The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) provides all support functions to the judicial branch under policy direction from the Judicial Council. The AOC includes all the support functions required to operate a corporate entity with a budget of approximately $130 million.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $5,251,800 from all sources for Administrative Office. This is a 0.7 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $4,703,200 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 17.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
Under the Judicial Council's direction, the State Court Administrator manages and directs the work of approximately 1,000 staff including judges, clerks, and administrative staff. The AOC is responsible for operation of court administrative functions, service delivery, program management, judicial and staff education, automated systems, and appellate and trial court administration.
The table below details the funding and lists the programs in the Administration line item. Though there are numerous funding sources listed, 85 percent of the budget is from the General Fund.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.