California Assembly Bill AB2255 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2255AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Donnelly FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to  amend Section 312   repeal Section 630.12  of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2255, as amended, Donnelly. Civil actions.  Existing law, operative until January 1, 2016, establishes procedures for conducting expedited jury trials in civil cases where the parties sign a consent order to stipulate that those procedures apply, including provisions for a jury of 8 or fewer members, with no alternates, a limit of 3 peremptory challenges for each side, and a limit of 3 hours for each side to present its case. Existing law provides that all parties waive all rights to appeal and to move for a directed verdict or to make any posttrial motions, except as provided.   This bill would delete that repeal date, thereby extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely.   Existing law requires civil actions to be commenced within specified periods, after the cause of action has accrued, unless an exception applies.   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 630.12 of the   Code of Civil Procedure   is repealed.   630.12. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.   SECTION 1.   Section 312 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read: 312. Civil actions, without exception, can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this title, after the cause of action has accrued, unless, in special cases, a different limitation is prescribed by statute.