NCJ Number
155951
Date Published
1994
Length
17 pages
Annotation
The Trial Court Realignment and Efficiency Act of 1991 modified California's Trial Court Funding Program and significantly changed the State-local funding relationship for supporting trial courts.
Abstract
The 1994-1995 budget proposes to significantly increase State support for trial court operations and to fund trial court operations within the State budget through a functional budgeting format. This will be the first year State expenditures for trial courts are displayed by function instead of by block grant amounts. The methodology used in constructing the proposed budget is described, and the lack of performance measures by which to adequately assess proposed and future expenditures is noted. Suggestions are offered to limit State costs under the Trial Court Funding Program. 3 figures