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Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Midyear Reallocation of Court Reporter Funding (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
Senate Bill 170 (Stats. 2021, ch. 240), which amended the Budget Act of 2021, included $30 million ongoing General Fund to the Judicial Council for establishing a methodology to allocate funding to all trial courts to increase the number of court reporters in family law and civil cases. At its business meeting on July 12, 2024, the Judicial Council directed staff to survey the courts for a one-time redistribution of unspent funds in fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 to ensure the full appropriation is maximized. The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends approving a midyear reallocation of court reporter funding for FY 2024-25, with the total amount of funding available for the one-time redistribution allocated as proportions of the total amount of funding requested by courts.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective February 21, 2025, approve the following:
1. Reallocate the total amount of funding available, $820,000 of projected unspent court reporter funding in fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, to courts as proportions of the total amount of funding requested by the courts and including any technical adjustments to account for the final amount available prior to distribution as outlined in Attachment A; and
2. Delegate authority to Judicial Council staff to reallocate unspent funding to trial courts that have identified additional unmet need in late spring 2025, in efforts to maximize the use of the full allocation.
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