Revenue Workshop Clerks of Court Operations Corporation July 8-9 Budget Committee Meeting Tampa, Florida
Clerk Revenue Streams Revenue Category Fines Filing Fees Service Charges Court Costs Forfeitures
Historic Revenue Trend
Draft Revenue Analysis, CFY 2008 vs. CFY 2015 Source: CCOC Expenditure and Collection Reports Note: CFY 2014/15 Revenue Projection based on Re-Projected data received June, 2015 CFY 2007/2008CFY 2014/2015* Fines $ 113,139, $ 77,672, Forefeitures $ 14,854, $ 7,806, Fees $ 220,251, $ 118,697, Service Charges $ 68,897, $ 88,195, Interest $ 7,088, $ 482, Court Costs $ 116,416, $ 81,988, $80 Filing Fee $ - $ 30,809, Total $ 540,648, $ 405,651,531.13
Foreclosure Filing Escalates Source: Office of State Court Administration
Civil Cases Escalate Source: CCOC Outputs and Timeliness Report
Civil Traffic Escalates Source: CCOC Outputs and Timeliness Report
What Happened?????? Declining revenue generating caseload; Circuit, and county civil case filings; and Circuit, and county civil case filings; and Traffic tickets Traffic tickets Florida Statutes impact civil revenues: Redirected revenues from the TF to State GR; Redirected revenues from the TF to State GR; Eliminated indigent cases from paying something to nothing at all; Eliminated indigent cases from paying something to nothing at all; Reduced reopen case fees; Reduced reopen case fees; Created RED LIGHT camera process; Created RED LIGHT camera process; Provided that toll facility owners do not have to use the court system to pay outstanding toll violations; Provided that toll facility owners do not have to use the court system to pay outstanding toll violations; Redirected some fines to the PRMTF; Redirected some fines to the PRMTF; Court and SA processes impact criminal revenues
Foreclosure Filing Declining Source: Office of State Court Administrator
Foreclosure Filing and Disposition Source: Office of State Court Administrator
Civil Cases Declining Source: CCOC Outputs and Timeliness Report
Reopen Cases Outpace New Filings Source: CCOC Outputs & Timeliness Report
Traffic Tickets Declining Source: CCOC Outputs and Timeliness Report Estimated loss of 1.1 million tickets between FY 2007/08 and 2013/14
Toll Violations Declined Impacts Revenues Source: CCOC Survey of counties along the Turnpike District; March, 2015 Projected loss of Clerk revenues between CFY 12/13 – CFY 13/14 is $10 million to $16 million
Red Light Camera Citations DHSMV Annual Uniform Citations
Civil Indigence Source: CCOC Survey of 20 Counties Civil Indigent Impact on Revenues Court DivisionsCases Filed 13/14Application FiledApplications Approved Family255,80046,04438,447 Other Civil Divisions793,35825,75421,027 Filing Fee No RevenuesPayment Plan Family: $7.5 m.$1.0 m. Other Civil: $1.5 m.$.5 m. Estimated Total: $9.0 m.$1.5 m.
Indigent Filings Climbing in Pinellas Source: Pinellas County Clerk of the Court Staff
Impacts on Revenue Annual Assessment and Collections Report s , F.S. FY 2007/08 Through FY 2013/14 Discharge/Waived/Under Assessments $609.1 Community Service$54.1 Civil Judgment/Liens$757.3 Total$1,420.5
Clerks of Court Operations Corporation Barrington Circle Tallahassee FL (850) May 16, 2013 Questions
15/16 Revenue Category Projections Compared to 14/15 ($ millions) Revenue Categories14/15 reprojected 15/16 budgeted projectionsDifference Fines$77.67$78.85$1.18 Filing Fees$118.69$120.79$2.10 $80 redirected filing fee$30.84$31.42$0.58 Service Charges$88.19$89.96$1.77 Court Costs$81.98$83.23$1.25 Forfeitures$7.80$7.99$0.19 Interest$0.48$0.47-$0.01 Total$405.65$412.71$7.06 Clerk CFY 15/16 Budget
State Revenue Estimating Conference ($ millions) Source: State Revenue Estimating Conference --February 2015 Conference CFY Revenues$415.8$419.3$421.6$420.1$415.7 Unexpended$14.0$7.0 Total$429.8$426.3$428.6$427.1$422.7
CCOC Continuing Funding Proposal Source: State Revenue Estimating Conference, February, 2015
Historic Revenue Trend with Ch Redirected Note: & 2015/16 dollars are estimated
Workload by Court Division Monthly Outputs Report
Budgeted Expenditures by Court December 2014 Operational Budget
Revenues by Court Collection Performance Report
Assessments vs. Collections Annual Assessment and Collections Report s , F.S.
Case Filing – Historic Trend Source: Outputs Reports
Historic Budgets, Revenues, and Expenditures Note 3: The budget data for CFY through CFY is based on the Certified Article V Budget compiled by the CCOC and included in the annual Legislative Report. The budget data for SFY through SFY is based on Legislative appropriations and includes all applicable “true-ups.” The budget and expenditures data does not include any foreclosure dollars. All data is draft and may fluctuate as revised reports are submitted. Note 2: Historic data are actuals. There is a three month overlap between CFY and SFY and a three month gap between SFY and CFY Note 1: Revenues in yellow are clerk projections based on operational budgets.