Prosecutors request $5.08M for case-management/data hosting and $7.4M for DUI prosecutors if caseloads transfer
The prosecution commission told lawmakers it needs $5,080,000 to support case-management maintenance and data storage statewide and an additional $7,400,000 to hire roughly 59–65 prosecutors to handle an estimated 12,500 DUI intakes statewide if responsibility shifts to solicitors.
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Duffy Stone, solicitor for the 14th circuit and chair of the prosecution commission, told the committee that digital evidence and modern case-management demands have created recurring infrastructure costs. "I'm holding 43 terabytes of information in my office alone," he said, underlining the scale of storage required. Stone presented a proposal totaling $5,080,000 to ensure each circuit receives at least $200,000 for maintenance and data hosting while larger circuits receive proportionally more.
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