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New Hampshire Judicial Branch Presentation to House Finance February 21, 2013

Judicial Branch Presentation to House Finance Thursday, February 21, 2013 Table of Contents FY 2013 Adjusted Authorized Judicial Branch Budget • All Judicial Branch Funds, in relation to FY 2013 State Budget 1 • Judicial Branch General Funds, in relation to FY 2013 State General Funds Budget 1 • Allocation of FY 2013 Judicial Branch Adjusted Authorized Appropriation 2 Judicial Branch Revenue 3 • FY 2013 Unrestricted Revenue Projection • Unrestricted Court Fines and Fees: Definitions 4 Original Judicial Branch Budget Request Summary 5 • Judicial Branch Budget Request • Judicial Branch Budget Request and Governor's 6 Recommended Reduction 7 Original Judicial Branch Budget Cost Drivers 8 Judicial Branch Budget Savings Identified 9 Other Adjustments 10 Headcount Summary 11 Unfunded Items 12 Proposed Legislation Appendix: Judicial Branch Budget Request Detail (1-24 pages)

FY 2013 Adjusted Authorized Judicial Branch Budget in Relation to FY 2013 State Budget General Funds All Funds House Finance Committee Meeting Page 1 February 21, 2013

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UNRESTRICTED COURT FINES AND FEES Title Description M otor Vehicle Fines Fines collected for m otor vehicle offenses for which the defendant requested a trial or was RlS 403671 into the Highway required to appear. These fines are deposited Fund. Default Fees $50 adm inistrative processing fee collected by Safety for failure to reply to a plea-by- m ail RlS 402475 - Collected by Safety citation or for failure to pay a plea-by-m ail obligation to Safety. This revenue is reported by the courts. Bar Exam Fees $275 paid by those applying to take the New Ham pshire Bar Exam , or seeking adm ission to the RlS 402477 Bar through m otion. This fee increased from $85 to $110 on 9/1/89. It increased to $140 on 1/15/02, to $200 on 11/1/04, to $225 on 9nt05 to $250 on 2/21/06 and to $275 on 9/1/08. Effective Septem ber 1,2012 this revenue is delivered to the Office of Bar Adm issions. Guardian Ad Litem - Probate Reim bursem ent of GAL fees paid by Judicial Council, ordered by probate judges. Recovery RlS 405318 Interest earned on depository accounts m aintained by each court. Interest RlS 405501 Fines Fines paid for crim inal offenses described in Title LXII of the New Ham pshire Revised Statutes RlS 407308 Annotated. Bail Forfeiture Bail m ay be forfeited when a defendant fails to appear in court for an offense that does not (Non-Driving Offense) involve driving. Bail forfeited on driving offenses is credited to a restricted revenue account RlS 407309 within the Departm ent of Safetv. Entry Fees Filing fees established by court rule for actions filed in courts. Filing fees have been increased RlS 407310 on 9/1/89, 11/26/91,7/1/97, 8/1/01,7/14/02, and 7/1/07. All entry fees increased 20% effective 7/1/09. Fees for counterclaim s were added 7/1/09. Default Fees $50 adm inistrative processing fee collected by the courts in plea-by-m ail cases for late paym ent RlS 40731 1 - Collected by Courts of a fine, paym ent with a bad check, or failure to appear in court when an appearance is required. Other Fees Fees set forth in the court rules for filing certain m otions and petitions, and for obtaining RlS 407312 certificates, copies, writs, records research. Records research fee increased 7/1/09. Filing fee surcharge of $20 added through RSA 490:24 7/1/03. The surcharge was repealed on 7/1/07 when the surcharge was added to the filing fees by court rule. A $25 surcharge was enacted under RSA 490:26-a effective 7/1/07. M isc. Sales/Revenue Sale of publications, unclaim ed funds, recoveries, and other receipts. Page 4

Judicial Branch Budget Request General Fund Increase - FY2014/2015 Original Request vs FY2013 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 Qd.g Request Adj Auth Qdg Request $70,012,619 $75,793,788 General Funds $78,155,89~ 2,000,000 2,000,000 Highway Funds 2,000,000 55,000 325,190 Federal Funds 325,190 3,136,383 3,333,327 Other Funds 2,689,530 $75,204,002 $81,452,305 Total $83,170,613 FY2014 vs FY2013 FY2015 vs FY2014 Increase in Costs Increase in Costs $5,781,169 General Funds $2,362,105 House Finance Committee Meeting February 21,2013 Page 5

Judicial Branch Budget Request and Governor's Recommended Reduction FY2013 Adj Auth FY2014 FY2015 Original Submission (All Funds) $75,204,002 $81,452,305 $83,170,613 $70,012,619 $75,793,788 Original Submission (General Funds) $78,155,893 108.3% As % of FY13Adjusted Authorized (General Funds) 111.6% Footnote (Governor's Recommended GF Reduction) -$4,505,461 -$4,467,039 $71,288,327 Governor's Net Recommended (General Funds) $73,688,854 As % of FY13Adjusted Authorized (General Funds) 101.8% 105.3% House Finance Committee Meeting Page 6 February 21, 2013

Judicial Branch Budget R equest C ost D rivers FY2014 vs FY2013 FY2015 vs FY2014 C hange in C osts C hange in C osts ~k362,W IG eneral Funds $5,78,1,169 Major Cost Drivers of GF Increase: N ew Staff 417,681 FT C lerical Staff Salaries (12) 689,020 Judicial Salaries (4 Superior; 1 C ircuit) 129,784 PT Salaries (4 eso's; 1 AO e) 450,254 Benefits for N ew Staff (excluding Judicial R etirem ent Plan) 444,418 Judicial R etirem ent Plan (JR P) for N ew Judges 2,131,157 SubTotal JR P Increase from 41% to 64.5% for 1,923,807 246,081 Existing Judges (3 convert from M M 's in FYl5) Appointm ent of Legal C ounsel for Indigent 600,000 Parents in Abuse/N eglect C ases 500,000 Suprem e C ourt C ase M anagem ent System U pgrade 495,748 N H R S R ate Increase for Existing Staff from 10.08% to 12.13% 446,761 942,972 H ealth Benefits R ate Increase for Existing Staff 223,204 269,442 Bureau of C ourt Facilities C harge - D AS R eduction in IV-D Funding (thru N H H H S) due to 648,831 loss of M arital M asters $6,320,678 $2,107,326 Total of M ajor G F C ost D rivers H ouse Finance C om m ittee M eeting February 21, 2013 Page 7