ed. [Gift]
04/22/2013 McQuillan Municipal Corporations, Rev. 3rd Ed [Gift]
Books Lost or Missing
For the 2012-' 13 Report Year, No books were lost of missing from the Library.
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Physical Subscriptions and Archival Materials Held
Publisher or Author Title Count Description
American Association of Law Libraries 1 Directories*
American Law Institute 30 Treatises*
Banks & Jordan 2 Texts*
Barclay's 1 Cal Code of Regs***
California Administrative Office of the Courts 37 Judges' Benchguides
California Continuing Education of the Bar 100 Texts*
California Department of Consumer Affairs 1 Judges' Benchbooks
Daily Journal Corporation 1 Daily Appellate Report
Daily Journal Corporation 1 Daily Newspaper
Daily Journal Corporation 1 Directories**
James Publishing 1 Crim Jury Instructions***
James Publishing 1 Directories
John A. Toker 1 Text*
Lawdable Press 1 Text*
Leigh Robinson 1 Self Help Book
LEXIS Law Publishing 9 Case Reporters
LEXIS Law Publishing 5 Cal Codes**
LEXIS Law Publishing 1 Form Books***
LEXIS Law Publishing 2 Shepard's Citations
LEXIS Law Publishing 1 Ops.Atty.Gen CA
LEXIS Law Publishing (including Matthew-Bender) 15 Texts**
Local Government Publications 1 Text*
M.Sue Talia 1 Self Help Book
Nolo Occidental 2 Self Help Books
Nolo Press 83 Self Help Books
Office of California Legislative Counsel 1 Session Laws (1850- )
The Rutter Group 13 Practice Guides*
Thomson West 7 Annotation Servicestt
Thomson West 1 Dictionaries
Thomson West 19 Digests*
Thomson West 6 Encyclopedias*
Thomson West 4 Encyclopedic Treatises*
Thomson West 13 Form Bookstt
Thomson West 3 Form Books**
Thomson West 2 Handbooks
Thomson West 2 Indexes**
Thomson West 4 Judges' Benchbooks*
Thomson West 2 Session Laws*** (2001- )
Thomson West 11 Texts*
William S. Hein & Co. 1 Handbooks
2012-2013 supplementation expense $30,793 for print subscriptions
15,839 for electronic subscriptions
*Supplemented annually
**Supplemented two (2) to six (6) times annually
***Supplemented more-frequently
t Shepard's Citations will update
ttSupplement is 1 year-old
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Certification by the Secretary
Oroville, CA
September 24, 2013
I, John A. Zorbas, state:
1 . I am the Secretary of the Butte County Board of Law Library Trustees.
2. Set forth below are two reports: (a.) a QuickBooks-produced summary showing
the Trust activity for the year; (b.) a one-page summary that displays the
location of all trust monies held on June 30, 2013. Together, these two reports
comprise the Financial Report for FY July 2012 - June 2013, as required by
Section 6350 of the Business and Professions Code.
3. The information displayed in each of the attached reports was derived from the
Law Library's internal records, from TC145 Distribution Reports furnished monthly
by the Administrative Office of the Courts and from County of Butte General
Ledger reports produced by the Auditor-Controller's online system.
The same is true of my own knowledge.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing is true and correct.
Err A. Z• •as, -cretary
Butte Coun v oard of Law
Library Trustees
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Financial Report
Jul'12-Jun 13
Income
900•Income Accounts
901 • Filing Fee Income 172,710.87
902-Interest Income 891.85
906• Library Photocopy Service
906-20• Prints and Copies Made 2,497.30
906-21 •Maintenance Contract -1,122.92
906-22-Ink and Toner Cartridges -48.36
906-23-Photocopy Paper -182.95
Total 906•Library Photocopy Service 1,143.07
909• Conference Room Rental 385.00
Total 900•Income Accounts 175,130.79
Total Income 175,130.79
Expense
100•Subscriptions&New Acquisition
101 - Encyclopedias 996.85
102• Practice Guides&Treatises
102-20•Rutter Group 927.48
102-30-West Publishing 1,060.86
102-40 •Self-Help Books 61.48
102-50 •CEB Practice Guides 13,932.05
102-I •Independent Publishers 537.85
102-MB •Lexis-Nexis/Matthew-Bender
MB-01 •CA Forms of Pleading&Practice 2,972.53
MB-03•CA Legal Forms Transact Guide 2,327.60
MB-06•CA Family Law Practice&Procedure 822.80
MB-08-CA Criminal Defense Practice 1,597.31
Total 102-MB-Lexis-NexislMatthew-Bender 7,720.24
Total 102•Practice Guides&Treatises 24,239.96
103 •Annotations&Law Journals
103.10b•Law Reviews 110.00
103-30-e Newsletters -178.58
Total 103•Annotations&Law Journals -68.58
109• Newspapers 282.07
110•Primary Source Materials
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110-11 •California Statutory Law
110.11a• Deering's CA Annotated Codes 1,781.56
110.11b •West's CA Annotated Codes
11-1 -West's CA Local Rules of Ct 91.28
11-2•West's CA Rules of Ct 92.91
Total 110.11 b•West's CA Annotated Codes 184.19
110.11c•California Desktop Codes 722.51
110-111-California Jury Instructions -30.33
Total 110-11 •California Statutory Law 2,657.93
110-14-California Case Law 580.07
110-16• Federal Stat.Law&Rules of Ct 339.72
110-18• Federal Case Law 1,765.81
Total 110-Primary Source Materials 5,343.53
Total 100-Subscriptions&New Acquisition 30,793.83
200 •Computer Database&Usage
201 -Westlaw
201-10• Patron Access
201-10a•WL PRO AmJur 289.08
201.10b•WL PRO Federal add-on-CA 385.36
201-10c•WL PRO CFR and Federal Register 385.36
201-10d •WL PRO Federal Practice and Pro 385.36
201.10e-WL PRO Results Plus 1,155.96
201.10f•WL PRO Rutter Group CA Practice 385.36
201.10h •WL PRO Keycite-All Jurisdictions 327.52
201-10i WL PRO Witkin 1,170.65
201-10j •WL Miller&Starr Plus 385.36
201-10k•WL ALR-All Series 1,541.43
201-10o-WL AmJur Trials 289.08
201-10p-WL AmJur Pleading&Practice 289.08
201.10q •WL AmJur Proof of Facts 289.08
201-10r•WL Mertens&Casey Tax 770.72
Total 201-10 • Patron Access 8,049.40
Total 201 •Westlaw 8,049A0
202-Other Database Subscriptions
202a• OnLAW(Continuing Education of the Bar) 2,941.69
202b-LexisNexis 3,461.52
202e• EBSCO(Nolo Press) 1,386.61
Total 202•Other Database Subscriptions 7,789.82
Total 200•Computer Database&Usage 15,839.22
250• Library Automation 525.00
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300-Payroll
301 • Library Director
301-G•Gross Salary 53,000.00
301-H • Health Insurance Benefits 13,016.40
301-R•CaIPERS Retirement 9,468.66
301-T•Employer Payroll Tax 4,054.44
Total 301 Library Director 79,539.50
302• Library Support Staff
302-G -Gross Wages 33,939.43
302-H • Health Insurance Benefits 5,531.58
302-R•CaIPERS Retirement 6,126.05
302-T. Employer Payroll Tax 2,596.32
Total 302 Library Support Staff 48,193.38
303• Pension Obligation Bond Prems&CaIPERS Admin Fees 1,632.29
Total 300•Payroll 129,365.17
350 •Miscellaneous Services
351 Accularm Security 426.00
350-Miscellaneous Services-Other 273.19
Total 350•Miscellaneous Services 699.19
400•Computers&Equipment
401 •Software Purchases 19.99
Total 400•Computers&Equipment 19.99
600-Operating Expenses
601 •Insurance
601-10-Property Insurance 651.00
601.20•Liability Insurance 2,482.00
601.30•Workers Comp Insurance -30.13
Total 601 •Insurance 3,102.87
602.Telephone
602-20•Line charges,taxes,&fees 1,965.16
602-30-Directory Advertising 428.05
Total 602•Telephone 2,393.21
603•Library&Office Supplies
603-20 •All Other Supplies 403.79
Total 603• Library&Office Supplies 403.79
605• Postage
605-10• Publisher Returns 91.75
605.30• Interlibrary Loans 4.00
Total 605•Postage 95.75
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607 •Repairs to Equipment 239.36
Total 600•Operating Expenses 6,234.98
700 •Meetings&Conferences 320.43
800 Association dues&membership 830.00
Total Expense 184,777.03
Net Income -9,646.24
Account Balances at Fiscal Year End
June 30, 2013
Current Operating Funds
Butte County Treasurer 3,907.53
Revolving Account 46.91 3,954.44
Payroll Contingency 50,000.00
Emergency Contingency 6,000.00
Unemployment Reserve 5,000.00 64,954.44
Location of Trust Funds
Contingency/Reserve Funds Fund 1097 61,000.00
Current Operating Funds Fund 1098 3,907.53
Current Operating Funds Checking 46.91
Total Law Library Trust 64,954.44
Total Carleton Gray Trust Fund 1080 101.96 101.96
Total Change Fund Cash on Hand 50.00 50.00
Grand Total 65,106.40
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2013 -2014 Budget Forecast
7/01/2012 Beginning Balances-cash Contingency Fund
basis Fund 61,000.00 Balance
Operating
Fund 3,900.00
Carleton
Gray Fund 100.00
Revolving
Fund 50.00
Change
Fund 50.00 65,100.00 65,100.00
Income-Projected for 2013-'14
Litigant Filing Fees-Butte County 172,000.00
Gifts 2,000.00
Other Revenue: MCLE
Presentations 1,000.00
Photocopy Machine& Library Photocopy Service 500.00 Net Revenue
Conference Room Rentals and Used Book Sales 750.00
Interest 750.00
Total Income 177,000.00 242,100.00
Minus Expenses-Projected for 2013-'14
Subscriptions-Print Titles 37,000.00 37,000.00 37,00 0.00 205,100.00
and Online databases
Active Subscriptions by
Publisher
Law Library Director CEB 18.81%
5 Days Weekly 53,000.00 Matthew-Bender 42.80%
In accordance Retirement Contributions 9,800.00 Thomson Reuters 32.46%
with Butte Super. Health
Ct.MOU Insurance 13,000.00 EBSCO 3.46%
Employer-paid Payroll Taxes 4,000.00 79,800.00 Cushion 2.48%
Assistant Law Librarian
4 Days Weekly 33,900.00
In accordance Retirement Contributions 6,200.00
with Butte Super. Health
Ct. MOU Insurance 6,000.00
Employer-paid Payroll Taxes 2,600.00 48,700.00 128,500.00 76,600.00
Insurance
Workers Comp 2,000.00
Liability 950.00
Property 650.00
D&0 1,600.00 5,150.00 71,450.00
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Telecommunications
Telephone&Broadband 2,000.00 2,000.00 69,450.00
Equipment Acquisitions
Computer Replacements
Computer
Support 1,000.00 1,000.00 68,450.00
Net Expense
Paper and Supplies at right: 2,000.00 66,450.00
Association Dues 950.00 65,500.00
Meetings and
Conferences 500.00 65,000.00
Web Maintenance 1,000.00 64,000.00
Directory Advertising 750.00 63,250.00
Accularm Security 500.00 62,750.00
Draw from Contingency Fund 2,350.00 65,100.00
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2013-2014 Board Meeting Schedule
and Public Invitation for Comments
Dates: Last Tuesday of Each Month, Except for November/December
Location: 1675 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965
Time: 12:00 Noon
Agenda Dates 2013 Meeting Dates 2013
August 22 August 27
September 19 September 24
October 24 October 29
Agenda Dates 2014 Meeting Dates 2014
January 23 January 28
February 20 February 25
March 20 March 25
April 24 April 29
May 22 May 27
June 19 June 24
Notice to the Public: The public has the right to comment on any item listed on the
regular meeting Agenda before or during the consideration of that item. When a
member of the public raises an issue, which has not yet come before the board, the
item may be discussed but no action may be taken at the meeting. The item may be
placed on a later Agenda. The meeting facilities are accessible to persons with
disabilities.
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Appendix 1 - Distribution List
Recipient Copies Date
Butte County Board of Supervisors 7 9/24/2013
County Auditor, Dave Houser 1 9/24/2013
Butte County Board of Law Library Trustees 7 9/24/2013
[Other) Butte County Judicial Officers 12 9/24/2013
Butte County Bar Association 1 9/24/2013
Mr. Michael Corbett (Legislative
Liaison-Council of California
County Law Librarians) 1 9/24/2013
Council of California County
Law Librarians-Membership 38 9/24/2013
Ms. Gloria J. Wyeth, Program Coordinator,
Butte, Lake, Tehama County Superior
Court SHARP 1 9/24/2013
Ms. Sandra L. Brooks (Dean, Cal Northern
School of Law) 1 9/24/2013
Melanie A. Snider, Esq. (Family Law Facilitator) 1 9/24/2013
Philip H. Heithecker, Esq.
(Director- Public Defender Consortium) 1 9/24/2013
Leslie M. Johnson, Esq. (Staff Research Attorney) 1 9/24/2013
Gary R. Knippen, Esq. (Staff Research Attorney) 1 9/24/2013
Michael L. Ramsey, Esq. (District Attorney) 1 9/24/2013
Ms. Kimberly Flener (Court Executive Officer) 1 9/24/2013
Hon. Jim Nielsen (Senator
California 4th Senate District) 1 9/24/2013
Hon. Doug LaMalfa (Congressman -
California 2nd Congressional District) 1 9/24/2013
Bonnie R. Hough, Esq.
(Center for Children Families & the Courts,
San Francisco) 1 9/24/2013
Hon. Dan Logue-Assemblyman
(California 3rd Assembly District) 1 9/24/2013
Christopher Christman, Esq. (Director of the Placer County
Law Library- President, CCCLL) 1 9/24/2013
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