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Trial Court Budget | Allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund and Trial Court Allocations for 2022-23 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
For 2022-23, the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends the Judicial Council allocate $2.946 billion to the trial courts, including $2.759 billion from the Trial Court Trust Fund, which includes new funding of $84.2 million inflationary funding, $100.0 million equity funding, $31.2 million new judgeship funding, $110.0 million civil assessment backfill funding, $137.8 million from the state General Fund for employee benefits and pretrial funding, and $50.0 million in State Court Facilities Construction Fund for support of operation of the trial courts.
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee also recommends the Judicial Council approve the Workload Formula allocation of $2.471 billion based on recommended methodologies as well as methodologies approved by the Judicial Council. Assuming approval of the allocations, current revenue projections, and estimated savings from 2021-22 appropriations, the Trial Court Trust Fund will end 2022-23 with a fund balance of $98.2 million, of which approximately $67.1 million will be unrestricted.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 15, 2022:
1. Approve base, discretionary, and nondiscretionary program allocations in the amount of $2.759 billion, which includes the following:
a. An allocation of $84.2 million in inflationary funding to the trial courts as a 3.8 percent increase over each court's 2021-22 Workload Formula allocation, consistent with how the $84.2 million was calculated;
b. An allocation of $100.0 million equity funding to the trial courts bringing courts below the statewide average as close to the statewide average funding level as calculated for 2022-23, where each court is brought up to the same Workload Formula percentage;
c. An allocation of $31...
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