Judiciary budget dominates bar addresses
Saturday, June 19th, 2010, 9:09 am
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—Cuts to the state judiciary budget were a big topic in reports from four lawyers in the General Assembly to the State Bar’s outgoing board of governors on Friday.
Sen. Seth Harp, R-Midland, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, also addressed the passage of a bill increasing court filing fees and the failure of the updated model evidence bill to pass the 2010 legislative session.
Harp warned his fellow lawyers that more cuts to the judicial budget could be in the offing. He said the 2009-2010 state budget was based on projected revenue of $21.5 billion. As the year draws to a close, actual revenue has turned out to be $15.5 billion, he said.
