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Trial Court
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
| ACCOUNT | FY2019 Conference |
FY2019 Vetoes |
FY2019 Overrides |
FY2019 GAA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0330-0101 | Superior Court Justice Salaries | 71,566 | 0 | 0 | 71,566 |
| 0330-0300 | Administrative Staff | 241,652 | 0 | 0 | 241,652 |
| 0330-0344 | Veterans Court Program Admin and Transportation | 83 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 0330-0441 | Permanency Mediation Services | 250 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| 0330-0500 | Trial Court Video Teleconferencing | 248 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| 0330-0599 | Recidivism Reduction Pilot Program | 1,401 | 0 | 0 | 1,401 |
| 0330-0601 | Specialty Drug Courts | 5,745 | 0 | 0 | 5,745 |
| 0330-0612 | Substance Abuse Model | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| 0331-0100 | Superior Court | 34,154 | 0 | 0 | 34,154 |
| 0332-0100 | District Court | 68,591 | 0 | 0 | 68,591 |
| 0333-0002 | Probate and Family Court | 31,691 | 0 | 0 | 31,691 |
| 0334-0001 | Land Court | 4,052 | 0 | 0 | 4,052 |
| 0335-0001 | Boston Municipal Court | 14,030 | 0 | 0 | 14,030 |
| 0336-0002 | Housing Court | 8,659 | 0 | 0 | 8,659 |
| 0336-0003 | Housing Court Expansion | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | 2,601 |
| 0337-0002 | Juvenile Court | 21,265 | 0 | 0 | 21,265 |
| 0339-1001 | Commissioner of Probation | 150,030 | 0 | 0 | 150,030 |
| 0339-1003 | Office of Community Corrections | 22,903 | 0 | 0 | 22,903 |
| 0339-1005 | Divert Juveniles from Criminal Justice | 350 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| 0339-1011 | Community Based Re-entry Programs | 5,000 | -2,500 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| 0339-2100 | Jury Commissioner | 2,979 | 0 | 0 | 2,979 |
| TOTAL | 687,448 | -2,500 | 2,500 | 687,448 | |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| TRIAL COURT | 688,258,162 | |
| 0330-0101 | Superior Court Justice Salaries
For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court |
71,565,592 |
| 0330-0300 | Administrative Staff
For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, dental and vision health plan agreements, jury expenses, 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, court security and judicial training; provided, that 50 per cent of all fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure shall be paid from this item; provided further, that funds may be expended for training on domestic violence issues, the establishment of a domestic violence registry, evaluations of batterers' intervention programs, and the risk assessment tool for domestic violence offenders under chapter 260 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that not less than $378,000 shall be expended for the Race and Bias Initiative to expand the trial court's Office of Diversity and provide additional diversity training for all court employees; provided further, that in planning and implementing the policies of the Race and Bias Initiative the trial court's Office of Diversity shall solicit feedback from community stakeholders in order to identify any structural, organizational, or cultural barriers to ensure equity in the justice system for people of racial, linguistic, cultural, or sexual minorities, and recommend methods to remove those barriers to guarantee provision of competent representation and inclusive practices in every courtroom in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $1,082,273 shall be expended for the implementation of alternative dispute resolution programming; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Family Resolutions Specialty Court at the Hampshire probate and family court department; provided further, that funds may be expended to provide information and assistance to self-represented litigants; provided further, that the trial court shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on revenues collected in the trial court; provided further, that each report shall provide for the previous quarter for each court division and courthouse: (a) the total amount ordered in fees and fines; (b) the total amount dismissed in fees and fines; (c) the total amount paid in fees and fines; and (d) the total amount outstanding in fees and fines; provided further, that the court administrator shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2019, detailing the number of court officers, per diem court officers, and security personnel located in each trial court of the commonwealth; 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, under 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 said chapter 30 and who: (i) has held the office or position for not less than 1 year; and (ii) 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 under 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; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance board not later than January 7, 2019; and provided further, that not less than 15 days prior to the transfer of funds between items within the trial court, the court administrator shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of money transferred from any item of appropriation; (2) the line item number of the appropriation making the transfer; (3) the line item number of the appropriation receiving the transfer; and (4) the reason for the necessity of the transfer |
241,651,751 |
| 0330-0344 | Veterans Court Program Admin and Transportation
For the continued administration and transportation costs associated with a veterans court program and study first established in section 33 of chapter 62 of the acts of 2014 |
82,783 |
| 0330-0441 | Permanency Mediation Services
For permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts |
250,000 |
| 0330-0500 | Trial Court Video Teleconferencing
For the expanded use of videoteleconferencing for court appearances by persons in the custody of the houses of correction |
247,500 |
| 0330-0599 | Recidivism Reduction Pilot Program
For a probation program that administers high-intensity supervision to promote successful probation outcomes and reduce recidivism; provided, that the office of the commissioner of probation may partner with the same external research organization in fiscal year 2019 as selected in fiscal year 2018 to monitor program fidelity and design, to implement the model and to collect and analyze the outcome evaluation; provided further, that said program shall be conducted at both a district and a superior court; provided further, that the trial court shall maintain this probation program in the 10 court locations currently in operation; and provided further, that the office of the commissioner of probation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2019 that shall include but not be limited to, any relevant data on participants and outcomes |
1,400,896 |
| 0330-0601 | Specialty Drug Courts
For the operation of the specialty courts; provided, that no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item in the trial court; and provided further, that the trial court shall, in coordination with partner departments and agencies, submit reports on interdepartmental service agreements made with the partner departments and agencies to the court administrator and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 2, 2019 that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the amount of funding transferred to each specific agency or department for use in specialty courts; (b) the specific intent of that transfer in relation to specialty court operations; (c) any additional services implemented by way of the transfer; and (d) the amount of unspent funds from the transfer at the time of reporting |
5,744,888 |
| 0330-0612 | Substance Abuse Model
For the administration of the sequential intercept model to serve individuals with mental health and substance use disorders involved in the criminal justice system; provided, that the trial court shall continue to fund a project coordinator to oversee coordination, administration and financial oversight of the sequential intercept model; and provided further, that not later than March 1, 2019 the project coordinator shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the design of the sequential intercept model mappings; (b) the locations of workshops held to advocate for the model; (c) the number of cases in which the model has been utilized; (d) the impact of the model on rehabilitation and recidivism; and (e) the cost savings associated with the model |
200,000 |
| 0331-0100 | Superior Court
For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be expended for medical malpractice tribunals under section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall be responsible for the internal administration of the clerk's office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping |
34,153,663 |
| 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; and provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties related to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk-magistrate of said district court |
68,590,587 |
| 0333-0002 | Probate and Family Court
For the operation of the probate and family court department; provided, that not less than $848,014 shall be expended for a case management triage plan |
31,691,456 |
| 0334-0001 | Land Court
For the operation of the land court department |
4,051,762 |
| 0335-0001 | Boston Municipal Court
For the operation of the Boston municipal court department |
14,030,132 |
| 0336-0002 | Housing Court
For the operation of the housing court department |
8,658,712 |
| 0336-0003 | Housing Court Expansion
For costs associated with the expansion of the housing court department throughout the commonwealth, including the salaries of judges; provided, that funds shall not be transferred from this item to any other item in the trial court |
2,600,813 |
| 0337-0002 | Juvenile Court
For the operation of the juvenile court department; provided, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for raising rates for juvenile court investigators; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a grant to One Can Help, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $112,000 shall be expended on the Franklin and Hampshire county court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on the Worcester county court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not less than $175,989 shall be expended on the Hampden county court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended on the Essex county court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended on the Boston court-appointed special advocates program; and provided further, that not less than $53,995 shall be expended on the Berkshire county court-appointed special advocates program |
21,265,155 |
| 0339-1001 | Commissioner of Probation
For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, 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 weekly tape-matching to determine an individual's eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as provided in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $229,167 shall be expended for DNA testing; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for expanded drug testing capacity; provided further, that not less than $222,000 shall be expended for increased sealing and expungement capacity; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a caseload management software system for the juvenile and probate and family courts; provided further, that not less than $641,000 shall be expended for a pre-trial services unit; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for increased electronic monitoring capacity; provided further, that not less than $374,667 shall be expended for a probate and family court workload reduction project; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended for the purchase of bulletproof vests for probation officers; provided further, that funds may be expended for increased lab-based testing, oral toxicology tests and new urine tests to detect additional substances; provided further, that funds shall be used for the ongoing development and implementation of the validated risk assessment tool to inform pre-adjudication decision-making with regard to detention, release on personal recognizance, or release under conditions of criminal defendants before the adult trial court; provided further, that a report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than November 1, 2018 that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the status of the validated risk assessment tool; (b) efforts to implement the risk assessment tool in the courts; (c) further goals to expand the use of the risk assessment tool; and (d) the outcomes associated with utilization of the risk assessment tool; and provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the costs associated with the 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 |
150,029,621 |
| 0339-1003 | Office of Community Corrections
For the office of community corrections and performance-based contracts for the operation of community corrections centers; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2019; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the performance standards used to evaluate community corrections centers; (b) a description of how each community corrections center compares based on performance and utilization data; (c) the amount of each contract awarded to community corrections centers on a per client-day basis; (d) the standards for terminating contracts with underperforming community corrections centers; and (e) plans for increasing the use of community corrections centers by the courts, the department of correction and the county sheriffs' offices; and provided further, that the executive director may make funds from this item available for rehabilitative pilot programs that incorporate evidence-based corrections practices |
22,903,499 |
| 0339-1005 | Divert Juveniles from Criminal Justice
For a competitive grant program to be administered by the office of the commissioner of probation for cities and towns, acting either individually or in concert, to pilot or expand multidisciplinary approaches to divert juveniles and young adults from the juvenile and criminal justice systems prior to arrest or arraignment through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention serving youths and their families, including, but not limited to: (a) connecting youths to mental health services; (b) providing youth development activities and mentoring; (c) promoting school safety, family home visits, juvenile diversion programs, and restorative justice and mediation programs; and (d) providing assistance for families and schools to navigate the legal system; provided, that eligible applicants may partner with non-profit organizations to provide programs and services; provided further, that the office of the commissioner of probation shall give preference to applications that: (i) clearly outline a comprehensive plan for municipalities to collaborate with law enforcement, schools, community-based organizations and government agencies to address juvenile delinquency and young adult crime; (ii) include written commitments of municipalities, law enforcement agencies, schools, community-based organizations, and government agencies to collaborate; (iii) make a written commitment to match grant funds with a 25 per cent matching grant provided by either municipal or private contributions; and (iv) identify a local governmental unit to serve as the fiscal agent for the proposed programs and services; and provided further, that administrative costs for approved grant applications shall not exceed 5 per cent of the value of the grant |
350,000 |
| 0339-1011 | Community Based Re-entry Programs
For the establishment of a grant program to be administered by the office of the commissioner of probation for community based residential re-entry programs to reduce recidivism by providing transitional housing, workforce development and case management to individuals returning to the community from county jails and state prisons, including inmates of state prisons and county jails approved pursuant to sections 49 and 86F of chapter 127 of the General Laws and individuals on parole or on probation; provided, that these programs shall provide supervision and accountability as needed and that the money shall be awarded through a competitive process to qualified nonprofit organizations with a documented history of providing comprehensive, evidence-based community residential re-entry services; provided further, that applicants shall provide a plan for ensuring that proposed programs shall be implemented with fidelity to a research-based or evidence-based program design; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be spent on women and elderly citizens returning from incarceration; and provided further, that the department of probation shall provide an annual report on the outcomes and recidivism rates of the participants to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2019 |
5,000,000 |
| 0339-2100 | Jury Commissioner
For the office of the jury commissioner under chapter 234A of the General Laws |
2,978,982 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 810,370 | |
| 0332-5301 | Mission BMetro Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MISSION BMETRO Project |
325,000 |
| 0333-0801 | Mission Hope
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MISSION Hope |
425,000 |
| 0337-0201 | Families First Improving Outcomes for Youth in Court
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Families First |
60,370 |
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