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Trial Court Allocations: General Court Operations and Specific Costs for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
For 2017-2018, the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends the Judicial Council allocate $1.849 billion to the trial courts from the Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF) and state General Fund for general court operations and specific costs. The recommended allocations include $1.821 billion in 2017-2018 beginning base funding for general court operations, each court's share of $4.8 million in new funding for non-interpreter employee benefits, a statewide net reallocation of $720.2 million for general court operations using the Workload-Based Allocation and Funding Methodology (WAFM), a net zero allocation for the WAFM funding-floor adjustment, a preliminary one-time allocation reduction related to the 1 percent cap on trial court fund balances, $22 million in new funding for reimbursement of court-appointed dependency counsel costs, and $9.2 million for criminal justice realignment costs. Assuming approval of the allocations and given current revenue projections and estimated savings from appropriations, the TCTF will end 2017-2018 with a fund balance of $27.2 million, of which approximately $10.4 million will be unrestricted.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 28, 2017:
1. Approve the 2017-2018 beginning base allocation for court operations of $1.821 billion (see Attachment 1F, column 9), which carries forward the ending 2016-2017 TCTF base allocation (column 6), and adds the General Fund benefits base allocation (column 7) and adjustments to annualize partial-year allocations made in 2016-2017 (column 8) (see Attachment 1B, column 1).
2. Allocate a total of $4.8 million for non-interpreter employee benefits funding from the TCTF for each court's share of 2016-2017 cost changes in the Budget Act of 2017 (the remai...
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