Trial Court

0330-0101

For the salaries of the justices of the superior court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$8,321,577

0330-0102

For the salaries of the justices of the district court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$17,481,024

0330-0103

For the salaries of the justices of the probate and family court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$4,531,461

0330-0104

For the salaries of the justices of the land court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$425,502

0330-0105

For the salaries of the justices of the Boston municipal court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$1,162,469

0330-0106

For the salaries of the justices of the housing court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$951,907

0330-0107

For the salaries of the justices of the juvenile court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer

...............................................................$3,899,775

0330-0300

For the administration of the office of the chief justice for administration and management, including the salary of said chief justice for administration and management; provided, that the supreme judicial court shall not charge the trial court for any assessments, services, education, training, or costs of any kind

...............................................................$6,496,721

0330-0301

N.B. - The Acting Governor had struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $512,445 to $2,205,893 — and the General Court subsequently overrode the Acting Governor's actions.

For the salary and expenses of the executive director and staff of the trial court office of community corrections; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less than $211,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Suffolk county courts' community service program, so-called, to be supervised by the chief justice for administration and management; provided further, that $90,000 shall be expended for a "drug treatment on demand" drug offender program, so-called, in the district court of Lawrence; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended on an alternative probation program "honor court", so-called, in the district court of Hampshire (Northampton); and provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall be expended for a study to establish for offenders convicted of repeat drunk driving offenses an intermediate sanction secure residential facility that shall provide rehabilitative treatment and an aftercare monitoring program

...............................................................$2,718,338

0330-0302

N.B. - The Acting Governor had struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $2,806,000 to $3,194,000 — and the General Court subsequently overrode the Acting Governor's actions.

For the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided, that said programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution, and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of placements in said programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that $156,000 shall be expended for the purpose of providing a community services for women program in the district court of Southern Essex; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to cover the costs of said programs that are undertaken and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs' offices; provided further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing said programs in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that the executive director of the office of community corrections of the trial court shall enter into interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding with said probation offices and sheriffs' offices for the provision of said programs, including the contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of restraint; provided further, that said agreements and memoranda shall be entered into at the direction of said executive director; provided further, that said executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for said programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 15, 1998; provided further, that said plan shall include the projected number of probationers to be served by each such program and include a description of the oversight and services provided to said probationers, and provided further, that the amount appropriated herein shall fund the annualization of such programs commenced in fiscal year 1998 pursuant to contracts established between said office and sheriffs' offices

...............................................................$6,000,000

0330-0317

For the operation and expenses of the Massachusetts sentencing commission, pursuant to chapter 211E of the General Laws

...............................................................$318,104

0330-0400

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $185,000 to $18,546,540

For the non-employee services performed by private individuals and contracted services performed by agencies for the individual court divisions of the trial court to be expended as determined by the chief justice for administration and management; provided, that contracting for non-employee assigned interpretive services and contracting with agencies or providers for assigned interpretive services shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that interpretive services shall be provided by interpreters who have a place of business in the county or within 20 miles of the county where the subject court is located and a permanent court interpreter program shall be established within the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire and Franklin with the goal of ensuring that interpretive services be provided by interpreters who have a place of business in said counties; provided further, that nothing stated herein shall be construed as giving rise to such enforceable legal rights or such enforceable entitlement; provided further, that in contracting for services to provide interpreters to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, the trial court shall maximize the use of interpreter services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing whenever possible; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall contact and enter into contract with interpreters for the deaf, not later than 24 hours prior to all cases where said interpreters may be needed; provided further, that said contracted interpreters shall be funded at existing rates; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided for a contract with Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children; and provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for a partnership between the administrative office of the trial court and the University of Massachusetts for the development and implementation of a plan to increase the number of qualified, certified foreign language interpreters available for court interpretation services

...............................................................$18,731,540

0330-0410

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $65,000 to $50,000

For alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that such services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for Framingham mediation services; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Fitchburg mediation services

...............................................................$115,000

0330-0600

For dental and optical health plan trust agreements

...............................................................$2,889,744

0330-1000

For trial court jury expenses

...............................................................$3,220,757

0330-2000

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $33,000 to $1,896,432

For the trial court law libraries; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall collaborate with the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and law schools in the commonwealth in developing a voluntary library assistance program; and provided further, that not less than $33,000 shall be expended for a pilot project at the Norfolk county law library for the staffing of night time service

...............................................................$1,929,432

0330-2002

For the maintenance, purchase and binding of trial court law library materials

...............................................................$2,458,781

0330-2010

For the costs associated with computerized legal research

...............................................................$253,084

0330-2020

For centralized law book purchases

...............................................................$463,638

0330-2200

For the rental of county court facilities, in accordance with section 4 of chapter 29A of the General Laws; provided, that all payments made hereunder shall be made pursuant to written agreements; provided further, that quarterly payments shall be made to counties equal to an amount which shall be at least 90 per cent of the amount owed each quarter to such county in the preceding fiscal year, subject to reconciliation based on accurate cost data in the fourth quarter or in the succeeding fiscal year; provided further, that payments made to any county which fails to submit required cost data by the beginning of the third quarter of the fiscal year shall be withheld until such data is submitted to the chief justice for administration and management and approved as accurate; provided further, that said cost data shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that every county receiving such payments shall maintain such funds in a separate account which shall be used solely for the maintenance of the rented facilities; provided further, that each county advisory board, upon receipt of the proposed budget by the county commissioners, shall have final approval of all expenditures under this item; and provided further, that no funds from this account shall be expended on trial court telecommunications costs or rental of private or municipal court facilities

...............................................................$8,401,707

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 100.0%

0330-2201

For the purchase, maintenance and lease of statewide telecommunications for the trial court; provided, that not less than $255,000 shall be expended for data lines for the warrant management system

...............................................................$2,928,432

0330-2202

For the payment of private and municipal court leases; provided, that the administrative office of the trial court shall, in conjunction with the division of capital asset management and maintenance, lease no more than 2,500 square feet of additional office space in the town of Edgartown; and provided further, that said space shall be made available to the probate court of Dukes county

...............................................................$7,802,493

0330-2205

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language in this item

For the costs associated with maintaining and operating courthouse facilities owned by the commonwealth; provided, that all maintenance personnel employed by Worcester, Hampden, and Hampshire counties in fiscal year 1998 shall be reclassified as state employees for fiscal year 1999 and shall be compensated from this item; and provided further, that one additional trade worker shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 1999

...............................................................$20,952,456

0330-2207

For the costs associated with maintaining and operating the New Chardon street courthouse in Boston and the Fenton Judicial Center in Lawrence; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item until judicial personnel occupy said courthouses; provided further, that no funds may be expended for the purposes stated herein from any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation, pursuant to section 423 of this act

...............................................................$1,822,350

0330-2300

For the costs of witness fees

...............................................................$425,000

0330-2410

For the operation of the judicial training institute; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the training of court personnel on domestic violence issues; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a substance abuse training program

...............................................................$777,334

0330-2600

For the travel expenses of judicial personnel; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the selection of justices for travel outside of the commonwealth for the purpose of judicial training; and provided further, that said rules and regulations shall give first priority to newly appointed justices for such training

...............................................................$1,364,937

0330-2700

For trial court printing expenses; provided, that the trial court shall maximize to the extent possible the use of recycled paper and soy-based ink products for any document printing and purchasing

...............................................................$1,977,955

0330-2800

For the cost of equipment purchases, rentals, maintenance and repairs; provided, that such purchases and rentals may be allocated by the chief justice for administration and management; and provided further, that in purchasing such equipment, the chief justice for administration and management shall utilize vendors approved by the state purchasing agent for such equipment whenever the terms offered by such vendors are more favorable than those otherwise available

...............................................................$3,402,908

0330-3200

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language in this item

For the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that security guards and court officers may be available for assignment in accordance with juvenile court expansion funded pursuant to item 0337-0003; provided further, that all other per diem court officers shall be paid the daily rate in accordance with collective bargaining agreements; provided further, that 1 additional court officer shall be funded from this item and assigned to the district court of Newburyport in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that 3 additional court officers, and 2 additional security guards shall be funded from this item and assigned to the second district court of Bristol at Fall River in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that any security personnel employed by Hampden and Hampshire counties in fiscal year 1998 shall be reclassified as state employees for fiscal year 1999 and shall be compensated from this item; and provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 detailing the number of court officers and security personnel located in each trial court of the commonwealth

...............................................................$39,027,968

0330-3300

For the payment of office, administrative and special expenses of the trial court to be allocated by the chief justice for administration and management

...............................................................$797,629

0330-3700

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $90,000 to $289,986

For the court interpreters program; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall establish and direct a policy for the scheduling of court sessions in all court departments to cost-effectively utilize court language interpreters; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for a court interpreter pilot program in the superior court located in the city of Fall River and said court shall provide one court interpreter, one clerical support position and office space, if available, for said program

...............................................................$379,986

0330-4100

For a trial court vacancy pool and reserve; provided, that not later than March 1, 1999, the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all assignments and allocations funded from this item

...............................................................$1,500,000

0330-4303

For the chargeback costs of unemployment compensation, medicare tax, workers' compensation, universal health and group insurance assessed against the employees and justices of the trial court

...............................................................$5,862,890