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Trial Court Budget | Allocation Methodology for Cannabis Convictions Resentencing Funding (Action Required)
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Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve the proportional allocation methodology for allocating funding provided in the Budget Act of 2019. This funding will support increased workload at the trial courts as a result of the enactment of Assembly Bill 1793 (Stats. 2018, ch. 993), which requires sentence modification of past cannabis conviction cases pursuant to the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016.
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective September 24, 2019, approve the proportional allocation methodology based on the percentage of potentially eligible cases by county, as provided by the state Department of Justice, to allocate funding provided in the Budget Act of 2019.