BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY

www.buttecountylawlibrary.org

2017-18 ANNUAL REPORT

530.538.7122 Telephone 530.534.1499 Fax

1675 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965 Hours: Weekdays 8:30am-4:30pm

librarian@buttecountylawlibrary.org

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Front Cover Photo: “The Carnegie in Spring” Oroville Carnegie Library Erected 1912 Rededicated as Butte County Law Library - 2007 Mayor – Steve Jernigan City Council Members – Jack Berry, Sue Corkin, Art Hadley, Michael Howard, Jamie Johannson, Jim Prouty City Administrator – Sharon Atteberry Project Coordinators – Pat Clark, James Haase Contractor – Associated Building Contractors Counsel – Dwight Moore

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Table of Contents

Photo and Hours Front Cover

Gifts of Furniture on Display 2

Table of Contents 3

Board of Trustees 4

Staff 5

Service 5

The Print Collection (Photo) 6

Gifts of Technology on Display 7

Highlights of 2017-2018 8

Community Partnerships 12

President’s Report 13

New Books 14

Books Lost or Missing 17

Physical Subscriptions and Archival Materials Held 18

Certification by the Secretary 19

Financial Report 20

2018-‘19 Budget 23

Board Meeting Dates and Public Invitation for Comments 24

Appendix 1 – Distribution List 25

Appendix 2 – Gift Enclosure 26

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2017-2018 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. Trustee Jane E. Stansell relocated to the County of Glenn. The Board has one vacancy to be filled.

Judge Michael R. Deems Judge, Criminal Division, Butte County Superior Court Trustee 2016 to Present, succeeding Judge Keithley 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 Gary Knippen Braddon B. Hatch, Esq. Juvenile Criminal Defense, Private Practice, Chico, CA Designee of Hon. Barbara L. Roberts, Judge, Butte County Superior Court Trustee January 2015 to Present, succeeding Ron Reed Andrew T. Holcombe, Esq. Landlord-Tenant Law. Legal Services of Northern California, Inc. Designee of Hon. Sandra L. McLean, Judge, Butte County Superior Court Trustee January 2017 to January 2018, succeeding Charles Rathbun Commissioner Leonard K. Goldkind Court Commissioner, Butte County Superior Court Trustee January 2018 to present, succeeding Andy Holcomb Raoul J. LeClerc, Esq. Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, Private Practice, Oroville, CA Trustee 1982 to Present, succeeding Robert Blade Appointed by the Board of Supervisors, by annual appointment President Board of Trustees 2005-Present Judge Kristen A. Lucena Judge, Family Division, Butte County Superior Court Trustee 2003 to June 2018, succeeding Gerald Flanagan

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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 subscribe online to a well-rounded collection of titles in the general practice subjects for the use of the practicing bar and for the general public interested in reading legal subjects – or who have matters for which access to a law library was advised. More-extensive resources are subscribed-to behind-the-desk for reference staff delivery. We aim to bridge the Technology Divide: We show members of the general 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 State Adoptions, with Legal Services of Northern California and with the Butte, Lake and Tehama County Superior Court S.H.A.R.P. Program in developing forms and other material for self-represented litigants.

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Highlights of 2017-‘18 Campaign for Stable State Funding – We’re winning! To 2018, county law libraries had been funded solely from filing fees. The stream of allocated revenue from filing fees was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the operations of county law libraries. The Budget Act of 2018 included provisions for County Law Libraries in the General Fund. County boards of supervisors and members of the Legislature responded to a funding crisis. The North State campaigned hard for our funding, with gratitude. On October 10, the Butte County Board of Supervisors passed and adopted Resolution 17-172 requesting that Governor Brown add a line-item for County Law Libraries in the 2018 California State Budget and Successive State Budgets. Thereafter, on November 7, neighbor Glenn County Board of Supervisors passed and adopted its Resolution 2017-99 mirroring the resolution of the County of Butte. Humboldt followed Glenn. Lake followed Humboldt, and Nevada followed Lake – in the North State. Then, on November 27, thirteen legislators (seven Assembly members and six Senators), including North State Assemblyman James Gallagher (Dist. 3), North Bay Assemblyman Marc Levine (Dist. 10), East Bay Senator Nancy Skinner (Dist. 9), and North Bay Senators Bill Dodd (Dist. 3)and Mike McGuire (Dist. 2)signed a letter to Governor Brown requesting that we receive funding in the Budget. Nine additional members, including North State Senator Jim Nielsen (Dist. 4) and North State Assemblymen Brian Dahle (Dist. 1) and Jim Wood (Dist. 2), added their names to a second letter to Governor Brown, dated December 12. This was the beginning. The campaign continued, unabated to June! North State Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (Dist. 4) signed the letter on January 19. North State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley’s (Dist 6) signature followed, February 9th. North State Senator Ted Gaines (Dist. 1) signed on February 11th. And North State Assemblyman Frank Bigelow (Dist. 5) signed on February 27th. The North State delegation to the California Legislature overwhelmingly gave us support.

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The Budget Hearings began – and friends were quickly made. On May 17, Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee 5 - Corrections, Public Safety and the Judiciary – voted unanimously to allocate $16.5 million to County Law Libraries in the 2018-2019 California State Budget. On May 24, Assembly Committee on Budget Subcommittee 5 - Corrections, Public Safety and the Judiciary – voted unanimously to allocate $16.5 million to County Law Libraries in the 2018-2019 California State Budget and to approve Budget Bill language. June 13 9:30am (Full) Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review met and approved the Senate’s version of the Budget, with us included. 12:00 Noon (Full) Assembly Committee on Budget met and approved the Assembly’s version of the Budget, with us included. The Governor signed it on June 27. The funds were allocated such that each county law library would receive in 2018-’19 the funds the library received in 2008-’09. This is what $16.5 million gained for county law libraries in 2018! $75,222 was the allocation for Butte County. The funds were received. Many many thanks is given ①to Ms. Hannah Ackley, Legislative Director for the office of Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, for assisting with a letter on Legislature Letterhead, addressed to the members of the key budget committees, that Senator Gaines and Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bigelow, Dahle, Gallagher, and Kiley signed on our behalf on March 21, 2018 (and to Ms. Maria Heredia of the same office, who welcomed me and who presented our cause to Hannah!), ②to Mr. Matt Cox, Senior Policy and Communications Advisor for Senator Ted Gaines – who was immediately receptive to our cause, ③to Mss. Tania Dikho and Gillian Eppinette, each staff members in the office of Senator Jim Beall – who welcomed me and who evidenced support after the Hearing was held in Senate Budget sub 5, ④ to Ms. Sadie Foster, Chico District Representative for Senator Jim Nielsen, whose emails introduced us and our funding need (1) to Senator Nielsen, to the Capitol Office – and key staff; (2)to Assemblyman Kevin Kiley’s staff, recommending that Assemblyman Kiley join our team of support (He did),⑤ to Mr. Micah Grant, Chief of Staff for the office of Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, ⑥to Ms. Amanda Hernandez, Assembly Fellow in the office of Assemblyman Tom Lackey, ⑦to Assembly Fellow Dr. Harrison Hines MD – Special Assistant to Assemblywoman Dr. Shirley Weber, ⑧to Mr. Joshua Hoover, Capitol Director for the office of Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (and to Hannah Ackley, again, who presented our letter to Joshua), ⑨to Ms. Angela Pontes, Legislative Director for Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (and to Ms. Darion Johnston of the same office, who knew of us at Butte County Public Law Library, as a student at Chico State, in 2014 – and who

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advocated for us to Angela), ⑩to Mr. Paul Ramey, Legislative Director for Assemblyman Dr. Jim Wood, ⑪to Ms. Katja Townsend, Capitol Director for the office of Assemblyman James Gallagher, who was my first contact – and who gave me a home base at the Capitol!, and ⑫ to Ms. Cheri West, Policy Director for the office of Assemblyman Brian Dahle. Please read our Report for the Legislature for the Budget Act of 2018! http://www.buttecountylawlibrary.org/docs/Zorbas_Report-for-the-Legislature-II.pdf Patron Services: Owing to the reduction in court filing fee revenue from a 2013-’14 low to 2014-’15 and 2015-’16 lower-lows – written-about previously, staffing was reduced (temporarily, we are happy to announce) from 1.75 full-time equivalency positions (July 2008 –December 2016) to 1.50 full-time equivalency positions mid-year in 2016-’17. The full impact of this staffing reduction was felt in 2017-’18. The reduction in staffing impacted our capacity to serve – and enabled us to serve only 6,473 callers and visitors in 2017-’18, compared with 7,118 callers and visitors the prior year. Temporarily was temporary: Since staffing to 1.75 full-time equivalency positions has been restored with 2018-’19 funding from the State General Fund, the word has gotten out and the number of daily court referrals has increased noticably. In 2017-’18, Information requests in approximately the following proportions were received and logged by Staff Administrative Law 0.85 Percent Typical of the Issues Presented:

• DMV Petitions • Social Security Eligibility

Adoption 5.02 Percent Bankruptcy 1.48 Percent Civil & Small Claims 27.56 Percent Typical of the Issues Presented:

• Calendaring and Giving Notice

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• Causes of Action – Navigating Source Material • Civil Motions and Papers • Credit Card Debts • Dispute Resolution Agreements • Easement Rights • Enforcing Money Judgments • Evidence and Procedure – Navigating Source Material • Modifying and Obtaining Restraining Orders • Neighbor Disputes • Small Claims Appeals • Small Claims Procedure • Squatter Evictions

Conservatorship 2.12 Percent Other Family Law & Probate 30.45 Percent Typical of the Issues Presented:

• Grandparents Visitation Rights • Guardians – Removal and Substitution of Guardian • Hearings and Trials - Navigating Source Material • Intestate Successions and Probate Procedure and Forms • Interstate Child Custody

Landlord & Tenant 22.41 Percent Typical of the Issues Presented:

• Code Enforcement and Habitability Issues • Default Set-asides and Stays of Eviction • Enforcing Mediated Agreements • Evicting Subtenants and Guests • Giving Notice • HUD Housing and Section 8 Issues • Mobilehome Park Issues • Quashing Service of Summons

Criminal & Traffic 10.11 Percent Typical of the Issues Presented:

• Appeal of Muni Code Violations to Superior Court

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• Ex Parte Applications for Earlier Appearances • Ex Parte Applications for Relief for Missed Mandatory Appearances • First Appearances • Noticed Motions for Early Termination of Probation • Marsden Requests • Motions to Reduce Felonies to Misdemeanors • Proposition 47 Requests for Resentencing

Community Partnerships: The Law Library is in the referral network of other agencies – all serving populations with legal needs. Butte County Sheriff Butte County Superior Court; Glenn County Superior Court; Tehama County Superior Court Community Legal Information Center – CSU Chico Legal Services of Northern California State Adoptions Probate Referee From the Butte County Sheriff: The Law Library receives Landlords and Tenants and Creditors and Debtors seeking assistance; To the Butte County Sheriff: The Law Library sends people for affecting service of papers. From Legal Services of Northern California: the Law Library receives Tenants seeking relief from defaults and judgments (where for income eligibility reasons LSNC cannot provide help) – and Debtors, for assistance in responding to creditor lawsuits that are brought against them; To Legal Services of Northern California: The Law Library sends Homeowners facing foreclosure and Chico-based Tenants facing eviction. From Butte and Tehama S.H.A.R.P.: The Law Library receives general overflow; To LSNC and to S.H.A.R.P.: the Law Library sends customers with Spanish-language proficiency and limited English. From the Superior Court and the Probate Referee: The Law Library receives probate referrals, and from the Court referrals for help with motions; To the Probate Referee, the Law Library sends customers for appraisals. From State Adoptions – for Butte, Glenn, Shasta and Tehama Counties: The Law Library receives referrals for necessary court filings.

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President’s Report

Year after year the Board of Trustees watched the filing fee stream decline. A provable cause of this decline is mandatory arbitration, which business interests prefer to court litigation, and the evidence seems to establish this as true. I, Raoul J. LeClerc, have been a trustee of the Butte County Public Law Library for more-than thirty-five (35) years, and have been a member of the State Bar of California for more-than fifty (50) years. I have been a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California and am well acquainted with our law library in Oroville and the issue of funding for county law libraries. The first order of business is thanks to the members of our Butte County Board of Supervisors, to our neighbors, the members of the Glenn County Board of Supervisors, to our State legislators, Assemblyman James Gallagher and Senator Jim Nielsen, and to our neighbors’ legislators, Assemblyman Brian Dahle and Senator Ted Gaines – and others, for their parts in securing for us a place in the California State Budget for 2018-‘19 County law libraries serve an important public service for all California residents. Our Butte County Public Law Library fills needed and necessary access to legal information and provides a unique service niche to a wide Butte County Public that is without means to hire a lawyer to address his or her need and would be without help but for the law library. As a rural community, our access to flow of information is more limited than urban areas. Therefore it is of the utmost importance that every opportunity for increased informational influence be protected and bolstered. Thus, the true need to maintain a law library cannot be overstated. Without county law libraries, there is no access to justice: This is true both for the public and for the attorneys. Dated: October 12, 2018 Respectfully submitted, Raoul J. LeClerc, Esq. President Butte County Board of Law Library Trustees

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New Books

• Commerce Clearing House 12/11/2017 2018 US Master Tax Guide 2/28/2018 2018 Guidebook to California Taxes 6/28/2018 2018 US Master Tax Guide Special Edition

• Lexis Law Publishing

1/22/2018 2018 Deering’s CA Desktop Code Series 7-in-4

• Gifts Received from Contra Costa County following a Branch Closure

September 2017

2017 California Business Statutes Annotated 2017 California Employment Laws 2017 Miller & Starr California Real Estate Laws Annotated Bankruptcy Code: Rules and Forms, 2017 ed California Civil Courtroom Handbook … 2014 ed California Criminal Defense Practice California Forms of Pleading and Practice Annotated California Judges Benchbook: Small Claims Court and Consumer Law, 2016 ed California Search and Seizure, 2017 ed CEB CA Criminal Law Forms Manual, 2d ed. (2017) CEB CA Eviction Defense Manual, 2nd ed. (2017) CEB CA Landlord-Tenant Practice (2017) CEB CA Mechanics Liens and Related Construction Remedies, 4th ed. (2013) Levenson on California Criminal Procedure (2017) Overly on Obtaining Electronic Evidence, 2012-2013 TRG CA Practice Guide : Civil Procedure before Trial (2016 Update) TRG CA Practice Guide: Civil Procedure before Trial – Forms (2017 Update) TRG CA Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial – Statutes of Limitations (2017 Update) TRG CA Practice Guide: Civil Trials and Evidence (2016) TRG CA Practice Guide: Employment Litigation TRG CA Practice Guide: Enforcing Judgments and Debts (2017)

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TRG CA Practice Guide: Family Law (2017) TRG CA Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation (2017) TRG CA Practice Guide: Personal Injury (2016) TRG CA Practice Guide: Probate (2016) TRG CA Practice Guide: Landlord – Tenant (2017) West’s CA Code Forms: Business and Professions 4th series West’s CA Code Forms: Civil Procedure 7th series West’s CA Code Forms: Civil 5th series West’s CA Code Forms, Commercial 5th series West’s CA Code Forms: Corporations 3rd series West’s CA Code Forms: Education 5th series West’s CA Code Forms: Elections, Fish and Game,

Food & Agricultural, Insurance 5th series West’s CA Code Forms: Family 3rd series West’s CA Code Forms: Probate 7th series West’s CA Code Forms: Public Utilities 5th series West’s CA Code Forms: Revenue & Taxation 2016-’17 series Witkin and Epstein, CA Criminal Law 4th series Witkin, CA Evidence, 5th series Witkin CA Procedure 5th series Witkin Summary of California Law, 10th ed Self Help Books 8 Ways to Avoid Probate, 11th ed. (2016) 101 Law Forms for Personal Use , 10th ed. (2016) A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, 18th ed. (2016) Beat Your Ticket : Go to Court and Win, 7th ed. (2013) Becoming a U.S. Citizen, 8th ed. (2016) Building a Parenting Agreement That Works, 7th ed. (2010)

[8th ed. available] California Workers’ Comp : How to Take Charge When You’re Injured on the Job, 11th ed. (2016) California Workers’ Rights : A Manual of Job Rights, Protections and Remedies, 4th ed. (2010) [5th ed. available] Caring for a Relative’s Child (2011) Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, 13th ed. (2016) Cómo Su Propio Testamento, Edición Revisada (2001) Contracts : The Essential Business Desk Reference, 2nd ed. (2016) Credit Repair, 12th ed. (2015) Criminal Law : A Desk Reference, 3rd ed. (2015) Cuidando al Hijo de un Familiar (2012) Dahl’s Law Dictionary : Diccionario Juridico (1992)

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Divorce Without Court, 4th ed. (2015) El Manual del Cuidador (2012) Employment Law : The Essential HR Desk Reference (2011) Estate Planning Basics, 8th ed. (2015) [9th ed. August 2017] Every Dog’s Legal Guide, 7th ed. (2013) [8th ed. available] Fight Your Ticket & Win in California, 16th ed. (2015) Handling Unlawful Detainers (CEB Action Guide 2015) How to Change Your Name in CA, 12th ed. (2010) [14th ed. available] How to Do Your Own Divorce in CA in 2017 [Copy 2] How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy How to File for Divorce without Children in CA, 288 pp. (2008) How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in CA, 17th ed. (2017) How to Form Your Own CA Corporation, 17th ed. (2017) How to Get a Green Card, 12th ed. (2016) How to Make Any Divorce Better, 2nd ed. (2014) How to Manage a Contested Divorce in CA in 2017 [Copy 2] How to Parent with Your Ex, 376 pp. (2005) How to Probate an Estate in CA, 23rd ed. (2016) How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim, 9th ed. (2015) Leases & Rental Agreements : Essential Rental Forms Every Landlord Needs, 11th ed. (2015) Legal Research : How to Find and Understand the Law, 17th ed. Legal Writing in Plain English : A Text with Exercises (2001) Living Together : A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples,

15th ed. (2013) [16th ed. July 2017] Mad at your Lawyer : What to Do If … (Out-of-print) Making It Legal : A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage … 4th ed. (2016) Make Your Own Living Trust, 13th ed. (2017) Manual Para los Usuarios de Hogares de Convalencia (2012) Neighbor Law, 9th ed. (2017) Nolo’s Deposition Handbook, 5th ed. (2010) Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, 10th ed. (2017) Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce, 6th ed. (2016) Nolo’s Guide to California Law, 11th ed. (2011) Nolo’s Guide to Social Security Disability, 8th ed. (2016) Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary (2009) Nursing Home Companion (2011) Patent It Yourself : Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office, 16th ed. (2012) [18th ed. available] Patent Searching Made Easy, 6th ed. (2013) [7th ed. available] Plan Your Estate, 13th ed. (2016) Prenuptial Agreements, 5th ed. (2016) Represent Yourself in Court : How to Prepare & Try

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a Winning Case, 7th ed. (2010) [Copy #2] Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions, 22nd ed. (2017) Solve your Money Troubles : Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way, 15th ed. (2015) [16th ed. available] Stand Up to the IRS, 12th ed. (2015) Stopping Identity Theft (2009) The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation, 19th ed. (2010) The California Landlord’s Law Book: Evictions, 17th ed. (2017) The California Landlord’s Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities, 17th ed. (2017) The Caregiver Companion (2011) The Copyright Handbook, 11th ed. (2011) [12th ed. Sept. 2017] The Criminal Law Handbook, 14th ed. (2015) The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws, 5th ed. (2016) The Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination, 2nd ed. (2012) [3rd ed. available] The Executor’s Guide, 7th ed. (2016) The New Bankruptcy, 6th ed. (2015) The Trustee’s Legal Companion : A Step-by-Step Guide to Administering a Living Trust, 4th ed. (2017) Trademark : Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name, 10th ed. (2013) [11th ed. available] U.S. Immigration Made Easy, 18th ed. (2017) Unmarried Parents’ Rights (and Responsibilities), 3rd ed. (2005) Your Rights in the Workplace, 9th ed. (2010) [10th ed. available] 113 Titles

Books Lost or Missing - None

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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††- Now Online California Administrative Office of the Courts 37 Judges’ Benchguides California Continuing Education of the Bar 100 Texts - Now Maintained Online 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- Now Maintained Online LEXIS Law Publishing 1 Ops.Atty.Gen CA - Now Maintained Online LEXIS Law Publishing (including Matthew-Bender) 5 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 - Now Maintained Online Office of California Legislative Counsel 1 Session Laws (1850- ) The Rutter Group 13 Practice Guides* Thomson West 7 Annotation Services†† Thomson West 1 Dictionaries Thomson West 19 Digests†† Thomson West 6 Encyclopedias†† Thomson West 4 Encyclopedic Treatises* Thomson West 13 Form Books†† 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†† 2017 – 2018 supplementation expense $ 4,596 for print subscriptions 11,501 for electronic subscriptions _______ *Supplemented annually **Supplemented two (2) to six (6) times annually ***Supplemented more-frequently † Shepard’s Citations will update ††Supplement is 1 year-old

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Certification by the Secretary

Oroville, CA October 12, 2018 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, 2018. Together, these two reports comprise the Financial Report for FY July 2017 – June 2018, 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. _____________________________ John A. Zorbas, Secretary Butte County Board of Law

Library Trustees

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Financial Report

Jul '17 - Jun 18

Income

900 · Income Accounts

901 · Filing Fee Income 150,250.72

902 · Interest Income 420.08

905 · Gifts-individually made & rec'd 145.00

906 · Library Photocopy Service

906-20 · Contributions for Prints&Copies 1,953.45

906-21 · Maintenance Contract -1,079.66

906-22 · Ink and Toner Cartridges -698.84

906-23 · Photocopy Paper -70.76

Total 906 · Library Photocopy Service 104.19

909 · Conference Room Rental 414.00

Total 900 · Income Accounts 151,333.99

Total Income

151,333.99

Expense

100 · Subscriptions & New Acquisition

101 · Encyclopedias 515.87

102 · Practice Guides & Treatises

102-10 · Restatements 106.36

102-20 · Rutter Group 991.03

102-I · Independent Publishers 603.98

102-MB · Lexis-Nexis/Matthew-Bender

MB-01 · CA Forms of Pleading & Practice 978.94

102-MB · Lexis-Nexis/Matthew-Bender - Other -12.00

Total 102-MB · Lexis-Nexis/Matthew-Bender 966.94

Total 102 · Practice Guides & Treatises 2,668.31

103 · Annotations & Law Journals

103-10b · Law Reviews 60.00

Total 103 · Annotations & Law Journals 60.00

109 · Newspapers 326.04

110 · Primary Source Materials

110-11 · California Statutory Law

110-11c · California Desktop Codes 502.59

Total 110-11 · California Statutory Law 502.59

110-14 · California Case Law 284.20

110-18 · Federal Case Law 239.27

Total 110 · Primary Source Materials 1,026.06

Total 100 · Subscriptions & New Acquisition 4,596.28

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200 · Computer Database & Usage

201 · Westlaw

201-10 · Patron Access 3,905.80

Total 201 · Westlaw 3,905.80

202 · Other Database Subscriptions

202a · OnLAW (Cont Educ Bar) 3,675.00

202b · LexisNexis 2,592.00

202e · EBSCO (Nolo Press) 1,329.00

Total 202 · Other Database Subscriptions 7,596.00

Total 200 · Computer Database & Usage 11,501.80

300 · Payroll

301 · Library Director

301-G · Gross Salary 53,000.01

301-H · Health Insurance Benefits 15,127.20

301-R · CalPERS Retirement 11,763.72

301-T · Employer Payroll Tax 4,054.33

Total 301 · Library Director 83,945.26

302 · Library Support Staff

302-G · Gross Wages 24,613.53

302-H · Health Insurance Benefits 6,800.09

302-R · CalPERS Retirement 5,406.99

302-T · Employer Payroll Tax 1,882.14

Total 302 · Library Support Staff 38,702.75

303 · Other Payroll

303-c · Penalties and Interest Paid 8.13

303-d · Pension Obligation Bond Premium 1,849.45

303-e · CalPERS Admin Fees 96.59

Total 303 · Other Payroll 1,954.17

Total 300 · Payroll 124,602.18

350 · Miscellaneous Services

351 · Accularm Security 444.00

352 · Computers Plus 471.00

Total 350 · Miscellaneous Services 915.00

400 · Computers & Equipment

402 · Computers & Equipment Purchases 1,460.71

Total 400 · Computers & Equipment 1,460.71

600 · Operating Expenses

601 · Insurance

601-10 · Property Insurance 743.00

601-20 · Liability Insurance 2,238.00

601-30 · Workers Comp Insurance 532.37

Total 601 · Insurance 3,513.37

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602 · Telephone

602-20 · Line charges, taxes, & fees 1,833.01

602-40 · Directory Advertising 768.00

Total 602 · Telephone 2,601.01

603 · Library & Office Supplies

603-20 · All Other Supplies 99.95

Total 603 · Library & Office Supplies 99.95

604 · Photocopier & Printer

604-30 · Outside Charges 758.04

Total 604 · Photocopier & Printer 758.04

605 · Postage

605-10 · Publisher Returns 71.95

Total 605 · Postage 71.95

Total 600 · Operating Expenses 7,044.32

700 · Meetings & Conferences 382.96

800 · Association dues & membership 590.00

Total Expense

151,093.25

Net Income

240.74

Account Balances at Fiscal Year End

June 30, 2018 Current Operating Funds Butte County Treasurer 7,439.21 Revolving Account 48.06 7,487.27 Unemployment Reserve (E.D.D.) 20,000.00 Emergency Contingency 5,000.00 Operating Reserve 3,627.47 36,114.74 Location of Trust Funds Contingency/Reserve Funds Fund 1097 28,627.47 Current Operating Funds Fund 1098 7.439.21 Current Operating Funds Checking 48.06 Total Law Library Trust 36,114.74 Total Change Fund Cash on Hand 50.00 50.00 Grand Total 36,164.74

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2018-’19 Budget BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY BUDGET SUMMARY

2018-'19 Budget 2017-'18 History 2016-'17 History

7/01/2018 Beginning Balances 7/01/2017 Beginning Balances 7/01/2016 Beginning BalancesOperating Fund 7,194 Operating Fund 7,250 Grant Balance 9,500Contingency Reserve 28,540 Contingency Reserve 28,200 Contingency Reserve 30,250Tri Counties checking 48 Tri Counties checking 160 Tri Counties checking 700Undeposited Cash Undeposited Cash Undeposited CashCash 50 Cash 50 Cash 50

Total: 35,832 Total: 35,660 Total: 40,500

2018-'19 Projections 2017-'18 Totals 2015-'16 Totals

Fee Distributions 150,000 ◄ 2017-'18 Actual Fee Distributions Fee Distributions 150,251 Fee Distributions 148,300

State General Fund 37,611 ◄ 1/2 of Budget Act DistributionGifts 145 Gifts 2,600

Conference Room 400 Conference Room 414 Conference Room 300

Interest 600 Interest 420 Interest 350

Total 188,711 Total 151,334 Total 151,660

Expense Expense ExpensePayroll 152,000 Payroll 124,602 Payroll 128,900

Subscriptions 26,000 Subscriptions 16,098 Subscriptions 21,500

Other 12,000 Other 10,394 Other 6,100

Total 190,000 Total 151,094 Total 156,500

6/30/2019 Ending Balances - Projected 6/30/2018 Ending Balances 6/30/2017 Ending BalancesOperating Fund 5,905 Operating Fund 7,194 Operating Fund 7,250Contingency Reserve 28,540 fn. 2 Contingency Reserve 28,540 Contingency Reserve 28,200Budget Act of 2018 Funds 37,611 Tri Counties checking 48 Tri Counties checking 160Tri Counties checking 48 Undeposited Cash Undeposited CashCash 50 Cash 50 Cash 50

Total: 72,154 Total: 35,833 Total: 35,660 P/L: 36,322 ◄ Cushion P/L: 240 P/L: -4,840

fn. 1 The Library Photocopy Service is established so as to be self sustaining . 2017-'18 expenses totaling $1,933 were entirely offest-by $1,953 receivedfn. 2 28,540 Contingency Reserve includes 20,000 EDD Required Reserve

Packets, Prints and Photocopies

110100 Packets, Prints and Photocopies

104 Packets, Prints and Photocopies

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2018-2019 Board Meeting Schedule and Public Invitation for Comments Dates: Last Tuesday of Each Month, except for November/December and where shown in the Table below Location(s): Law Library Conference Room · 1675 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965 Please visit www.buttecountylawlibrary.org/board.html for the current Agenda Time: 12:00 Noon Agenda Dates 2018 Meeting Dates 2018 July 27 July 31 August 24 August 28 September 21 September 25 October 26 October 30 November 16 November 20 Agenda Dates 2019 Meeting Dates 2019 January 25 January 29 February 22 February 26 March 22 March 26 April 26 April 30 May 24 May 28 June 21 June 25 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 10/12/2018 County Auditor, Graciela Gutierrez 1 10/12/2018 Butte County Board of Law Library Trustees 7 10/12/2018 Butte County Judicial Officers 14 10/12/2018 Ronald A. Reed, Esq., President Butte County Bar Association 1 10/12/2018 Mr. Michael Corbett (Legislative Liaison – Council of California County Law Librarians) 1 10/12/2018 Council of California County Law Librarians – Membership 40 10/12/2018 Ms. Sandra L. Brooks (Dean, Cal Northern School of Law) 1 10/12/2018 Melanie A. Snider, Esq. (Family Law Facilitator) 1 10/12/2018 Philip H. Heithecker, Esq. (Director - Public Defender Consortium) 1 10/12/2018 Gary R. Knippen, Esq. (Staff Research Attorney, Ret.) 1 10/12/2018 Michael L. Ramsey, Esq. (District Attorney) 1 10/12/2018 Ms. Kimberly Flener (Court Executive Officer) 1 10/12/2018 Kory L. Honea, Esq. (Butte County Sheriff) 1 10/12/2018 Hon. Jim Nielsen (Senator California 4th Senate District) 1 10/12/2018 Hon. James Gallagher (Assemblyman California 3rd Assembly District) 1 10/12/2018 Hon. Ted Gaines (Senator, California 1st Senate District) 1 10/12/2018 Hon. Brian Dahle (Assemblyman – California 1st Assembly District) 1 10/12/2018 Bonnie R. Hough, Esq. (Managing Attorney - Judicial Council Center for Children Families & the Courts) 1 10/12/2018

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