Missouri Judiciary FY 2023 Budget Request

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FY 2023 BUDGET REQUEST
JUDICIAL BUDGET
FISCAL YEAR 2023
HONORABLE PAUL C. WILSON
Betsy AuBuchon Chief Justice Kathy S. Lloyd
Clerk State Courts Administrator
751-4144 751-4377
Supreme Court Building
Jefferson City, Missouri
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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BUDGET SUMMARIES SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Judiciary Budget Summary.......................................................... 1
Needed but not Requested Listing .............................................. 7 MISSOURI CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE
Judiciary Financial Summary....................................................... 8 Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. Judges FY19,
FY20 FY21 & FY22 .................................................................. 170

MISSOURI CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE
Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. Judges FY19, STATUTORY MANDATES
FY20, FY21 & FY22 .................................................................... 9 Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. FY19,
Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. Judges FY23 ......... 20 FY20 FY21 & FY22 .................................................................. 181
Probate Commissioner – 11th Circuit (St. Charles) ................. 193
Basic Civil Legal Services Fund Increase ............................... 201
STATUTORY MANDATES
Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. FY19,
FY20, FY21 & FY22 .................................................................. 30 SUPREME COURT
Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. FY23 ...................... 42 Core ........................................................................................ 206
Access to Justice Interpreter Services - Criminal Cases .......... 51
Access to Justice Interpreter Services - Civil Cases ................. 64
Probate Commissioner - 11th Circuit (St. Charles) .................... 70 APPELLATE JUDICIAL COMMISSION
Core ........................................................................................ 217

DECISION ITEMS
21st Century Workforce to Second Step - Circuit Courts .......... 77 STATE COURTS ADMINISTRATOR
21st Century Workforce to Target - Court of Appeals ............... 84 Core ........................................................................................ 222
21st Century Workforce to Target - Supreme Court ................. 92
21st Century Workforce to Target - OSCA ............................... 98 Court Improvement Projects
GR Transfer 21st Century Workforce to Target - OSCA ........ 110 Core ........................................................................................ 233
Security Upgrades for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals . 117
Security Staff for Court of Appeals .......................................... 123 Statewide Court Automation
Municipal Division Support & Oversight .................................. 130 Core ........................................................................................ 239
Treatment Court Commissioner - 29th Circuit (Jasper Co) ..... 137
Reimbursable Family Court Commissioner - 13th Circuit Judicial Education
(Boone & Callaway) ................................................................. 144 Core ......................................................................................... 245
Pay Plan Cost to Continue FY22 Pay Plan .............................. 151
Judicial Education Transfer
Core ........................................................................................ 251
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COURT OF APPEALS TREATMENT COURTS
Western District Core .............................................................. 265 Treatment Courts Coordinating Commission Transfer
Core ........................................................................................ 338
Eastern District Core ............................................................... 275
Treatment Courts Coordinating Commission
Southern District Core ............................................................. 285 Core ........................................................................................ 343

CIRCUIT COURT OTHER SUBMISSIONS
Core ......................................................................................... 298 Fund Financial Summaries ...................................................... 360
State Audit Report ................................................................... 386
Programs Subject to Missouri Sunset Act ............................... 391
COMMISSION ON RETIREMENT, REM. AND DISCIPLINE One-Time Request Summary .................................................. 392
Core ........................................................................................ 331 FY 2023 Judiciary’s Flexibility Request ................................... 393
FY 2023 Core Reconciliation ................................................... 395
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The Missouri Judiciary’s Budget
Fiscal 2023 Budget Priorities
Missouri’s circuit, appellate, and supreme courts resolve The Missouri Judiciary – or third branch of government –
around 700,000 cases each year. The types of cases brought provides Missouri citizens a stable, fair, and accessible system
to the courts include divorce, bankruptcy, estate resolution, of justice for the resolution of disputes. While the judiciary has
and civil rights. Criminal cases filed by prosecutors, and cases effectively used
challenging the constitutionality of state laws or the use of existing resources to The Missouri Judiciary – one of three
governmental power are other types of cases heard. Within fulfill its role, co-equal branches of government –
the circuit courts, cases are grouped and heard in divisions by additional resources provides Missouri citizens a stable,
type, such as circuit, associate circuit, family, juvenile, are needed to further fair, and accessible system of justice
municipal, probate, and small claims. Municipal divisions the priorities that will for the resolution of disputes.
resolved 703,567 cases in FY20 relating to traffic and city ensure continuing
ordinances. Many circuit courts also stability, fairness, and accessibility.
provide treatment court programs that
help address substance abuse The Missouri Judiciary’s fiscal 2023 funding priority areas are:
problems that lead to criminal • Compensation
involvement. Cases typically start • Interpreters in criminal and civil cases
in the circuit court and may be • Security upgrades for appellate courts
appealed to one of the three • Municipal division support and oversight
46 CIRCUIT COURTS
with more than 115 courthouses appellate districts,
(at least one in each cotmty plus the city of St. Louis)
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Support Public Service
For the last few years, excluding the FY21 pandemic year, the legislature and governor have appropriated, and the judiciary has
implemented, salary increases for judiciary staff consistent with the goals of its classification and compensation study. The judiciary’s
21st Century Workforce compensation plan moves staff toward target – or market – salary goals, and improves recruitment and
retention with much of the focus on the lowest paid staff. Staff whose positions
are established by statute (e.g., circuit clerks) and were not a part of the salary Need for Full Funding of 21st Century
Workforce Compensation Plan
study should receive a comparable increase.
Missouri judges’ salaries are based upon the salaries of their federal counterparts 95%
Positions Below
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under the Missouri Citizens Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials
Target
and Article XIII, section 3 of the Missouri Constitution. Other Positions
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5%
Additionally, St. Charles County (11th Judicial Circuit) is requesting a probate
commissioner, per section 478.265, RSMo, which allows a probate commissioner
to be appointed when the county population exceeds 400,000 people. Jasper County (29th Judicial Circuit) is requesting a Treatment
Court Commissioner to hear additional treatment court cases for substance abuse disorders and mental illness. And, Boone and
Callaway counties (13th Judicial Circuit) are requesting a half-time reimbursable family court commissioner.
Budget Request:
1. Appropriate $3,696,472 for fiscal years 2019 through 2022 for salaries for judges. This would match the FY19-22 salary
increases federal judges received. The FY19-22 increases did not result in a matching appropriation for Missouri judges.
2. Appropriate $1,320,420 for fiscal 2023 for salaries for judges to match the projected federal salary increase of 2.2%.
3. Appropriate $334,449 for fiscal years 2019 through 2022 for salaries for commissioners, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and
the Counsel for the Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline.
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4. Appropriate $601,155 for fiscal year 2023 for salaries for commissioners, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and the Commission
on Retirement, Removal and Discipline to match the projected federal salary increase of 2.2% and for increases to court
reporter salaries based on years of service per HB 271 passed in the 2021 legislative session.
5. Implement the 21st Century Workforce compensation plan to raise salaries of the employees of the circuit courts to the second
step of the pay range and to provide funding for staff at target – or market – for the Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and
Office of State Courts Administrator for a total of $6,951,724.
6. Appropriate $152,481 for salary and E&E for a probate commissioner for St. Charles County, $152,481 for salary and E&E for a
Treatment Court Commissioner for Jasper County, and 77,464 for a .50 FTE and E&E for a reimbursable Family Court
Commissioner for Boone and Callaway counties.
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Comply with State Law to Provide Interpreters in Criminal Cases
Sections 476.760.5, 476.803.1, and 476.806.2, RSMo require funding for interpreters in criminal court proceedings for the hearing
impaired and those with lingual challenges. Interpreters enable court participants to have access to the courts and ensure due
process of law.
 The funding appropriated for interpreters in
criminal court proceedings is $120,000 annually,
Interpreter Spending for Criminal Cases
which covers only about 36% of the funds
expended each year for this purpose.
Projected Need
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 for 2023
Budget Request:
$400,000
1. Fully fund the projected annual
$300,000
expenditures of $223,595 to cover costs for
$200,000
interpreters in criminal court proceedings
$100,000
for fiscal 2023.
2. Additionally, funding is requested to $0 $343,595
provide interpreters for civil cases in the
$120,000 Allocated Annually II Actual Expenditures
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amount of $285,864.
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Protect Judges, Courthouses, and the Effective Administration of Justice
Security upgrades are needed at the Supreme Court of Missouri and at all three districts of the Missouri Court of Appeals. Funding in
the amount of $930,800 is needed for alarm systems, intercom systems, ballistic reinforcement of doors, walls, and benches; security
stations for security personnel; electronic door access control systems; security camera upgrades; installation of panic buttons;
secured parking with cameras; reconfiguration of entrances; and bulletproof glass.
Additional security personnel are needed at two of the appellate court districts to monitor courtrooms, public areas, and parking lots.
The Western District is requesting 1 FTE deputy marshal and the Eastern District is requesting 1.5 FTE deputy marshals.
Budget Request:
1. $930,800 is needed for security equipment and building modifications. Of that amount, 75% is one-time funding for fiscal
2023 and the remaining 25% is funding for fiscal 2023 and on-going.
2. $131,328 is requested for 2.5 FTE deputy marshal positions.
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Municipal Support and Oversight
Since 2015, the judiciary has been working to bring municipal divisions from their own isolated systems to the single statewide
system for circuit courts. As of 2021, approximately 555 of the 616 municipal divisions have switched to the statewide system, joined
another municipality on the statewide system, or sent their cases to the associate divisions (which are on the statewide system). This
change provides uniformity in court processes, enhances Supreme Court oversight, fosters accountability of municipalities, enables
wider public access to court records, and creates greater efficiencies.
This change also increases the number of judiciary users
Help Desk Tickets from Municipal Divisions
needing support with their case processing, financial
9000 +15%
transactions, bank reconciliations, and similar issues.
8000 +32% -1%
Additional FTE and funding are needed to continue the
7000
support of municipal divisions. 6000
5000
4000
Budget Request: $1,427,139
3000
1. $768,180 for salaries for 13 FTE. 2000
2. $658,959 for furniture, equipment, computers, 1000
0
travel, supplies, software, and contracted
2018 2019 2020 2021 (projected)
monitoring staff.