Cal. BPC § 465.5
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 465.5, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
It is the intent of the Legislature to permit counties to accomplish all of the following:
(a) Encouragement and support of the development and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
(b) Encouragement and support of community participation in the development, administration, and oversight of local programs designed to facilitate the informal resolution of disputes among members of the community.
(c) Development of structures for dispute resolution that may serve as models for resolution programs in other communities.
(d) Education of communities with regard to the availability and benefits of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
(e) Encouragement of courts, prosecuting authorities, public defenders, law enforcement agencies, and administrative agencies to work in cooperation with, and to make referrals to, dispute resolution programs.
At the time that the state assumes the responsibility for the funding of California trial courts, consideration shall be given to the Dispute Resolution Advisory Council’s evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution programs and the feasibility of the operation of a statewide program of grants, with the intention of funding alternative dispute resolution programs on a statewide basis.
(a) Encouragement and support of the development and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
(b) Encouragement and support of community participation in the development, administration, and oversight of local programs designed to facilitate the informal resolution of disputes among members of the community.
(c) Development of structures for dispute resolution that may serve as models for resolution programs in other communities.
(d) Education of communities with regard to the availability and benefits of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
(e) Encouragement of courts, prosecuting authorities, public defenders, law enforcement agencies, and administrative agencies to work in cooperation with, and to make referrals to, dispute resolution programs.
At the time that the state assumes the responsibility for the funding of California trial courts, consideration shall be given to the Dispute Resolution Advisory Council’s evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution programs and the feasibility of the operation of a statewide program of grants, with the intention of funding alternative dispute resolution programs on a statewide basis.
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