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Joint Budget Committee backs courts' virtual court system and funds language access from court cash fund; denies courthouse furnishings request
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee on Jan. 28 approved two supplemental requests from the Judicial Department and denied a third, deciding to let the department use internal cash balances rather than additional general fund for several items.
The Joint Budget Committee on Jan. 28 approved two supplemental requests from the Judicial Department and denied a third, deciding to let the department use internal cash balances rather than additional general fund for several items.
The committee voted to approve the department's S1 supplemental for a virtual court management system to replace Webex after JBC staff said the department plans to cash-fund the project. "This is a very necessary system change that is required," Alfredo Kim, JBC staff, told the committee. The committee recorded the staff recommendation as approved.
The committee also approved the department's S2 supplemental for language interpreters and translators, granting the full $1.5…
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