North Carolina § 7A-343 - 2. Court Information Technology Fund.

§ 7A-343. 2. Court Information Technology Fund.

Fund. - The Court Information Technology Fund is established within the Judicial Department as a special revenue fund. Interest and other investment income earned by the Fund accrues to it. The Fund consists of the following revenues: All monies collected by the Director pursuant to G.S. 7A-109(d) and G.S. 7A-49.5. State judicial facilities fees credited to the Fund under G.S. 7A-304 through G.S. 7A-307. Use. - Money in the Fund derived from State judicial facilities fees must be used to upgrade, maintain, and operate the judicial and county courthouse telecommunications and data connectivity. All other monies in the Fund must be used to supplement funds otherwise available to the Judicial Department for court information technology and office automation needs. Report. - The Director must report annually by August 1 of each year to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety. The report must include the following: Amounts credited in the preceding fiscal year to the Fund. Amounts expended in the preceding fiscal year from the Fund and the purposes of the expenditures. Proposed expenditures of the monies in the Fund. History (1999-237, s. 17.15(b); 2000-67, s. 15.1; 2006-187, s. 2(d); 2008-107, s. 29.8(e); 2009-570, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 18B.1(b); 2015-241, s. 18A.23(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2006-187, s. 13, provides in part: "Section 2 of this act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all matters filed with the courts on or after the date that the Supreme Court adopts rules for electronic filing as authorized by that section." This section was amended by Session Laws 2008-107, s. 29.8(e), in the coded bill drafting format provided by G.S. 120-20.1. In subdivision (c)(3), the word "funds" preceding "funds" was not struck through. The amendment by Session Laws 2009-570, s. 2, corrected the error. Session Laws 2008-107, s. 14.15, provides: "The Administrative Office of the Courts shall use up to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the Court Information Technology Fund established in G.S. 7A-343.2 to develop an interface between the case management functions of the Offender Population Unified System (OPUS) of the Department of Correction and the Automated Court Information System, in order to provide probation parole officers with access to the most recent information on arrests and pending charges against probationers." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2008'." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2008-2009 fiscal year." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.5 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-187, s. 2(d), effective August 3, 2006, inserted "and G.S. 7A-49.5" in the third sentence. For applicability provisions, see Editor's note. Session Laws 2008-107, s. 29.8(e), effective July 20, 2008, and applicable to all costs assessed and collected on or after that date, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2009-570, s. 2, effective August 28, 2009, substituted "monies in the Fund" for "funds funds" at the end of subdivision (c)(3); and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 18B.1(b), effective July 1, 2014, rewrote subsection (c). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 18A.23(a), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "telecommunications and data connectivity" for "phone systems" in subsection (b).