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Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Firearm Relinquishment Grant Program for 2023-24 Through 2024-25 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Budget Act of 2022 (Assem. Bill 178; Stats. 2022, ch. 45) appropriated $40 million in one-time General Fund to the Judicial Council, of which $36 million must be distributed to trial courts to support court-based firearm relinquishment programs. The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee and the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommend that the Judicial Council approve the allocation and distribution of $1.5 million to one trial court for Cycle 2 Firearm Relinquishment Grant awards for 2023-24 through 2024-25.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee and the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommend that the Judicial Council, effective May 12, 2023:
1. Approve the allocation and distribution of $1.5 million to the Superior Court of Orange County to fund a new firearm relinquishment program for 2023-24 through 2024-25; and
2. Delegate authority to the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee to reallocate and distribute any unspent funding allocated to any of the awarded courts in Cycles 1 and 2, based on the same criteria established during the application period.
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