STATE OF THE JUDICIARY (AND COUNTY REVENUE ISSUES)

Chief Justice Roy S. Moore

Rich HobsonAdministrative Director of Courts

Ala. Const., 1901, Art. VI, § 149.

• “Adequate and reasonable appropriations shall be made by the legislature for the entire unified judicial system, exclusive of probate courts and municipal courts. The legislature shall receive recommendations for appropriations for the trial courts from the administrative director of courts and for the appellate courts from each such court.”

General Fund Executive Budget, FY2015(including all earmarks, federal funds, etc.)

Executive 14,002,927,463

Legislative $47,518,311

Judicial $194,886,647

ExecutiveLegislativeJudicial

0.33%

98.30%

1.37%

Executive

-40.00%

-20.00%

0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

60.00%

80.00%

+70%

-17%

General Fund Budgets, FY2002 - FY2015

Judicial

Total Trial Court AppropriationsLess today than in 2007

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017$140,000,000

$150,000,000

$160,000,000

$170,000,000

$180,000,000

$190,000,000

$200,000,000

$210,000,000

$220,000,000

$230,000,000

TOTAL APPROPRI-ATIONS

FISCAL YEAR

DO

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$140 MILLION IN 2001

$167 MILLIONProposed

2007

Total Trial Court Appropriationsand Level Funded Appropriations

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017$140,000,000

$150,000,000

$160,000,000

$170,000,000

$180,000,000

$190,000,000

$200,000,000

$210,000,000

$220,000,000

$230,000,000

TOTAL APPROPRI-ATIONSLEVEL FUNDED APPROPRIATIONS

FISCAL YEAR

DO

LLA

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ILLI

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S)

$52 Mloss over15 years

$140 MILLION IN 2001

$220 MILLION

$167 MProposed

Total Trial Court Appropriationsand Total Employees

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017$140,000,000

$150,000,000

$160,000,000

$170,000,000

$180,000,000

$190,000,000

$200,000,000

$210,000,000

$220,000,000

$230,000,000

TOTAL APPROPRI-ATIONS

LEVEL FUNDED APPROPRIATIONS

FISCAL YEAR

DO

LLA

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$52 Mloss over15 years

$140 MILLION IN 2001

Proposed:1,163

Employees

$167 MProposed

x2,008

Employees

Central office staffing

• 2015: 80 employees• 2008: 131 employees• 2003: 100 employees (38.9% drop)

• Already too streamlined. Past the point of effectiveness and efficiency

Our Contribution

• In FY 2014 the Courts collected $490,567,481• $65.4 Million to the General Fund • $73.2 Million to Executive Branch agencies• $13.7 Million to Victims of Crime• $166.5 Million in Child Support • $131.4 Million to Businesses & Individuals• $40.3 million, other

RRIVA Collection Project• Began in July 2014, at the request of Senate &

House leadership• Utilizes retired judges and supernumerary DAs

to hold collection dockets for delinquent court costs & fines

• $1.7 million collected from 7/14 – 7/15• $19.6 million collected for same period in

other specially set show/cause dockets by active judges

JPOs working with schools

• TRUANCY in FY2014:• 6,829 children & their parents participated in

truancy prevention programs • 2,265 hearings for habitual truancy• 493 criminal misdemeanor cases for parents• 13,287 complaints referred by schools• 16,349 children supervised by JPOs

Drug Courts

2858 Defendant applications in FY 20141313 Defendants accepted in FY 2014 993 successfully completed in FY 2014Savings:

$43 (cost of incarceration per day) x 365 days = $15,695/yr. x 993 graduates = $15.5 million saved in 2014 (we spent $1.8 mill)

Promotions and Merit Raises• Promotions have not been given since 2008 in

the UJS (Executive Branch never stopped)COST: $1.25 million for those eligible

• Merit Raises are frozen in the UJS (the Executive Branch is paying Merit Raises)

COST: $1.6 million for those eligible• The UJS continues to lose experienced

employees to the Executive Branch

UJS Judicial Budgets FY 2015(budgets include all earmarks, federal funds, etc.)

Total Budget Judicial Budget % of Total Budget

Alabama $ 29,046,554,050 $194,886,647 0.67%

Connecticut $ 26,157,000,000 $631,708,000 2.42%

Missouri $ 27,667,049,491 $405,430,837 1.47%New Jersey * $ 32,921,362,000 $672,981,000 2.04%

North Carolina $ 21,521,899,669 $458,416,996 2.13%

Pennsylvania $ 29,400,000,000 $317,432,000 1.08%

Virginia $ 46,832,370,554 $376,967,213 0.80%

*New Jersey – FY 2014

Earmarked budgets by state

• Alabama 84%• Michigan 63%• Nevada 58%• Tennessee 56%• Wyoming 50%• Utah 47%• Massachusetts 45%• Indiana 40%• New York 30%• Arizona 29%

Case Filings last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,247,871 1,121,053 1,024,459 900,121 841,115

-56,006

-124,338

-96,594

-10%

-9%-12%

-7%

-126,818

Traffic Cases last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

639,412 556,097 472,946 364,913 314,993

-13%-15%

-23%

-14%

-83,315-83,151

-108,033

-49,920

Court Collections last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014$460,000,000

$470,000,000

$480,000,000

$490,000,000

$500,000,000

$510,000,000

$520,000,000

$530,000,000

$540,000,000

$550,000,000

$560,000,000

$546,767,804 $535,722,176 $509,866,841 $502,711,822 $490,567,481

-$12,144,352

-$7,155,019-$25,855,335

-10%

-4%

-1%-2%

-$11,045,628

Traffic Collections last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 $-

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

$50,000,000

$60,000,000

$70,000,000

$80,000,000

$75,105,806 $72,753,373 $67,525,517 $63,004,906 $54,229,806

-3%

-7%

-7%

-14%

-2,352,433 -5,227,856-4,520,611

-8,775,100

County Commission – Court Collections last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 $-

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

$3,000,000

$4,000,000

$5,000,000

$6,000,000

$7,000,000

$8,000,000

$6,699,741 $6,223,449 $5,907,895 $5,456,830 $5,185,794

-56,006

-124,338

-96,594

-5%

-7%

-8%

-5%

-126,818

Traffic Cases vs. Traffic Collections last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014

639,412 556,097 472,946 364,913 314,993

$75,105,806 $72,753,373 $67,525,517

$63,004,906

$54,229,806

-15%

-23%

-14%

# of

Tra

ffic

Case

s

-13%

-3%-7%

-7%

-14%

Traffic Collections vs. County Commission-Court Collections last 5 years

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014

$6,699,741 $6,223,449

$5,907,895 $5,456,830 $5,185,794

$75,105,806 $72,753,373 $67,525,517

$63,004,906

$54,229,806

-5%-8%

-5%

-7%

-3%-7%

-7%

-14%

Ala. Const., 1901, Art. VI, § 149.

• “Adequate and reasonable appropriations shall be made by the legislature for the entire unified judicial system, exclusive of probate courts and municipal courts. The legislature shall receive recommendations for appropriations for the trial courts from the administrative director of courts and for the appellate courts from each such court.”