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New Hampshire Judicial Branch

Budget Presentation to Senate Finance Committee

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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H a m p s h ire J u d ic ia l B ra n c h B u d g e t P re s e n ta tio n to S e n a te F in a n c e C o m m itte e T u e s d a y , A p ril 2 3 ,2 0 1 3 F Y 2 0 1 3 A d ju s te d A u th o riz e d J u d ic ia l B ra n c h B u d g e t in R e la tio n to F Y 2 0 1 3 S ta te B u d g e t A llo c a tio n

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Cost Drivers

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M a s te r B ill (H B 6 4 8 ) Ite m s N o t F u n d e d Im p a c t

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N o t F u n d e d B u d g e t F le x ib ility L a n g u a g e (S e c tio n 1 3 7 o f H B 2 a s a m e n d e d b y th e H o u s e ) S ta ffin g C h ie f J u s tic e N a d e a u 's A p ril 1 8 , 2 0 1 3 L e tte r to C h a irm a n M o rs e

Past Cost-Cutting Measures and Current Innovations

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FY 2013 Adjusted Authorized Judicial Branch Budget in Relation to FY 2013 State Budget

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All Funds General Funds

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Allocation of FY 2013 Judicial Branch Adjusted Authorized Appropriation

All Other

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Facilities

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Judicial Salaries & Benefits

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Non-Judicial Salaries & Benefits

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Senate Finance Committee Meeting

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 to our original budget subm ission, but rather suggests a single G eneral F und reduction am ount (Section 9 of the 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. The H ouse subsequently am ended that budget, including the Judicial B ranch G eneral F und reduction (Section 9 of 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 the reductions recom m ended by the G overnor and those adopted by the H ouse (see P age 6). In order to see the reduced budget line by line, w e have provided

• ur 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 1) Original budget submission 2) Reductions proposed by the Judicial Branch to implement back of the budget reductions 3) Reduced budget (Phase 1 + Phase 2) Page 3 Heading HOUSE PASSED BACK OF BUDGET REDUCTION REDUCED BUDGET

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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

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• 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

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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

• 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

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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.

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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 010 Personal Services-Perm . Classified

all Personal Services-Unclassified

012 Personal Services-Unclassified 2 016 Personal Services Non Classified 050 Personal Services-Tem p/Appointed

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Judicial Branch Description Full-Tim e Non-Judicial Judicial Salaries (FT, PT and Per Diem ) Senior Active Status Judges M arital M aster Salaries Part-Tim e Clerical

Senate Finance Committee Meeting

April 23, 2013

Judicial B ranch F Y 2014/2015 B udget R equest B udget Iterations

Because the Judicial Branch '5 individual budget lines were nat reduced by the Governor or the House, it may be helpful to outline the various iterations of our budget to date:

F Y 2013 A dj A uth F Y 2014 F Y 2015 O riginal S ubm ission (A ll F unds) $75,204,002 $81,452,306 $83,170,612 O riginal S ubm ission (General F unds) 70,012,619 $75,793,788 $78,155,893

Section 9 (G overnor's R ecom m ended G F R eduction)

• $4,505,461
• $4,467,039

G overnor's N et R ecom m ended (G eneral F unds) $71,288,327 $73,688,854 S ection 9 (H ouse G eneral F und R eduction) H ouse N et B udget (G eneral F unds) Judicial B ranch R educed B udget (G eneral F unds) H ouse N et B udget vs Judicial B ranch R educed B udget (G eneral F unds)

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• $4,805,461
• $4,767,039

$70,988,327 $73,388,854 $71,142,839 $72,915,689

• $154,512

$473,165

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Judicial B ranch F Y 2014/2015 B udget R equest C ost D rivers F Y 14 H ouse V er F Y 15 H ouse V er vs F Y 13 A dj A uth vs F Y l4 H ouse V er C hange in C osts C hange in C osts G eneral F unds

Major Cost Drivers of GF Increase:

N ew S taff F T C ourt M onitor (1 in F Y l4; 1 mare in F Y 15) S uperior C ourt Justice (1 in F Y l4; 1 m ore in F Y 15) S ubT otal JR P Increase from 41% to 64.5% for E xisting Judges (3 convert from M M 's in F Y l5) N H R S R ate Increase for E xisting S taff from 10,08% to 12.13% H ealth B enefits R ate Increase for E xisting S taff B ureau

• f C ourt

F acilities C harge - D A S R eduction in IV -D F unding (thru N H H H S ) due to loss of M arital M asters T otal of M ajor G F C ost D rivers Page 7 $1,130,220 57,872 260,022 317,894 1,923,807 495,748 446,761 223,204 $3,407,415 $1,772,850 64,438 264,872 329,310 246,081 942,972 269,442 648,831 $2,436,636

Senate Finance Committee Meeting

April 23, 2013

Judicial Branch FY 2014/2015 Budget Request Savings Identified

The Judicial Branch has warked with the Gavernar and with the Hause Finance Cammittee ta identify cast savings that will achieve the Hause General Fund reductian af $9.6 millian aver the biennium.

Back of the Budget Reduction in HB I-A As Amended by the House Judicial Branch General Fund Savings Identified W ith the following Variance (Negative is unfavorable):

Variance Biennial Variance

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FY2014

• $4,805,461
• $4,650,949
• $154,512

FY2015

• $4,767,039
• $5,240,204

$473,165 $318,653

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Ju d icia l B ra n ch F Y 2 0 1 4 /2 0 1 5 B u d g e t R e q u e st Im p a ct o f M a rita l M a ste r B ill (H B 6 4 8 )

lIthe pending Marital Master bill (HB 648) passes, we could achieve thelallawing additional General Fund savings*:

G e n e ra l F u n d S a vin g s fro m M a rita l M a ste r b ill (a ssu m e s n o re tire m e n t

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th e 6 re m a in in g M a rita l M a ste rs)

FY2014

• $255,335

FY2015

• $279,545

N o te : If o n e o r m o re M a rita l M a ste rs re tire , w e w ill n e e d fu n d s to co n ve rt th o se p o sitio n s to fu ll-tim e ju d icia l p o sitio n s .

• H o u se F in a n ce D iv I vo te d

7 to 1 to in stru ct th e Ju d icia l B ra n ch to u se th e sa vin g s fro m H B 6 4 8 fo r a d d itio n a l C ircu it C o u rt ju d g e tim e .

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J u d ic ia l B ra n c h F Y 2 0 1 4 /2 0 1 5 B u d g e t R e q u e s t Ite m s N o t F u n d e d

Thisreduced budget does not include funding for the following items, which are important to providing access to justice: Cost to Restore to Budget:

A d d itio n a l C irc u it C o u rt P e r D ie m D a y s (5 0 0 a d d itio n a l d a y s , to c o v e r fo r illn e s s e s a n d o th e r a b s e n c e s )' C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n J u ry F e e s a t 1 0 0 % o f N e e d (b u d g e te d in F Y 1 4 /1 5 a t 8 0 % o f e s tim a te d n e e d ) L a w L ib ra ry a t 9 5 % o f N e e d (b u d g e te d in F Y 1 4 /1 5 a t 8 0 % o f e s tim a te d n e e d ) T o ta l F Y 2 0 1 4 $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 9 5 ,0 0 0 1 2 4 ,1 0 4 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 $ 5 6 9 ,1 0 4 F Y 2 0 1 5 $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 9 5 ,0 0 0 1 2 4 ,1 0 4 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 $ 5 6 9 ,1 0 4 'T h is cost w ill b e fu n d e d if th e J u d ic ia l B ra n c h re ta in s in its b u d g e t th e s a v in g s fro m H B 6 4 8 . Page 10

Senate Finance Committee Meeting

April 23, 2013

Judicial B ranch F Y 2014/2015 B udget R equest Im pact of Item s N ot F unded A d d itio n o l C ircu it C o u rt P e r D ie m D o ys T he current Judicial B ranch budget estim ates a shortfall in C ircuit C ourt coverage (based on 80% of the w eighted caseload) of 847 days each fiscal year. A dditional funding w ould allow for an additional 500 days w ith per diem

• Judges. A s noted

previously, this cost w ill be funded if the Judicial B ranch is allow ed to retain in its budget the savings from H B 648. C o n tin u in g E d u ca tio n T he H ouse budget reduction w ould leave no funds for continuing education. W e m ust provide training specific to the subject m atter needs (S uperior C ourt, D istrict, P robate and F am ily D ivisions) for judicial and non-judicial staff. F urtherm ore, changes related to Innovation C om m ission recom m endations, especially the N ew H am pshire eC ourt P roject, require a w orkforce trained in new technologies. Ju ry F e e s a t 1 0 0 % o f N e e d (b u d g e te d in F Y 1 4 !1 5 a t 8 0 % o f e stim a te d n e e d ) A dditional funding for jury fees w ould pay for the juries needed to sit in trials across the S tate. T he result w ill be to relieve the length of retention

• f detainees in county

correctional facilities. L a w L ib ra ry a t 95% o f N e e d (b u d g e te d in F Y 1 4 !1 5 a t 8 0 % o f e stim a te d n e e d ) T he N ew H am pshire Law Library provides periodicals, books and reference services for legal research to the legal com m unity and the people of the S tate. T he cost of subscriptions to m any of these periodicals and services continues to increase. A s the S tate's only public law library, to the extent w e cannot fund these m aterials and services, w e lim it access to justice.

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J u d ic ia l B ra n c h F Y 2 0 1 4 /2 0 1 5 B u d g e t R e q u e s t B u d g e t F le x ib ility L a n g u a g e

The budget flexibility language pravided in Section 137 of HB 2 As Amended by the Hause would allow the Judicial Branch to mare efficiently manage its budget, and provide opportunities to fund within its existing apprapratian same of the critical items not funded in this version of its budget. That language is as fOllows:

137.

J u d ic ia l B ra n c h T ra n s fe rs N o tw ith s ta n d in g a n y p ro v is io n

• f la w to th e c o n tra ry , a n d s u b je c t

to a p p ro v a l o f th e fis c a l c o m m itte e

• f th e g e n e ra l

c o u rt, fo r th e b ie n n iu m e n d in g J u n e 30, 2015, th e s u p re m e c o u rt is h e re b y a u th o riz e d to tra n s fe r fu n d s w ith in a n d a m o n g a ll a c c o u n tin g u n its w ith in th e ju d ic ia l b ra n c h a s th e s u p re m e c o u rt d e e m s n e c e s s a ry a n d a p p ro p ria te to a d d re s s b u d g e t re d u c tio n s

• r to re s p o n d

to c h a n g e s in fe d e ra l la w s , re g u la tio n s ,

• r p ro g ra m s .

a n d o th e rw is e a s n e c e s s a ry fo r th e e ffic ie n t m a n a g e m e n t o f th e ju d ic ia l b ra n c h . If th e s u p re m e c o u rt in te n d s to tra n s fe r fu n d s w h ic h w o u ld

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m e e t th e tra n s fe r re q u ire m e n ts a s s e t fo rth in R S A 9 : 17-d . p rio r a p p ro v a l

• f th e fis c a l c o m m itte e

s h a ll b e re q u ire d fo r tra n s fe rs

• f $75,000 o r m o re .

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Judicial Branch FY 2014/2015 Budget Request Staffing

This reduced budget would not cause any additional layoffs of staff over those we implemented in FY2011. It does not provide funding for any additional staff other than the following:

FY2014 FY2015 1 Superior Court Justice $260,022 $262,447 1 Superior Court Justice 262,447 1 Court Monitor 57,872 61,155 1 Court Monitor 2!,155 Total $317,894 $647,204

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C o n co rd , N .H . 0 3 3 0 1 T e l. (6 0 3 ) 2 7 1 -2 0 3 0 I a p o lo g ize th a t I w ill n o t b e a b le to a tte n d th e Ju d icia l B ra n ch b u d g e t p re se n ta tio n

• n A p ril 2 3 , 2 0 1 3 .

I a m w ritin g th is le tte r to th e co m m itte e to p ro vid e b a ckg ro u n d in fo rm a tio n w h ich su p p o rts th e ju d icia l b ra n ch 's re q u e st fo r tw o a d d itio n a l su p e rio r co u rt ju d icia l a p p o in tm e n ts in th e n e xt b ie n n ia l b u d g e t. If th is re q u e st is e n a cte d , a s re co m m e n d e d b y th e G o ve rn o r a n d th e H o u se , m y p la n is to a d d ju d icia l su p p o rt to th e tw o co u n tie s w ith th e h ig h e st ca se s p e r ju d g e a n d w ith e xte n d e d tim e -to -

d is p o s itio n s ta tis tic s .

C u rre n tly, th e w e ig h te d ca se lo a d stu d y in d ica te s th a t th e ca se lo a d in th e su p e rio r co u rt w o u ld su p p o rt a p p ro xim a te ly 2 5 ju d g e s. A t th is tim e th e re a re 1 8 ju d icia l

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s e rv in g th e s u p e rio r c o u rt, in c lu d in g m e . T h e s ta tu te a u th o rize s 2 2 s u p e rio r c o u rt

ju d g e s. W h ile I d o n o t b e lie ve w e n e e d 2 5 ju d g e s to e ffe ctive ly a n d e fficie n tly d isp o se

• f ca se s,

I ca n sa y th a t th e cu rre n t ca se lo a d in se ve ra l co u rts fu lly su p p o rts th e n e e d fo r a t le a st tw o a d d itio n a l ju d g e s. F o r e xa m p le , in C a rro ll C o u n ty, w h e re

• n e ju d g e

sits fu ll tim e , th e n u m b e r o f n e w ca se filin g s fo r 2 0 1 2 w a s 8 6 7 . T h a t ju d g e w o rks h a rd to ke e p u p w ith th e ca se lo a d ,

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w o rkin g n ig h ts a n d so m e w e e ke n d s. In R o ckin g h a m C o u n ty th e n e w ca se filin g s p e r ju d g e fo r 2 0 1 2 w a s 1 7 2 4 , a n d in H illsb o ro u g h S o u th , 1 5 5 0 . T h is e xtre m e d isp a rity d e m o n stra te s th e n e e d fo r m o re ju d g e s to h e a r a n d re so lve ca se s p ro m p tly fo r th e citize n s

• f N e w

H a m p sh ire . In a d d itio n to in fo rm a tio n re g a rd in g th e ca se lo a d p e r ju d g e , sta tistics d e m o n stra tin g th e tim e it ta ke s fo r ca se s to re so lve

• n ce th e y

a re file d a iso su p p o rts th e n e e d fo r a d d itio n a l ju d ic ia l re s o u rc e s . U s in g d a ta fro m o u r c a s e m a n a g e m e n t s y s te m , m y o ffice co m p ile d th e fo llo w in g ta b le th a t sh o w s a ve ra g e n u m b e r

• f d a ys to d isp csitio n

fo r civil ca se s a n d fe lo n y ca se s in th e su p e rio r co u rt fo r C Y 2 0 1 2 :

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April 23, 2013

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J u d ic ia l B ra n c h F Y 2 0 1 4 /2 0 1 5 B u d g e t R e q u e s t P a s t C o s t-C u ttin g M e a s u re s a n d C u rre n t In n o v a tio n s

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W h i l e w e m a y b e a b l e t a i d e n t i f y a d d i t i a n a l G e n e r a l F u n d r e d u c t i o n s as e a c h f i s c a l y e a r p r a g r e s s e s , i t i s n o t u s u a l l y p o s s i b l e to i d e n t i f y or q u a n t i f y t h e m a t t h e b e g i n n i n g

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c u r r e n t r e d u c t i o n , w e w i l l n e e d to a c h i e v e f u r t h e r r e d u c t i o n i n f o r c e t h r o u g h l a y o f f s .

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Judicial Branch FY2014/2015 Budget Request Impact of Further General Fund Reductions

T h e J u d i c i a l b r a n c h h a s w o r k e d w i t h t h e G o v e r n o r a n d w i t h t h e H o u s e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e t o d e v e l o p a b u d g e t t h a t m e e t s t h e p u b l i c ' s n e e d s f o r a c c e s s t o j u s t i c e as e f f i c i e n t l y a n d e f f e c t i v e l y a s p o s s i b l e .

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r e d u c t i o n i n f a r c e a c h i e v e d t h r a u g h l a y o f f s w o u l d p r i m a r i l y i n v o l v e f u l l - t i m e n a n - j u d i c i a l s t a f f . T h e a v e r a g e s a l a r y a n d b e n e f i t s c a s t f o r a n o n - m a n a g e r i a l f u l l - t i m e c l e r i c a l s t a f f p e r s o n i n t h e J u d i c i a l B r a n c h i s a s f a l l o w s :

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Judicial Branch FY 2014/2015 Budget Request Conclusion

T h e J u d ic ia l b r a n c h h a s w o r k e d w ith th e G o v e r n o r a n d w ith th e H o u s e F in a n c e C o m m itte e

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le a n a n d s till p r a v id e a c c e s s to ju s tic e fo r N e w H a m p s h ir e c itiz e n s . C o m b in e d w ith b u d g e t fle x ib ility la n g u a g e fr o m S e c tio n 137 o f H B 2 A s A m e n d e d b y th e H o u s e , th is b u d g e t w ill a llo w th e J u d ic ia l B r a n c h to e ffic ie n tly m a n a g e th e n e e d s

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H a m p s h ir e c itiz e n s w h ile r e s p e c tin g th e S ta te 's c h a lle n g in g fis c a l s itu a tio n . Page 20 Senate Finance Committee Meeting

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