66499.2.

 A bond or bonds by one or more duly authorized corporate sureties for the security of laborers and materialmen shall be in substantially the following form:

Whereas, The Board of Supervisors of the County of ____ (or City Council of the City of ____), State of California, and ____ (hereinafter designated as “the principal”) have entered into an agreement whereby the principal agrees to install and complete certain designated public improvements, which agreement, dated ____, 20_, and identified as project ____, is hereby referred to and made a part hereof; and

Whereas, Under the terms of the agreement, the principal is required before entering upon the performance of the work, to file a good and sufficient payment bond with the County of ____ (or the City of ____) to secure the claims to which reference is made in Title 15 (commencing with Section 3082) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code of the State of California.

Now, therefore, the principal and the undersigned as corporate surety, are held firmly bound unto the County of ____ (or the City of ____) and all contractors, subcontractors, laborers, materialmen, and other persons employed in the performance of the agreement and referred to in Title 15 (commencing with Section 3082) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code in the sum of ____ dollars ($____), for materials furnished or labor thereon of any kind, or for amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Act with respect to this work or labor, that the surety will pay the same in an amount not exceeding the amount hereinabove set forth, and also in case suit is brought upon this bond, will pay, in addition to the face amount thereof, costs and reasonable expenses and fees, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by county (or city) in successfully enforcing this obligation, to be awarded and fixed by the court, and to be taxed as costs and to be included in the judgment therein rendered.

It is hereby expressly stipulated and agreed that this bond shall inure to the benefit of any and all persons, companies, and corporations entitled to file claims under Title 15 (commencing with Section 3082) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, so as to give a right of action to them or their assigns in any suit brought upon this bond.

Should the condition of this bond be fully performed, then this obligation shall become null and void, otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and effect.

The surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration, or addition to the terms of the agreement or the specifications accompanying the same shall in any manner affect its obligations on this bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension, alteration, or addition.

In witness whereof, this instrument has been duly executed by the principal and surety above named, on ____, 20__.

13815.

 A new district may be formed pursuant to this chapter.

13818.

 The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be included in the district, as determined by the local agency formation commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 56375 of the Government Code. Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code shall govern the signing of the petition and the format of the petition.

13872.

 A district may, by ordinance, authorize its fire chief, or his or her duly authorized representative, to issue citations for the misdemeanors specified in Section 13871. The provisions of Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 4 of Part 2 of the Penal Code shall apply.

13938.

 (a) After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the district treasury in a special bond service fund set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest on that indebtedness as it becomes due, the district board shall adopt a resolution directing the county tax collector to levy a tax on behalf of the district.

(b) The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes levied by and for the district and shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as county taxes. A county may recover its costs as provided by Section 29142 of the Government Code.

(c) The rate of the tax shall be fixed to result in proceeds which are sufficient to pay any principal and interest which will become due before the next proceeds of a tax to be levied will be available.

1269b.

 (a) The officer in charge of a jail where an arrested person is held in custody, an officer of a sheriff’s department or police department of a city who is in charge of a jail or is employed at a fixed police or sheriff’s facility and is acting under an agreement with the agency that keeps the jail wherein an arrested person is held in custody, an employee of a sheriff’s department or police department of a city who is assigned by the department to collect bail, the clerk of the municipal court of the judicial district in which the offense was alleged to have been committed, and the clerk of the superior court in which the case against the defendant is pending may approve and accept bail in the amount fixed by the warrant of arrest, schedule of bail, or order admitting to bail in cash or surety bond executed by a certified, admitted surety insurer as provided in the Insurance Code, to issue and sign an order for the release of the arrested person, and to set a time and place for the appearance of the arrested person before the appropriate court and give notice thereof.

(b) If a defendant has appeared before a judge of the court on the charge contained in the complaint, indictment, or information, the bail shall be in the amount fixed by the judge at the time of the appearance; if that appearance has not been made, the bail shall be in the amount fixed in the warrant of arrest or, if no warrant of arrest has been issued, the amount of bail shall be pursuant to the uniform countywide schedule of bail for the county in which the defendant is required to appear, previously fixed and approved as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d).

(c) It is the duty of the superior and municipal court judges in each county to prepare, adopt, and annually revise, by a majority vote, at a meeting called by the presiding judge of the superior court of the county, a uniform countywide schedule of bail for all bailable felony offenses.

In adopting a uniform countywide schedule of bail for all bailable offenses the judges shall consider the seriousness of the offense charged. In considering the seriousness of the offense charged the judges shall assign an additional amount of required bail for each aggravating or enhancing factor chargeable in the complaint, including, but not limited to, additional bail for charges alleging facts that would bring a person within any of the following sections: Section 667.5, 667.51, 667.6, 667.8, 667.85, 667.9, 667.10, 12022, 12022.1, 12022.2, 12022.3, 12022.4, 12022.5, 12022.53, 12022.6, 12022.7, 12022.8, or 12022.9, or Section 11356.5, 11370.2, or 11370.4 of the Health and Safety Code.

In considering offenses wherein a violation of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11350) of Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code is alleged, the judge shall assign an additional amount of required bail for offenses involving large quantities of controlled substances.

(d) The municipal court judges in each county, at a meeting called by the presiding judge of the municipal court at each county seat, or the superior court judges in each county in which there is no municipal court, at a meeting called by the presiding judge of the superior court, shall prepare, adopt, and annually revise, by a majority vote, a uniform, countywide schedule of bail for all misdemeanor and infraction offenses except Vehicle Code infractions. The penalty schedule for infraction violations of the Vehicle Code shall be established by the Judicial Council in accordance with Section 40310 of the Vehicle Code.

(e) Each countywide bail schedule shall contain a list of the offenses and the amounts of bail applicable thereto as the judges determine to be appropriate. If the schedules do not list all offenses specifically, they shall contain a general clause for designated amounts of bail as the judges of the county determine to be appropriate for all the offenses not specifically listed in the schedules. A copy of the countywide bail schedule shall be sent to the officer in charge of the county jail, to the officer in charge of each city jail within the county, to each superior and municipal court judge and commissioner in the county, and to the Judicial Council.

(f) Upon posting bail, the defendant or arrested person shall be discharged from custody as to the offense on which the bail is posted.

All money and surety bonds so deposited with an officer authorized to receive bail shall be transmitted immediately to the judge or clerk of the court by which the order was made or warrant issued or bail schedule fixed. If, in the case of felonies, an indictment is filed, the judge or clerk of the court shall transmit all of the money and surety bonds to the clerk of the court.

(g) If a defendant or arrested person so released fails to appear at the time and in the court so ordered upon his or her release from custody, Sections 1305 and 1306 apply.

2340.

 (a) No superior court may appoint a private professional conservator or private professional guardian, or permit any person to continue to serve as a private professional conservator or private professional guardian, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2350) or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2400) unless the conservator or guardian has filed the information required by Sections 2342 and 2343 with the clerk of the court in each county where a petition for appointment has been filed.

(b) No superior court may appoint a private professional trustee unless the trustee has filed the information required by Sections 2342 and 2343 with the clerk of the court in each county where a petition for appointment has been filed.

2342.

 (a) All private professional conservators, private professional guardians, and private professional trustees shall file annually with the clerk of the court a statement, under penalty of perjury, containing the following information:

(1) His or her educational background and professional experience.

(2) At least three professional references.

(3) The names of the conservator’s or guardian’s current conservatees or the trusts currently administered by the trustee.

(4) The aggregate dollar value of all assets currently under the conservator’s, guardian’s, or trustee’s supervision.

(5) The conservator’s, guardian’s, or trustee’s addresses and telephone numbers for his or her place of business and place of residence.

(6) Whether the conservator, guardian, or trustee has ever been removed for cause as conservator or guardian or trustee or has resigned as conservator or guardian or trustee in a specific case, the circumstances causing that removal or resignation, and the case names, court locations, and case numbers.

(7) The case names, court locations, and case numbers of all conservatorship, guardianship, or trust cases which are closed for which the private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee served as the conservator, guardian, or trustee.

(b) Upon filing of a petition for appointment, a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, and private professional trustee shall state that he or she is a private professional conservator or private professional guardian or private professional trustee, and that the information required by this section is on file with the clerk of the court.

(c) The clerk of the court shall order a background fingerprint check from the Department of Justice and may request a background fingerprint check from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on each private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee. The background check shall include a record of all arrests resulting in conviction and all arrests for which final disposition is pending. The Department of Justice shall retain these fingerprints in its files and shall provide any subsequent arrest information to the clerk of the court pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code until notified by the clerk of the court that the person is no longer serving in the capacity of a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee. The superior court shall review the background fingerprint check prior to the appointment of a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee. The court shall review annual updates to the criminal background check on persons currently serving in the capacity of a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee under the court’s jurisdiction. The background fingerprint check may be dispensed with by the court if the petitioner was appointed as a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee, or served in the capacity of a private professional conservator, private professional guardian, or private professional trustee, during the previous year and a background fingerprint check was previously made.

(d) The information required by this section shall be made available to the court for any purpose, including the determination of the appropriateness of appointing or continuing the appointment of, or removing, the conservator or guardian or trustee, but shall otherwise be kept confidential.

(e) This section applies to all private professional conservators, private professional guardians, and private professional trustees regardless of the date of appointment.

2342.5.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 2342, all natural persons who are authorized by a private entity, which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or is exempt from state taxes pursuant to Sections 23701 and 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to perform the functions of a conservator may elect to annually file a statement required by subdivision (a) of Section 2342 only with the clerk of the court of the county in which the private entity has its principal place of business if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) The private entity provides conservatorship services to 10 or more conservatees with assets of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) each.

(2) At least 40 percent of the total number of conservatees served by the private entity in the state have assets of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) each.

(3) The total annual fees received by the private entity for providing conservatorship services do not exceed 5 percent of the total assets of all the conservatees served by the private entity.

Only the clerk of the court and superior court of the county in which this statement is filed shall be required to comply with the background check requirements of Section 2342 for this statement.

(b) Upon filing of a petition for appointment, a private professional conservator described in subdivision (a) shall state that he or she is a private professional conservator and the name of the county in which the information required by Section 2342 is on file.

2343.

 The clerk of the court shall charge each private professional conservator or private professional guardian an annual filing fee which does not exceed the average per-conservator or per-guardian annual cost in complying with this article. This fee shall also include the cost of submitting the fingerprint card to the Department of Justice.

2850.

 (a) The Department of Justice shall maintain a Statewide Registry and shall make all information in the registry available to the court for any purpose, but shall otherwise be kept confidential. On request, the registry may disclose to the public whether an individual is or is not registered with the Statewide Registry. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2854, all persons who wish to serve as a conservator or guardian or who are currently serving as a conservator or guardian shall register with the Statewide Registry and shall re-register every three years thereafter.

(b) All conservators and guardians required to file information with the clerk of the court pursuant to Section 2340 and to register pursuant to this chapter shall file a signed declaration with the Statewide Registry. A person who signs a declaration pursuant to this subdivision asserting the truth of any material matter which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to one year in a county jail, or a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both that fine and imprisonment. The declaration shall contain the following information:

(1) Full name.

(2) Professional name, if different from (1).

(3) Business address.

(4) Business telephone number or numbers.

(5) His or her educational background and professional experience, including verification of any college or graduate degree claimed.

(6) The names of the conservator’s or guardian’s current conservatees.

(7) The aggregate dollar value of all assets currently under the conservator’s or guardian’s supervision.

(8) Whether he or she has ever been removed for cause or resigned as conservator or guardian in a specific case, the circumstances of that removal or resignation, and the case names, court locations, and case numbers.

(c) On request, the registry may disclose to a member of the public the educational background and professional experience of a conservator or guardian registered with the Statewide Registry.

(d) The Department of Justice may charge a reasonable fee to persons registering and re-registering with the Statewide Registry for the cost of that registration. The Department of Justice shall issue a certificate of registration to each registrant.

(e) Each court clerk shall forward a copy of any complaint filed with that court, and found to be meritorious by that court, against a conservator or guardian in his or her capacity as a conservator or guardian for inclusion in the Statewide Registry. The Statewide Registry shall place any copies of those complaints in the file of that conservator or guardian.

20813.

 (a) All contracts for the construction or completion of any building, structure, or improvement, when the expenditure required for the work exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), shall be contracted for and let to the lowest responsible bidder after notice. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the district board may accept the one it chooses.

(b) The notice inviting bids shall set a date for the opening of bids. The first publication or posting of the notice shall be at least 10 days before the date of opening the bids. Notice shall be published at least twice, not less than five days apart, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, or if there is none, it shall be posted in at least three public places in the district. The notice shall distinctly state the work to be done.

(c) In its discretion, the district board may reject any bids presented and readvertise.

(d) In the case of an emergency, the district board may act pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).

(e) The district board may, subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3247) of Title 15 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, require the posting of those bonds it deems desirable as a condition to the filing of a bid or the letting of a contract.

(f) Cost records of the work shall be kept in the manner provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

22032.

 (a) Public projects of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order.

(b) Public projects of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in this article.

(c) Public projects of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall, except as otherwise provided in this article, be let to contract by formal bidding procedure.

22034.

 Each public agency that elects to become subject to the uniform construction accounting procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22010) shall enact an informal bidding ordinance to govern the selection of contractors to perform public projects pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22032. The ordinance shall include all of the following:

(a) The public agency shall maintain a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work. Minimum criteria for development and maintenance of the contractors list shall be determined by the commission.

(b) All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid or all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036, or both all contractors on the list for the category of work being bid and all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036, shall be mailed a notice inviting informal bids unless the product or service is proprietary.

(c) All mailing of notices to contractors and construction trade journals pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be completed not less than 10 calendar days before bids are due.

(d) The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms and how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and state the time and place for the submission of bids.

(e) The governing body of the public agency may delegate the authority to award informal contracts to the public works director, general manager, purchasing agent, or other appropriate person.

(f) If all bids received are in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the governing body of the public agency may, by adoption of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.

5784.1.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

(a) The Board of Directors of the North Bakersfield Recreation and Park District shall be composed of seven members.

(b) If on December 31, 2001, a member of the board of directors was elected or appointed as a voter of this state and is an owner of real property within the district, pursuant to the former Section 5783.3, that person may continue to serve on that board of directors for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed, and that person may be elected or appointed to that board of directors in the future after that term ends, provided that the person continues to be a voter of this state and an owner of real property within the district.

2110.

 (a) The moneys payable to the counties under subdivision (b) of Section 2104 shall be apportioned monthly among the several counties as follows:

(1) A sum equal to the total of all reimbursable snow removal costs filed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2152, or seven million dollars ($7,000,000), whichever is less, shall be apportioned in 12 approximately equal monthly apportionments for snow removal or snow grooming, or both, on county roads as follows:

(2) If the total is less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000), the full amount of reimbursable snow removal or snow grooming, or both, costs shall be apportioned to the several counties in an amount equal to that computed pursuant to the report filed by each county pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2152.

(3) If the total is seven million dollars ($7,000,000) or more for the fiscal year, the Controller shall compute percentages for the apportionment of seven million dollars ($7,000,000) to the several counties in the state for snow removal or snow grooming, or both, on county roads, including the purchase of snow removal equipment therefor, and shall apportion the amount to the counties in the computed percentages. The percentage each county is to be apportioned during the fiscal year shall be derived by adding its reimbursable snow removal or snow grooming, or both, expenditures for the three preceding fiscal years as to which the Controller has received snow removal or snow grooming, or both, expenditure reports pursuant to Section 2152, and dividing the sum by the total amount of reimbursable snow removal or snow grooming, or both, expenditures by all counties in the state during those fiscal years.

(b) On or before the first day of March of each year, the Controller shall notify each county of the amount apportioned to it pursuant to this section for expenditure for snow removal or snow grooming, or both, on county roads during the following fiscal year.

30500.3.

 Notwithstanding Section 30500, the Board of Directors of the Sawyers Bar County Water District shall adopt a resolution ordering the reduction in the number of directors from five to three if, at least 85 days before a general district election, the board receives a petition that requests that reduction and a majority of the voters in the district has signed that petition.

6513.

 (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall pay for the costs, as defined in this section, of judicial proceedings, including commitment, placement, or release, under this article under both of the following conditions:

(1) The judicial proceedings are in a county within which a state hospital or developmental center maintains a treatment program for mentally retarded persons who are a danger to themselves or others.

(2) The judicial proceedings relate to a mentally retarded person who is at the time residing in the state hospital or developmental center located in the county of the proceedings.

(b) The appropriate financial officer or other designated official in a county described in subdivision (a) may prepare a statement of all costs incurred by the county in the investigation, preparation for, and conduct of the proceeding, including any costs of the district attorney or county counsel and any public defender or court-appointed counsel representing the person, and including any costs incurred by the county for the guarding or keeping of the person while away from the state hospital and for transportation of the person to and from the hospital. The statement shall be certified to by a judge of the superior court and shall be sent to the State Department of Developmental Services. In lieu of sending statements after each proceeding, the statements may be held and submitted quarterly for the preceding three-month period.

15657.03.

 (a) An elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse as defined in Section 15610.07 may seek protective orders as provided in this section.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “protective order” means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a judgment:

(1) An order enjoining a party from abusing, intimidating, molesting, attacking, striking, stalking, threatening, sexually assaulting, battering, harassing, telephoning, including, but not limited to, annoying telephone calls as described in Section 653m of the Penal Code, destroying personal property, contacting, either directly or indirectly, by mail or otherwise, or coming within a specified distance of, or disturbing the peace of the petitioner.

(2) An order excluding a party from the petitioner’s residence or dwelling, except that this order shall not be issued if legal or equitable title to, or lease of, the residence or dwelling is in the sole name of the party to be excluded or is in the name of the party to be excluded and any other party besides the petitioner.

(3) An order enjoining a party from specified behavior that the court determines is necessary to effectuate orders described in paragraph (1) or (2).

(c) An order may be issued under this section, with or without notice, to restrain any person for the purpose of preventing a recurrence of abuse, if an affidavit shows, to the satisfaction of the court, reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse of the petitioning elder or dependent adult.

(d) (1) Upon filing a petition for protective orders under this section, the petitioner may obtain a temporary restraining order in accordance with Section 527 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except to the extent this section provides a rule that is inconsistent. The temporary restraining order may include any of the protective orders described in subdivision (b). However, the court may issue an ex parte order excluding a party from the petitioner’s residence or dwelling only on a showing of all of the following:

(A) Facts sufficient for the court to ascertain that the party who will stay in the dwelling has a right under color of law to possession of the premises.

(B) That the party to be excluded has assaulted or threatens to assault the petitioner.

(C) That physical or emotional harm would otherwise result to the petitioner.

(2) In the case in which a temporary restraining order is granted without notice, the matter shall be made returnable on an order requiring cause to be shown why a permanent order should not be granted, on the earliest day that the business of the court will permit, but not later than 20 days or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date the temporary restraining order is granted, unless the order is otherwise modified or terminated by the court.

(e) The court may issue, upon notice and a hearing, any of the orders set forth in subdivision (b). The court may issue, after notice and hearing, an order excluding a person from a residence or dwelling if the court finds that physical or emotional harm would otherwise result to the other party.

(f) In the discretion of the court, an order issued after notice and a hearing under this section may have a duration of not more than three years, subject to termination or modification by further order of the court either on written stipulation filed with the court or on the motion of a party. These orders may be renewed upon the request of a party, either for three years or permanently, without a showing of any further abuse since the issuance of the original order, subject to termination or modification by further order of the court either on written stipulation filed with the court or on the motion of a party. The failure to state the expiration date on the face of the form creates an order with a duration of three years from the date of issuance.

(g) Upon the filing of a petition for protective orders under this section, the respondent shall be personally served with a copy of the petition, notice of the hearing or order to show cause, temporary restraining order, if any, and any affidavits in support of the petition. Service shall be made at least two days before the hearing. The court may, on motion of the petitioner or on its own motion, shorten the time for service on the respondent.

(h) The court may, upon the filing of an affidavit by the applicant that the respondent could not be served within the time required by statute, reissue an order previously issued and dissolved by the court for failure to serve the respondent. The reissued order shall be made returnable on the earliest day that the business of the court will permit, but not later than 20 days or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date of reissuance. The reissued order shall state on its face the date of expiration of the order.

(i) (1) The court shall order the petitioner or the attorney for the petitioner to deliver, or the clerk of the court to mail, a copy of an order issued under this section, or a reissuance, extension, modification, or termination of the order, and any subsequent proof of service, by the close of the business day on which the order, reissuance, extension, modification, or termination was made, to each local law enforcement agency designated by the petitioner or the attorney for the petitioner having jurisdiction over the residence of the petitioner, and to any additional law enforcement agencies within the court’s discretion as are requested by the petitioner. Each appropriate law enforcement agency shall make available information as to the existence and current status of these orders to law enforcement officers responding to the scene of reported abuse.

(2) An order issued under this section shall, on request of the petitioner, be served on the respondent, whether or not the respondent has been taken into custody, by any law enforcement officer who is present at the scene of reported abuse involving the parties to the proceeding. The petitioner shall provide the officer with an endorsed copy of the order and a proof of service which the officer shall complete and send to the issuing court.

(3) Upon receiving information at the scene of an incident of abuse that a protective order has been issued under this section, or that a person who has been taken into custody is the respondent to that order, if the protected person cannot produce a certified copy of the order, a law enforcement officer shall immediately attempt to verify the existence of the order.

(4) If the law enforcement officer determines that a protective order has been issued, but not served, the officer shall immediately notify the respondent of the terms of the order and shall at that time also enforce the order. Verbal notice of the terms of the order shall constitute service of the order and is sufficient notice for the purposes of this section and for the purposes of Section 273.6 of the Penal Code.

(j) Nothing in this section shall preclude either party from representation by private counsel or from appearing on the party’s own behalf.

(k) There is no filing fee for a petition, response, or paper seeking the reissuance, modification, or enforcement of a protective order filed in a proceeding brought pursuant to this section.

(l) (1) Fees otherwise payable by a petitioner to a law enforcement agency for serving an order issued under this section may be waived in any case in which the petitioner has requested a fee waiver on the initiating petition and has filed a declaration that demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the court, the financial need of the petitioner for the fee waiver. The declaration required by this subdivision shall be on one of the following forms:

(A) The form formulated and adopted by the Judicial Council for litigants proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to Section 68511.3 of the Government Code, but the petitioner is not subject to any other requirements of litigants proceeding in forma pauperis.

(B) Any other form that the Judicial Council may adopt for this purpose pursuant to subdivision (p).

(2) In conjunction with a hearing pursuant to this section, the court may make an order for the waiver of fees otherwise payable by the petitioner to a law enforcement agency for serving an order issued under this section.

(m) The prevailing party in any action brought under this section may be awarded court costs and attorney’s fees, if any.

(n) Any willful disobedience of any temporary restraining order or restraining order after hearing granted under this section is punishable pursuant to Section 273.6 of the Penal Code.

(o) This section does not apply to any action or proceeding covered by Title 1.6C (commencing with Section 1788) of the Civil Code, by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of the Code of Civil Procedure, or by Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code. Nothing in this section shall preclude a petitioner’s right to use other existing civil remedies.

(p) The Judicial Council shall promulgate forms and instructions therefor, rules for service of process, scheduling of hearings, and any other matters required by this section. The petition and response forms shall be simple and concise.

Sec. 30.

 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each board member shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of his or her actual attendance of the meetings of the board and of committees of the board, and for each day’s service otherwise rendered as a board member by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month.

(b) The board may, by ordinance, increase the compensation received by board members above one hundred dollars ($100) a day, provided that the increase shall not exceed an amount equal to 5 percent of the compensation which is received when the ordinance is adopted, for each calendar year following the operative date of the last increase.