Funding the State Courts: Issues and Approaches -- Final Report on the National Interbranch Conference on Funding the State Courts -- Serving the People Together

• NCJ Number: 164122
• Author(s): R W Tobin
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 119 pages
• Grant Number(s): SJI-94-02B-C-046-P96-2
• Sponsoring Agency: State Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Ctr for State Courts
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The National Interbranch Conference on Funding the State Courts grew out of an initiative by the State Justice Institute in response to concern over budgetary effects of the recession in the early 1990's on State courts and the need for adequate State court funding.

Abstract

Conference objectives were to encourage interbranch strategic planning and joint venturing to foster communication and a common purpose with regard to State court resources; to increase the awareness of government officials and the public about State court resource needs; and to encourage innovative approaches to meeting State court resource needs, more effective use of existing resources, and more reliable and specific ways of measuring operational needs of State courts. Held in September 1995, the conference was attended by 317 people. Conference participants discussed State court financing according to eight topics: interbranch relations in financial matters, improved court management, changing court roles and functions and financial implications, State court funding sources, fine and fee collection by State courts, court budgeting improvements, technology and facilities as major change factors in State court financing, and courts and the public. Appendixes provide additional information on conference participants, the conference agenda, and court-related Federal funding programs, as well as budget manager checklists. 58 footnotes and 9 tables