Reporter of California Appellate Court Decisions

Section 68900 requires the Supreme Court to appoint the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal and other assistants as required. Each officer provided for serves at the pleasure of the Supreme Court and, in addition to the duties prescribed by law, must perform the duties as are required by the rules, orders, and practices of the Supreme Court.

Section 68901 sets the annual salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal as $74,454 or as set by the Supreme Court, subject to the approval of the Chair of the Judicial Council.

Section 68902 requires the opinions of the Supreme Court, of the courts of appeal, and of the appellate divisions of the superior courts as the Supreme Court may deem expedient to be published in the official reports.

Section 68903 requires the official reports to be published under a contract to be entered into on behalf of the state by the Chief Justice of California, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the President of the State Bar, and the Reporter of Decisions.

Section 68904 requires the contract to be entered into with the person who agrees to publish and sell the official reports, for a period of not less than two nor more than seven years on the terms most advantageous to the state and to the public. The Reporter of Decisions has to advertise for proposals for the publication of the reports in a daily paper in Sacramento, one in Los Angeles, and one in San Francisco.

Section 68905 requires the publisher to print and publish each volume in the style stipulated in the contract within 60 days after the manuscript is delivered by the reporter; sell copies to the state for official use at a price fixed in the contract; keep on hand and for sale at the price stipulated in the contract a sufficient number of each volume to supply all demands for six years after the publication; and, give bonds in the sum of $10,000 for the fulfillment of the terms of the contract.