The judicial duties to be performed under this article are “subordinate judicial duties” within the meaning of Section 22 of Article VI of the California Constitution, and may be performed by appointed officers such as court commissioners.
The legislature occasionally skips outline levels.
For example:
(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]
In this example, (3), (4),
and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but
(4) was
omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an
interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've
decided to display a blank section with this note, in order
to aide readability.