Judiciary

Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 House 1
0330-3333	Trial Court Retained Revenue The chief justice for administration and management may expend for the operation of the 7 court departments an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected under section 3 of chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218, and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39, and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that the only revenue available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2008 shall be revenue collected from those fees in excess of the amount collected and deposited into the General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from the fees; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of one-half of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system	20,000,000	20,000,000

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Expended	FY05 Expended	FY06 Expended	FY07 Projected Spending	FY08 House 1
Wages & Salaries	12,875	13,245	12,255	1,823	19,038
Pensions & Benefits	0	0	1,635	0	0
Operating Expenses	2,891	495	2,173	1,007	962
TOTAL	15,766	13,741	16,062	2,831	20,000

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=95%, Operating Expenses=5%

HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
Account	Description	June 2004	June 2005	June 2006	Jan. 2007	Projected FY08
0330-3333	Trial Court Retained Revenue	0	0	22	32	40

* 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.