New Hampshire Judicial Branch Budget Presentation to Senate - PDF document

New Hampshire Judicial Branch Budget Presentation to Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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FY 2013 Adjusted Authorized Judicial Branch Budget in Relation to FY 2013 State Budget All Funds General Funds Senate Finance Committee Meeting Page 1 April 23. 2013

Allocation of FY 2013 Judicial Branch Adjusted Authorized Appropriation All Other 11" Facilities 11" Non-Judicial Salaries & Benefits 51" Judicial Salaries & Benefits 21" security 6" Senate Finance Committee Meeting Page 2 April 23. 2013

Judicial Branch FY 2014/2015 Budget Request Budget Schedule Headings Explanation B ecause the Judicial B ranch is a separate branch of governm ent, the G overnor does not m ake line by line reductions but rather suggests a single G eneral F und reduction (Section 9 of the to our original budget subm ission, am ount P R O P O SE DB U D G E TSE C TIO N Sat the end of the G overnor's budget) for F Y's 2014 and 2015. See R SA 9:4-a. (Section 9 of The H ouse subsequently am ended that budget, including the Judicial B ranch G eneral F und reduction the B udget F ootnotes to H B 1-A A s A m ended B y The H ouse). W e have allocated this reduction to im plem ent the B udget F ootnote reduction am ong budget lines. In fact, for the biennium , our proposed reductions exceed by the H ouse (see P age 6). In order to see the the reductions recom m ended by the G overnor and those adopted reduced budget line by line, w e have provided our budget in the sam e form at as the H ouse passed budget, but in three phases, w ith the follow ing colum n headings for each: Phase Heading 1) Original budget submission HOUSE PASSED 2) Reductions proposed by the Judicial Branch BACK OF BUDGET REDUCTION to implement back of the budget reductions (Phase 1 + Phase 2) 3) Reduced budget REDUCED BUDGET Senate Finance Committee Meeting Page 3 April 23, 2013

H B I-A - A S A M E N D E D B Y T H E H O U S E - P a g e 7 4 7 - I 0 4 -9 6 -9 6 -9 6 0 5 1 5 -6 0 3 4 1 7 3 9 9 0 4 .9 6 -9 6 -9 6 2 0 1 5 .3 0 2 5 2 0 1 7 7 2 0 1 9 6 2 0 5 8 8 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 .9 6 .9 6 .9 6 2 0 1 5 .3 0 3 3 3 2 1 7 2 9 0 4 .9 6 .9 6 .9 6 2 0 1 5 .3 0 3 4 2 1 4 5 5 4 0 4 -9 6 .9 6 .9 6 4 0 1 5 .3 0 3 0 5 1 8 2 7 9 P o lic e S ta n d a rd s a n d T ra in in g C o u n c il 6 0 6 .8 7 -8 7 .8 7 0 5 1 0 .8 9 8 0 1 4 5 6 1 1 4 5 5 2 7 8 0 6 -8 7 .8 7 -8 7 1 0 1 0 .8 9 9 9 1 8 9 8 1 9 6 D e p a rtm e n t o f H l'a lth a n d H u m a n S e rv ic e s ; R e d u c tio n in A p p ro p ria tio n . In th e e v e n t th a t 1 0 e s tim a te d re s tric te d re v e n u e s c o lle c te d b y th e d e p a rtm e n t o f h e a lth a n d h u m a n s e rv ic e s in th e 1 1 a g g re g a te a re le s s th a n b u d g e te d , d u rin g th e b ie n n iu m e n d in g J u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 , th e to ta l 1 2 a p p ro p ria tio n s to th e d e p a rtm e n t o f h e a lth a n d h u m a n S l'rv ic e s s h a ll b e re d u c e d b y th e a m o u n t o f 1 3 th e s h o rtfa ll in e ith e r a c tu a l o r p ro je c te d re v e n u e . T h e c o m m is s io n e r o f th e d e p a rtm e n t o f h e a lth 1 4 a n d h u m a n s e rv ic e s s h a ll n o tify th e b u re a u o f a c c o u n tin g , in w ritin g , n o la te r th a n A p ril 1 ~ 1 o f e a c h 1 5 y e a r a s to p re c is e ly w h ic h lin e ite m a p p ro p ria tio n a n d in w h a t s p e c ific a m o u n t re d u c tio n s a re to b e 1 6 m a d e in o rd e r to fu lly c o m p e n s a te fo r th e to ta l re v e n u e d e fic its . 1 7 7 D e p a rtm e n t o f H e a lth a n d H u m a n S e rv ic e s ; D iv is io n o f C h ild S u p p o rt S e rv ic e s ; P a y m e n ts to 1 8 th e A d m in is tra tiv e O ffic e o f th e C o u rts . T h e a p p ro p ria tio n in a c c o u n t 0 5 -9 5 .4 2 -4 2 7 0 1 0 -7 9 2 9 , c la s s 1 9 0 4 9 . tra n s fe r to o th e r s ta te a g e n c y in c lu d e s fu n d s fo r p a y m e n t to th e a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e o f th e 2 0 c o u rts in a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e c o o p e ra tiv e a g re e m e n t b e tw e e n th e d iv is io n o f c h ild s u p p o rt s e rv ic e s 2 1 a n d th e a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e o f th e c o u rts . T h e d iv is io n o f c h ild s u p p o rt s e rv ic e s a n d th e 2 2 a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e o f th e c o u rts s h a ll, p rio r to p a y m e n t o f s u c h fu n d s , e n te r in to a c o o p e ra tiv e 2 3 a g re e m e n t s p e c ify in g in d e ta il th e s e rv ic e s to b e p e rfo rm e d b y th e a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e o f th e c o u rts 2 4 a n d th e e s tim a te d c o s ts o f s u c h s e rv ic e s . A n y c h a n g e o r m o d ific a tio n in th e s e rv ic e s to b e p e rfo rm e d 2 5 s h a ll lik e w is e b e a g re e d to in w ritin g a n d s p e c ify th e c h a n g e a n d th e a d ju s tm e n t to th e c o s ts . F u n d s 2 6 a p p ro p ria te d fo r th e s e p u rp o s e s s h a ll b e p a id o n ly a fte r d e m o n s tra tio n b y th e a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e o f 2 7 th e c o u rts th a t it c o n s is te n tly tra n s m its c o u rt o rd e rs to th e d iv is io n o f c h ild s u p p o rt s e rv ic e s in 2 8 a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e c o o p e ra tiv e a g re e m e n t. 2 9 8 D e p a rtm e n t o f T ra n s p o rta tio n ; H ig h w a y F u n d R e p o rtin g . F o r th e b ie n n iu m e n d in g J u n e 3 0 , 3 0 2 0 1 5 , th e c o m m is s io n e r o f th e d e p a rtm e n t o f tra n s p o rta tio n s h a ll s u b m it a re p o rt d e ta ilin g th e 3 1 s ta tu s o f th e h ig h w a y fu n d b a la n c e to th e h o u s e a n d s e n a te w a y s a n d m e a n s c o m m itte e s , th e fis c a l 3 2 c o m m itte e o f th e g e n e ra l c o u rt, a n d th e g o v e rn o r a n d c o u n c il o n a q u a rte rly b a s is . 3 3 9 J u d ic ia l B ra n c h ; G e n e ra l F u n d A p p ro p ria tio n R e d u c tio n s . T h e ju d ic ia l b ra n c h s h a ll re d u c e 3 4 s ta te g e n e ra l fu n d a p p ro p ria tio n s b y $ 4 ,8 0 5 ,4 6 1 fo r th e fis c a l y e a r e n d in g J u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 4 a n d b y 3 5 $ 4 .7 6 7 .0 3 9 fo r th e fis c a l y e a r e n d in g J u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 . T h e b ra n c h s h a ll n o t re d u c e th e tra n s fe rs to th e 3 6 d e p a rtm e n t o f a d m in is tra tiv e s e rv ic e s fo r c o u rt fa c ilitie s u n le s s th e re d u c tio n is a g re e d to b y th e 3 i c o m m is s io n e r o f a d m in is tra ti\'e s e rv ic e s a n d th e c h ie f ju s tic e o f th e s u p re m e c o u rt. Senate Finance Committee Meeting A p ril 2 3 , 2 0 1 3 Page 4

Judicial Branch FY 2014/2015 Budget Request Salary Expenditure Class Lines Clarification The Judicial Branch budgets its salaries in class lines as follows (benefits for all classes of employee are budgeted in Class 060 Benefits): Class Line / State Description Judicial Branch Description 010 Personal Services-Perm . Classified Full-Tim e Non-Judicial all Personal Services-Unclassified Judicial Salaries (FT, PT and Per Diem ) 012 Personal Services-Unclassified 2 Senior Active Status Judges 016 Personal Services Non Classified M arital M aster Salaries 050 Personal Services-Tem p/Appointed Part-Tim e Clerical Senate Finance Committee Meeting Page 5 April 23, 2013