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Committee trims and reprioritizes judiciary budget; adds funding for courtroom technology, interpreters and guardian program staffing
Summary
The Education and Environment Division on Feb. 11 reviewed the judiciary branch long sheet and approved by consensus a set of funding adjustments, including partial funding for a new guardianship office, money for courtroom audio/video systems and interpreters, and a small ongoing allocation for rural attorney recruitment.
Committee members reviewed the judiciary long sheet on Feb. 11 and voted by consensus to shift funding priorities in the 02/2002 judiciary branch budget, while saving some staffing costs for the judiciary and attorney general budgets for separate consideration.
Senator Thomas recommended setting several line items at reduced levels from agency requests and moving funding for FTEs out of the guardianship-related bill into the judiciary's own budget. He urged the committee to ‘‘leave that at 0’’ for accrued leave payouts, saying the vacant‑FTE pool can cover those liabilities.
The state court administrator, Sally (for the record, “Sally, state court administrator”), detailed equipment and operational requests for…
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