In an effort to ensure uniform access to justice throughout the state and to find a method to allow courts to locally address serious budget reductions, under the authority of SBX4 13, the Judicial Council has designated the third Wednesday of each month, beginning September 16, 2009, through June 16, 2010, as a court closure day. These provisions declare the closure day a holiday for the transaction of judicial business, thereby extending filing deadlines and the time for holding hearings to the same extent as on any weekend or other holiday.