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JUDICIARY

Fiscal Year 2011 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT	FY2011 Budgetary Recommendations	FY2011 Federal, Trust, and ISF	FY2011 Total Spending	FY2011 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue
Supreme Judicial Court	20,542	1,631	22,173	2,840
Commission on Judicial Conduct	513	0	513	0
Board of Bar Examiners	1,075	0	1,075	0
Committee for Public Counsel Services	167,965	446	168,411	750
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee	708	65	773	0
Appeals Court	10,827	0	10,827	441
Trial Court	398,445	15	398,460	132,009
TOTAL	600,074	2,158	602,232	136,039

account	description	amount
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT		22,173,046
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		20,541,915
Direct Appropriations
0320-0003	Supreme Judicial Court For the operation of the supreme judicial court	7,965,766
0320-0010	Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk For the operation of the clerk's office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county	1,174,133
0321-1600	Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation For civil legal assistance; provided, that notwithstanding section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws, the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation shall expend $1,254,283 for the Disability Benefits Project, $566,149 for the Medicare Advocacy Project and $2,834,024 for the Battered Women's Legal Assistance Project	9,500,000
0321-2100	Prisoners' Legal Services For the Prisoners Legal Services, formerly known as Massachusetts correctional legal services committee	902,016
0321-2205	Suffolk County Social Law Library For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county	1,000,000

Intragovernmental Service Spending

506,704

Suffolk Social Law Library Chargeback
For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county

Intragovernmental Service Fund

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100%

506,704

account	description	amount
Federal Grant Spending		1,124,427
0320-1700	State Court Improvement Program For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Court Improvement Program	436,615
0320-1701	State Court Data Sharing For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Court Data Sharing	295,130
0320-1703	State Court Improvement Training Program For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Court Improvement Training Program	392,682

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account	description	amount
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT		512,657
Budgetary Direct Appropriations
0321-0001	Commission on Judicial Conduct For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct	512,657

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account	description	amount
BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS		1,075,000
Budgetary Direct Appropriations
0321-0100	Board of Bar Examiners For the operation of the board of bar examiners	1,075,000

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account	description	amount
COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES		168,411,089
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		167,964,898
Direct Appropriations
0321-1500	Committee for Public Counsel Services For the operation of the committee for public counsel services, including the public defender division; provided, that the chief counsel may transfer funds from this item to item 0321-1510; and provided further, that the chief counsel shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance of a transfer of funds within 30 days of that transfer	63,044,673
0321-1510	Private Counsel Compensation For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under sections 6 and 12 of chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2011; provided further, that the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may transfer funds from this item to item 0321-1500; and provided further, that the chief counsel shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance of a transfer of funds within 30 days of that transfer	91,043,700
0321-1520	Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in section 27A; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2011	13,126,525

account	description	amount
Retained Revenues
0321-1518	Indigent Counsel Fees Retained Revenue The chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients	750,000

account	description	amount
Federal Grant Spending		280,652
0320-1800	Wrongful Conviction Unit Program For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Unit Program	280,652

account	description	amount
Trust and Other Spending		165,539
0321-1604	New England School of Law Trust Fund	3,000
0321-1606	Training for Public and Private Attorneys	52,800
0321-1611	Juvenile Advocacy Project	109,739

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account	description	amount
MENTAL HEALTH LEGAL ADVISORS COMMITTEE		772,959
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		707,599
0321-2000	Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee	707,599

account	description	amount
Trust and Other Spending		65,360
0301-0860	Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee Trust	65,360

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account	description	amount
APPEALS COURT		10,827,256
Budgetary Direct Appropriations
0322-0100	Appeals Court For the operation of the appeals court	10,827,256

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account	description	amount
TRIAL COURT		398,459,875
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		398,444,875
0330-0101	Trial Court Justices' Salaries For the salaries of the justices of the trial court departments; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management may transfer funds between this item and any other item within the trial court	49,836,452
0330-0300	Office of the Chief Justice for Administration and Management For the central administration of the trial court, including the court security program, the Massachusetts sentencing commission and alternative dispute resolution and permanency mediation services; provided, that 50 per cent of all fees payable under Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided, that funds be expended for additional expenses associated with the operation of the trial court, for the operation of the superior court department, for the operation of the district court department, for the operation of the probate and family court department, for the operation of the land court department, for the operation of the Boston municipal court department, for the operation of the housing court department, and for the operation of the juvenile court department; and provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management may transfer funds between this item and any other item within the trial court	346,209,732
0339-2100	Jury Commissioner For the operation of the office of the jury commissioner; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management may transfer funds between this item and any other item within the trial court	2,398,691

account	description	amount
Trust and Other Spending		15,000
0330-2413	John and Ethel Goldberg V Fund	15,000

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