(a) On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature concerning court alternative dispute resolution programs. This report shall include, but not be limited to, a review of programs operated in Los Angeles County and other courts that have elected to apply this title, and shall examine, among other things, the effect of this title on the judicial arbitration programs of courts that have participated in that program.
§ 1775.14.Report By Judicial Council to Legislature
Title 11.6. Civil Action Mediation · Last amended 2007 · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1775.14 required the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature by January 1, 1998 on court alternative dispute resolution programs, including how mediation affected judicial arbitration in participating courts, and requires the Judicial Council to compel data collection from every court that applies this title.
Full Text of § 1775.14
(b) The Judicial Council shall, by rule, require that each court applying this title file with the Judicial Council data that will enable the Judicial Council to submit the report required by subdivision (a).
Plain-English Summary
This section is the accountability mechanism behind the program the Legislature described in Section 1775. On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council had to submit a report to the Legislature on court alternative dispute resolution programs, reviewing at minimum the programs in Los Angeles County and other courts that elected to apply this title, and examining how this title affected the judicial arbitration programs of courts that had been using arbitration.
To make that report possible, the section requires the Judicial Council to adopt a rule compelling every court applying this title to file data with the Judicial Council, giving it the information needed to compile the required report.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did the Judicial Council have to report to the Legislature, and by when?
A report on court alternative dispute resolution programs, including this title's effect on judicial arbitration, due on or before January 1, 1998.
How does the Judicial Council get the information needed for that report?
By rule requiring every court that applies this title to file data with the Judicial Council.
What did the report have to examine?
Among other things, programs operated in Los Angeles County and other participating courts, and the effect of this title on those courts' judicial arbitration programs.
Amendment History
Amended by Stats 2006 ch 538 (SB 1852),s 74, eff. 1/1/2007.
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the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
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Also known as: judicial council report mediation programalternative dispute resolution data reporting