Rule 3.710.Authority

Every rule needs a source of authority, and Rule 3.710 supplies it for Division 7's differential case management chapter. It ties the chapter directly to Government Code section 68603(c), a provision of the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act the Legislature passed in 1990 to push California's trial courts toward managing civil caseloads more actively rather than letting cases drift.

The rule itself does not impose any duty on courts or parties — that comes from the rules that follow it in this chapter, covering local rules, delay-reduction goals, and case differentiation. What Rule 3.710 does is anchor those later rules in statute, making clear that differential case management is not a discretionary courtesy but implements a legislative mandate.