2024 California Rules of Court
Rule 3.2240. Trial court costs in certain streamlined CEQA projects
In fulfillment of the provisions in Public Resources Code sections 21168.6.7, 21168.6.8, 21168.6.9, 21183, and 21189.82 regarding payment of trial court costs with respect to cases concerning environmental leadership development, environmental leadership transit, Oakland ballpark, and Inglewood arena, energy infrastructure, semiconductor or microelectronic, or water-related projects:
(1) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an environmental leadership development project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as an environmental leadership development project must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.
(2) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an energy infrastructure project, a semiconductor or microelectronic project, or a water-related project, the project applicant, if the applicant is not the lead agency, must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.
(3) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an environmental leadership transit project, the project applicant must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.
(4) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an Oakland ballpark project or an Inglewood arena project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as a streamlined CEQA project must pay a fee of $120,000 to the court.
(5) If the court incurs the costs of any special master appointed by the court in the case or of any contract personnel retained by the court to work on the case, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project or the project applicant must also pay, within 10 days of being ordered by the court, those incurred or estimated costs
(6) If the party fails to timely pay the fee or costs specified in this rule, the court may impose sanctions that the court finds appropriate after notifying the party and providing the party with an opportunity to pay the required fee or costs.
(7) Any fee or cost paid under this rule is not recoverable.
Rule 3.2240 amended effective December 31, 2023;adopted effective March 11, 2022; previously amended effective January 1, 2023.