CFO MEMO FY20.DOCX

Maricopa County — Formal (2020-09-02)

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Date:
August 18, 2020
To:
Joy Rich, County Manager
From: 
John R. Lewis, Chief Financial Officer
Subject:
FY 2019-2020 Fill the Gap Certification
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is required to certify by authority of ARS §41-
2421 (Fill the Gap Legislation) that total revenues received in Fiscal Year 2019-20 by the 
Superior Court and Justice Courts are five percent or greater than revenues received in 
Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). This certification authorizes the County Treasurer to 
release the five percent set aside money withheld from these revenues during the past 
year.
The attached schedules summarize fines, fees, penalties, surcharges, sanctions and 
forfeitures collected by the Superior Court and Justice Courts for Fiscal Year 2019-20 as 
compared to Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). These schedules show that amounts 
collected in Fiscal Year 2019-20 exceed the base year (Fiscal Year 1997-98) by more than 
five percent for both Courts.  
The distribution of set aside monies will be as follows:
Percentage
Fund
 
Amount
21.61%
State Aid to County Attorney Fund
  $    1,018,850.51
20.53%
State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund
967,931.56
57.37%
Local Courts Assistance Fund
2,704,833.58
0.49%
State Treasurer (Dept of Law)
23,102.12
100.00%
Total
$ 4,714,717.77
This item will be on the September 2, 2020, Board of Supervisor’s Agenda for approval. If 
you have any questions please call me.
cc: 
Royce Flora, Treasurer
Honorable Janet Barton, Presiding Judge
Lauren Cochran, PDS Administrator
Pete Anderson, Deputy Court Administrator
Catherine Martin, Administration Bureau Chief
Frances Dairman-Poeppe, Judicial Branch Finance & Budget Director 
Anita Avila, Comptroller
John R. Lewis, CPA, 
MBA
Chief Financial Officer
301 West Jefferson 
Street
Suite 960
Phx, AZ  85003-2148
Phone: 602-506-3561
Maricopa County