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Date:
August 28, 2023
To:
Jennifer Pokorski, County Manager
From:
Cynthia Goelz, Chief Financial Officer
Subject:
FY 2022-2023 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 2022-23
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 2022-23
as compared to Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). These schedules show that amounts
collected in Fiscal Year 2022-23 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
$ 922,253.61
20.53%
State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund
876,162.27
57.37%
Local Courts Assistance Fund
2,448,389.16
0.49%
State Treasurer (Dept of Law)
20, 911.81
100.00%
Total
$ 4,267,716.85
This item will be on the September 13, 2023, Board of Supervisor’s Agenda for
approval.
cc:
John Allen, Treasurer
Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge
Lauren Cochran, PDS Administrator
Pete Anderson, Deputy Court Administrator
Catherine Martin, MCAO Administration Bureau Chief
Frances Dairman-Poeppe, Judicial Branch Finance & Budget Director
Anita Avila, COSC Comptroller
Office of Budget & Finance
301 W. Jefferson St., 9th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
P: 602-506-3561
F: 602-506-4451
Maricopa.gov