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Trial Court Allocations: Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Allocations from Trial Court Trust Fund and State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve $157.887 million in allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund and $64.458 million from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund for fiscal year 2016-2017.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee is unanimously recommending that the Judicial Council adopt the following recommendations:
1. Allocate the following in 2016-2017 from the TCTF:
a. $13.819 million from the TCTF Judicial Council and Trial Court Operations appropriations (see Attachment A),
b. $144.068 million from the Support for Operation of the Trial Courts appropriation (see column E of Attachment B), and
c. For the jury reimbursement program, which is allocated from the Support for Operation of the Trial Courts appropriation, direct Judicial Council of California (JCC) Finance staff to make, if eligible jury costs exceed the total allocation, a year-end allocation adjustment so that each court receives the same share of the approved allocation based on their share of the statewide allowable jury expenditures.
2. Allocate $64.457 million ($6.953 million state operations and $57.506 million local assistance) in 2016-2017 from the IMF (see column H of Attachment E).
3. Given current revenue estimates, set aside a $2 million fund balance in the IMF by the end of 2016-2017 as a reserve against possible further declines in revenues.
4. Based on actual 2015-2016 IMF revenue receipts by September 1, 2016, allocate all unrestricted 2015-2016 revenues that exceed the current estimates to the Telecommunications Program.
5. Consistent with actions taken by the Judicial Council Technology Committee on April 14, 2016:
a. Endorse the position that all Sustain hosted courts move away from the current IMF subsidized funding structure to an IT administrative program that is funded in a manner consistent with other trial courts throughout the state.
b. Endorse “scenario 3: Elimination of the Interim Case Management System and Managed Court Program use of the California Court Technology Center (CCTC), if any use remains at the start of FY 19/20, any such costs are paid by the participating courts.”
c. Via the Judicial Council Technology Committee and the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee, find one-time funding for the support of this effort, as early as the current year.
d. Continue to support the Sustain hosted courts in their efforts to acquire a replacement of the outdated Interim Case Management System as a longer term goal, which would further reduce the IMF expenditures.
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Speakers
Speakers
Hon. Jonathan B. Conklin, Chair, Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
Mr. Steven Chang, Finance
Mr. Colin Simpson, Finance