California Business and Professions Code 465.5 – It is the intent of the Legislature to permit counties to accomplish …
It is the intent of the Legislature to permit counties to accomplish all of the following:
(a) Encouragement and support of the development and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 465.5
- Advisory Council: means the Dispute Resolution Advisory Council. See California Business and Professions Code 466
- Dispute resolution: includes , but is not limited to, mediation, conciliation, and arbitration. See California Business and Professions Code 466
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Program: means an entity that provides dispute resolution. See California Business and Professions Code 466
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Encouragement and support of community participation in the development, administration, and oversight of local programs designed to facilitate the informal resolution of disputes among members of the community.
(c) Development of structures for dispute resolution that may serve as models for resolution programs in other communities.
(d) Education of communities with regard to the availability and benefits of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
(e) Encouragement of courts, prosecuting authorities, public defenders, law enforcement agencies, and administrative agencies to work in cooperation with, and to make referrals to, dispute resolution programs.
At the time that the state assumes the responsibility for the funding of California trial courts, consideration shall be given to the Dispute Resolution Advisory Council‘s evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution programs and the feasibility of the operation of a statewide program of grants, with the intention of funding alternative dispute resolution programs on a statewide basis.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1313, Sec. 1.)