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Judiciary asks for judges, court technology maintenance and cybersecurity investments
Summary
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget and Policy Analysis, and Sarah Omundson, Administrative Director of Courts, briefed the Joint Finance Preparation Committee on Jan. 23 on the Judicial Branch’s court operations budget, judgeship requests and court-technology upgrades.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget and Policy Analysis, and Sarah Omundson, Administrative Director of Courts, briefed the Joint Finance Preparation Committee on Jan. 23 on the Judicial Branch’s court operations budget and technology projects.
Bybee summarized the court operations structure and funding, noting the Judicial Branch is a unified court system administered by the Idaho Supreme Court and that court operations are budgeted across multiple programs including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Court and magistrate divisions. He said judgeship requests and judicial compensation require statutory changes and that the governor’s budget includes a 5% placeholder for judicial compensation while the judiciary has requested $10.2 million.
The Judicial Branch requested two district judges (1st and 7th judicial districts), two magistrate judges (Twin Falls, 5th district; and Idaho Falls/7th district) and two court reporters as…
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