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2007 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1650 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Callahan
Staffing for GD and J&DR Courts

Item 33 #2h

Item 33 #2h

First Year - FY2007 Second Year - FY2008
Judicial Department
General District Courts FY2007 $0 FY2008 $3,406,050 GF
FY2007 0.00 FY2008 75.00 FTE

Language
Page 25, line 30, strike "$83,791,482" and insert "$87,197,532".


Explanation
(This amendment provides 75 additional positions and $3.4 million from the general fund in the second year for increased staffing for the district courts. The judicial systems' staffing model estimates a current need for at least 220 additional positions for General District courts, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts. This amendment requests 75 additional staff to meet the most critical needs in the court clerk offices throughout the Commonwealth.)