Title
Title
Trial Court Budget | 2018-19 Preliminary One-Time Reduction for Fund Balances Above the 1 Percent Cap (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
Under Government Code section 77203(b), a trial court may carry over unexpended funds in an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the court’s operating budget from the prior fiscal year. The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve a preliminary one-time allocation reduction of $7,890,830 to 16 courts that are projecting the portion of their 2018-19 ending fund balance that is subject to the 1 percent balance cap to exceed the cap by $7,890,830. Government Code section 68502.5(c)(2)(A) requires the council to make a preliminary allocation reduction in July of each fiscal year. This year, submission information was not received in time to present to the Judicial Council at its July business meeting.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective September 24, 2019, approve a preliminary one-time allocation reduction of $7,890,830 to 16 courts that are projecting the portion of their 2018-19 ending fund balance that is subject to the 1 percent balance cap to exceed the cap by $7,890,830.