File #: 22-040    Version: 1
Type: Budget Proposal Status: Passed
File created: 11/9/2021 In control: Judicial Council
On agenda: 7/15/2022 Final action: 7/15/2022
Title: Trial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for 2022-23 (Action Required)
Attachments: 1. 20220715-22-040

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Trial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for 2022-23 (Action Required)

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Summary

Summary

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends approving allocations for 2022-23 from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund in the amount of $45.384 million. Assuming approval of the allocations, and with current revenue projections, the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund will end 2022-23 with a fund balance of $16.448 million, of which approximately $13.781 million will be unrestricted.

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Recommendation

Recommendation

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 15, 2022, approve a total of $45.384 million in allocations for 2022-23 from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund, as follows, relative to the 2021-22 allocations:

1.                     $354,000 to Audit Services, a decrease of $6,000;

2.                     $169,000 to Branch Accounting and Procurement, an increase of $12,000;

3.                     $150,000 to Budget Services, a decrease of $209,000;

4.                     $9,000 to Business Management Services, a decrease of $200,000;

5.                     $6.429 million to Center for Families, Children & the Courts, a decrease of $247,000;

6.                     $1.705 million to Center for Judicial Education and Research, an increase of $639,000

7.                     $9,000 to Criminal Justice Services, an increase of $9,000 (there was no 2021-22 allocation);

8.                     $0 to Human Resources, a decrease of $23,000;

9.                     $33.877 million to Information Technology, a decrease of $3.805 million;

10.                     $1.812 million to Leadership Support Services, an increase of $1.812 million (there was no 2021-22 allocation); and

11.                     $870,000 to Legal Services, a decrease of $7.6 million.

Recommendations 1 through 11 were presented to the Judicial Branch Budget Committee on June 1, 2022 and were approved for consideration by the Judicial Council.

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Speakers

Speakers

Hon. Jonathan B. Conklin, Chair, Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee

Ms. Rebecca Fleming, Vice Chair, Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee