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Judicial branch warns of rising caseloads and asks for retirement spending authority, technology funding
Summary
The Joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee heard that Idaho courts face rising civil caseloads, unanticipated magistrate retirements requiring an $800,700 increase in retirement spending authority, and ongoing costs from ARPA-funded technology projects moved into dedicated funds.
The Joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee heard Monday that Idaho's courts are seeing a sustained rise in filings and are seeking additional spending authority to cover retirement and technology costs.
Janica Bisharat, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee the judicial branch received about $19 million in ARPA funds in fiscal 2023 to modernize its IT systems and that those projects — including moving the court's case‑management system (Enterprise Justice) and digital‑recording services to the cloud and building a statewide court network — will be fully spent by the end of the calendar year. Bisharat said the court added seven ARPA‑funded field‑technician FTPs and later reassigned those positions to general‑fund lines when the work proved essential.
The Legislative Services Office noted several…
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