Courts.

(1) Existing law provides that the judgment of a small claims court may be enforced as provided for the enforcement of judgments of other courts. Existing law requires the clerk of the small claims court to charge and collect specified fees for the issuance of a writ of execution or an abstract of judgment, and for an application for an order of examination of a judgment debtor. This bill would require the clerk of the small claims court to charge and collect all fees associated with the enforcement of small claims court judgments, including, among other things, statutory fees for preparing and issuing, and recording and indexing, an abstract of judgment or a certified copy of a judgment, statutory fees for filing a notice of judgment lien on personal property, and statutory fees for issuing a writ for the enforcement of the judgment, as specified. (2) Existing law requires a conservator served pursuant to specified provisions of law to appear at a hearing and represent a spouse alleged to lack legal capacity for a proposed transaction involving community property. Existing law authorizes the court, in its discretion, to appoint an investigator to review the proposed transaction and report to the court regarding its advisability. This bill would limit the authority of the court to appoint an investigator pursuant to that provision to those cases in which the appointment is necessary. The bill would authorize the court to order the cost of the review and report by a court investigator to be paid out of the proceeds of the transaction or otherwise as the court may direct, if the court determines that its order would not cause a hardship. (3) Existing law provides that delinquent fines, state or local penalties, forfeitures, restitution fines and orders, and any other amounts imposed by a superior court upon a person or entity for criminal offenses, that total at least $100 in the aggregate, may be referred by the court, county, or state to the Franchise Tax Board for collection, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize the referral of delinquent bail amounts imposed by a superior court to the Franchise Tax Board for collection pursuant to this provision.