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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/26/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

San Miguel County Probate Records Clerk

SB 340

ANALYST C. Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$0

$75

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY08

FY09

FY10 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$0

$37.5

$37.5

$75.0 Recurring General

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 340 appropriates $75,000 to the Administrative Office of the Courts to hire a full-

time temporary clerk to assist with and redo probate records in San Miguel County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

$75,000 will be distributed from the general fund directly to the Administrative Office of the

Courts for expenditure in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Any unexpended or unencumbered

balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

Senate Bill 340 – Page

2

The initial cost of the program of $75,000.00

in fiscal year 2009 is subject to increased costs

resulting from any increases in salaries and the costs of benefits for the FTE.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This temporary position will be for a full-time clerk that will do data entry from their paper

filings into a currently existing automated system, assist with probate clients, assist with court

filings, and other tasks as necessary.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The courts are participating in performance-based budgeting. It is unknown if enactment of this

bill would impact performance measures as they relate to judicial budgeting and/or performance.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

This appropriation will help reduce the San Miguel County’s probate caseload and case filing

time.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status Quo.

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