Civil law: omnibus bill.

(1) The State Bar Act provides that the Board of Governors of the State Bar shall establish, maintain, and administer a system for arbitration and mediation of disputes concerning fees or costs, or both, between attorneys and their clients. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. (2) Existing law provides that certain documents or papers related to oil and gas leases, as provided, that are presented for recordation and set apart and separated from any other writing, typing, or printing, shall not be recorded if that document is preceded by the words or clearly marked "do not record" or "not to be recorded," as specified. This bill would remove this provision and would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to related provisions. (3) Existing law provides that a person or entity that intentionally remotely reads or attempts to remotely read a person's identification document using radio frequency identification (RFID) without his or her knowledge and prior consent, as described, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $1,500, or both that fine and imprisonment, except as specified. Existing law also provides that a person or entity that knowingly discloses, or causes to be disclosed, specified operational system keys shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $1,500, or both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would correct a cross-reference within these provisions. (4) Existing law permits a judgment creditor to apply for an earnings withholding order for a judgment debtor and prescribes a process for this purpose. Existing law requires, as part of this process, that certain items be filed with the levying officer within 5 days after service of the order on the judgment debtor's employer. This bill would provide that the items be filed with the levying officer, as described above, within 5 court days. (5) Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to establish a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, qualified under federal and state law to receive grants or other financial support from private or public sources for the purposes of undertaking or funding any survey, study, publication, proceeding, or other activity authorized by law to be undertaken by the Judicial Council. Existing law also authorizes the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide administrative support and oversight services, limited to ministerial support for meetings, and preparing, maintaining, and presenting financial records as needed for audits, to a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporation or other tax-exempt entity established under these provisions, as specified. This bill would authorize the Judicial Council to establish a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, as provided, for the purpose of undertaking or funding any lawful activity authorized to be undertaken by the Judicial Council. This bill would also remove the limitation on the administrative and support services that can be provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts. (6) Existing law requires a guardian or conservator to present an accounting of the assets of the estate of the ward or conservatee to the court for settlement and allowance in a specified manner at the end of one year from the time of appointment and, after that, not less frequently than once every 2 years, unless otherwise ordered by the court to be more frequent. Existing law requires the guardian or conservator to file specified supporting documents with the accounting. Existing law requires the filing to include all account statements showing the account balance at the beginning of the accounting period and the account balance as of the closing date, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement to show all account statements showing the account balance at the beginning of the accounting period.