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Budget Summary FY2011

Trial Court
Data Current as of:  8/6/2010





FISCAL YEAR 2011 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2011
Conference
FY2011
Vetoes
FY2011
GAA
Trial Court Justices' Salaries 49,836 -710 49,127
Office of the Chief Justice for Administration and Management 188,247 0 188,247
Trial Court Retained Revenue 27,000 0 27,000
Probation Service Fees Retained Revenue 26,000 0 26,000
Trial Court Additional Expenses 9,300 0 9,300
Superior Court 20,846 -863 19,983
District Court 34,571 -1,685 32,886
Probate and Family Court 17,818 -756 17,062
Land Court 2,127 -82 2,045
Boston Municipal Court 6,490 -364 6,127
Housing Court 3,785 -188 3,598
Juvenile Court 10,549 -1,485 9,064
Commissioner of Probation 121,638 -2,231 119,408
Office of Community Corrections 24,006 -2,496 21,510
COMMISSIONER OF PROBATION - SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVIC 500 -500 0
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SUB ABUSE SERVICES 1,095 -95 1,000
Jury Commissioner 2,399 0 2,399
TOTAL    546,208 -11,453 534,754

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TRIAL COURT 534,754,348
 
Direct Appropriations
0330-0101 Trial Court Justices' Salaries
For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfer of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of the transfer



General Fund 98.576%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 1.424%

49,126,778
0330-0300 Office of the Chief Justice for Administration and Management
For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreements, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rentals and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, rental of county court facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, the court interpreter program, insurance and chargeback costs, the Massachusetts sentencing commission, permanency mediation services, alternative dispute resolution, court security and judicial training; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2011, detailing the number of court officers, per diem court officers and security personnel located in each trial court of the commonwealth; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management may expend funds for guardian ad litem services; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means 90 days prior to the temporary closure or temporary relocation of courthouses; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the transfer of personnel, the reallocation of resources, the impact on other courthouses resulting from the temporary closure of said court and other factors that may affect implementation of said temporary closure; provided further, that 50 per cent of all fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 30 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the rights afforded to a veteran, pursuant to said section 9A of said chapter 30, shall also be afforded to any such veteran who holds a trial court office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31 of the General Laws, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of chapter 30, and who: (1) has held the office or position for not less than 1 year; and (2) has 30 years of total creditable service to the commonwealth, as defined in chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of cases in which the assessment was reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate within the courts; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance board on or before January 10, 2011
188,247,375
0330-3337 Trial Court Additional Expenses
For additional expenses associated with the operation of the trial court; provided, that a schedule detailing all transfers shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011
9,300,000
0331-0100 Superior Court
For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be expended for the medical malpractice tribunals in accordance with section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping



General Fund 95.861%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 4.139%

19,982,869
0332-0100 District Court
For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the district court of Chelsea shall be the permanent location for the northern trial session to handle 6 person jury cases; provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties relate to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk magistrate of said district court; and provided further, that the clerk magistrate shall utilize whatever space within the facility-at-large he deems necessary to comply with S.J.C. Rule 3:12, Canon 3(A)6



General Fund 95.127%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 4.873%

32,886,212
0333-0002 Probate and Family Court
For the operation of the probate and family court department



General Fund 95.755%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 4.245%

17,062,062
0334-0001 Land Court
For the operation of the land court department



General Fund 96.135%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 3.865%

2,044,860
0335-0001 Boston Municipal Court
For the operation of the Boston municipal court department



General Fund 94.393%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 5.607%

6,126,503
0336-0002 Housing Court
For the operation of the housing court department



General Fund 95.041%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 4.959%

3,597,623
0337-0002 Juvenile Court
For the operation of the juvenile court department; provided, that upon receipt of a written certification by the secretary of administration and finance, addressed to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the comptroller of the commonwealth, that legislation extending the commonwealth's eligibility for an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, not in effect as of June 1, 2010, has been duly enacted and signed into law by the President of the United States or that the federal government has otherwise obligated itself to release additional funding not available as of June 1, 2010, to the commonwealth during state fiscal year 2011,the department shall not reduce the amount allocated to the CASA programs as appearing in items 0337-0300, 0337-0400, 0337-0500, 0337-0600, 0337-0700, 0337-0800, 0337-0900 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008



General Fund 85.925%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 14.075%
9,063,812
0339-1001 Commissioner of Probation
For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner, subject to appropriation, shall have exclusive authority to appoint, dismiss, assign and discipline probation officers, associate probation officers, probation officers-in-charge, assistant chief probation officers and chief probation officers; provided further, that associate probation officers shall only perform in-court functions and shall assume the in-court duties of the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the probation service, subject to collective bargaining agreements, to perform intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the intensive supervision and community restraint services described in item 0339-1003; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the costs associated with full implementation of chapter 303 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 418 of the acts of 2006 to ensure effective supervision of probationers who are monitored through global positioning system bracelets; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to use the department's wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching to determine an individual's eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as defined in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that the office shall submit quarterly reports to the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the number of individuals determined to be indigent, (b) the number of individuals determined not to be indigent; (c) the number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets; (d) the number of individuals found to no longer qualify for appointment of counsel upon any re-assessment of indigency, as defined in section 2 ½ of said chapter 211D; (e) the revenue generated through collection of indigent client fees; (f) the average indigent client fee that each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act; (g) the number of indigency client fees collected and the number waived on a monthly basis by court division and individual court; (h) recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel; and (i) other pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification; and provided further, that the information within such report shall be delineated by court division



General Fund 98.166%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 1.834%

119,407,626
0339-1003 Office of Community Corrections
For the operation of the office of community corrections, including the costs of personnel; provided, that funds shall be expended for the costs of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided further, that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs' offices; provided further, that funds shall be expended to such programs in each county in fiscal year 2011; provided further, that the executive director of the office of community corrections shall enter into interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding with the probation offices and sheriffs' offices for the provision of such programs, including the contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of restraint; provided further, that such agreements and memoranda shall be entered into at the direction of the executive director; provided further, that the executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for the programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011; provided further, that the plan shall include the projected number of probationers to be served by each program and a description of the oversight and services provided to the probationers; and provided further, that upon receipt of a written certification by the secretary of administration and finance, addressed to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the comptroller of the commonwealth, that legislation extending the commonwealth's eligibility for an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, not in effect as of June 1, 2010, has been duly enacted and signed into law by the President of the United States or that the federal government has otherwise obligated itself to release additional funding not available as of June 1, 2010, to the commonwealth during state fiscal year 2011, funds shall be expended to operate the community corrections facilities that ceased operations on November 1, 2009, at their existing locations for the full fiscal year



General Fund 89.604%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 10.396%
21,509,937
0339-1009 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SUB ABUSE SERVICES
For the provision of substance abuse testing services; provided, that the executive director of the office of community corrections shall transfer funds from this item to 0339-1003, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer
1,000,000
0339-2100 Jury Commissioner
For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws
2,398,691

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Retained Revenues
0330-3333 Trial Court Retained Revenue
For the chief justice for administration and management who may expend for the operation of the trial court an amount not to exceed $27,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, section 22 of chapter 218 of the General Laws and sections 2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $27,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011; provided further, that the first $53,000,000 of revenue received from the fees shall be deposited in the General Fund and not retained; 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 1/2 of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system
27,000,000
0330-3334 Probation Service Fees Retained Revenue
For the chief justice for administration and management who may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $26,000,000 from fees charged and collected under section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; and provided further, that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $26,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011
26,000,000

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