Three automated systems process cases and maintain all official records for Appellate Courts, District Courts, and Juvenile Courts. The information systems contain over seven million records. In the District Court alone, there are over 1,200 internal users and approximately 640 external entities depend on electronic access to District Court records.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $6,835,200 from all sources for Data Processing. This is a 3.1 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $5,666,200 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
Court information systems support an electronic data warehouse, courtroom audio, court video recording systems, Internet applications such as the Online Court Assistance Program for self-represented litigants, the Courts web page, records imaging, an interactive voice response system for self-service case status checks, and automated fine payment systems. Electronic filing is also now available.
Technology enables courts to efficiently and effectively accomplish their objectives. Several statutes and judicial rules have been enacted requiring "computerized databases" of information to be collected, organized and maintained. Newly developed data processing systems have allowed for statewide online transactions such as online payments, case filings and others.
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.