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Judiciary committee urges state to assume leftover district judge salary costs and asks DCRAB to study retained‑share formulas
Summary
As part of its legislative study, the committee recommended the state pick up remaining district judge salary costs (estimated at about $4 million), asked DCRAB to evaluate judicial allocations and courtroom security/training, and recommended reviewing the Administration of Justice Fund for possible re‑budgeting of some recipients into central services.
The committee voted to include a set of recommendations in its legislative study aiming to reorganize how district court funding is distributed. Chair Dolby said the report should recommend that the state assume the remaining cost cities and counties currently pick up toward district judge salaries, a gap witnesses and members estimated at roughly $3.9–4.0 million under the current transition to state district judges.
Ben Barham of the…
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