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Report to the Legislature | Report on Allocation of Funding in Fiscal Year 2022-23 for Court-Based Firearm Relinquishment Program
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Summary
The Budget Act of 2022 (Assem. Bill 178 (Ting); Stats. 2022, ch. 45) appropriated $40 million in one-time funding to the Judicial Council, of which $36 million must be distributed to trial courts to support court-based firearm relinquishment programs. By October 1 of each year, beginning in 2023 and ending in 2025, the Judicial Council must provide a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee describing the allocation method of the funding, the ways each court has used or will use the funding, the structure of the program at each court, the roles and responsibilities of the court and its contractors, implementation challenges or other challenges faced, and key data outcomes by each court.