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Trial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024-25
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Summary
Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends approving
allocations for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 from the State Trial Court
Improvement and Modernization Fund in the amount of $46.6 million.
Assuming approval of the allocations, and with current revenue projections,
the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund is projected
to end FY 2024-25 with a fund balance of $28.9 million, of which
approximately $26.8 million will be unrestricted.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee, with Judicial Branch Budget Committee approval on May 16, 2024, recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 12, 2024, approve a total of $46.6 million in allocations for FY 2024-25 from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund. The requested allocations and difference from the FY 2023-24 allocation value, by office, are as follows:
• $399,000 to Audit Services, an increase of $27,000;
• $302,000 to Branch Accounting and Procurement, an increase of $10,000;
• $9,000 to Business Management Services, no change;
• $18,000 to Budget Services, a decrease of $17,000;
• $5.4 million to Center for Families, Children & the Courts, a decrease of $866,000;
• $2.2 million to Center for Judicial Education and Research, an increase of $689,000;
• $9,000 to Criminal Justice Services, no change;
• $0 to Human Resources, a decrease of $23,000;
• $33.6 million to Information Technology, a decrease of $1.3 million;
• $2.7 million to Legal Services, a decrease of $131,000; and
• $2 million to Leadership Support Services, an increase of $49,000.
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