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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
0330-3333	Trial Court Retained Revenue The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice shall only expend or allocate funds from this item to the 7 departments of the trial court for the operation of the departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; provided further, that said schedule detailing the full allotment of said $20,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008; provided further, that the only revenue available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2008 shall be revenue collected from the fees in excess of the amount collected and deposited into the General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from the fees; provided further, that no allocation shall occur until the schedules have been approved by the committees; provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of one half of this authorization or the most-recent revenue estimate therefor, as reported in the state accounting system	20,000,000	20,000,000

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	12,875	13,245	12,255	1,823	19,038
Pensions & Benefits	0	0	1,635	0	0
Operating Expenses	2,891	495	2,173	1,007	962
TOTAL	15,766	13,741	16,062	2,831	20,000

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.