Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2008

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY2008

Judiciary




FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000) (detail)
DEPARTMENT
FY 2008
Budgetary
Recommendations

FY 2008
Federal, Trust,
and ISF

FY 2008
Total
Spending

FY 2008
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Supreme Judicial Court 20,998 432 21,429 2,854
Commission on Judicial Conduct 565 0 565 0
Board of Bar Examiners 1,087 0 1,087 0
Committee for Public Counsel Services 150,458 136 150,594 750
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee 753 80 833 0
Appeals Court 10,617 0 10,617 485
Trial Court 560,501 1,249 561,749 113,222
TOTAL 744,978 1,897 746,875 117,312


Pie Chart: Public Counsel=20%, Trial Court=75%, Departments that are Less than 5% of Total=5%

HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
Department
June
2004

June
2005

June
2006

Jan.
2007

Projected
FY08
Supreme Judicial Court 86 84 85 88 87
Commission on Judicial Conduct 5 6 6 6 6
Board of Bar Examiners 8 8 8 8 11
Committee for Public Counsel Services 230 252 261 359 394
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee 6 6 6 8 9
Appeals Court 110 115 117 117 120
Trial Court 6,730 6,964 7,146 7,330 7,330
TOTAL 7,175 7,435 7,630 7,917 7,957

* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.

* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.