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New Jersey

Actions Underway

• New Jersey is primarily a state-funded court system.  The county pays for the buildings and the cost of some pre-trial services.
• New Jersey’s budget was reduced $32.5 million (greater that 5%) in FY09 and is facing a reduction of $52 million (greater than 8%) in FY10.
• New Jersey reduced its staff by 300 employees in FY09 and projects a reduction of another 170 employees in FY10.  Reductions are being achieved through an early retirement incentive program, attrition and the strategic filling of vacancies.
  
• There are two furlough days for all employees in Fiscal Year 2009 ending June 30, 2009.
• New Jersey has asked its judges to voluntarily take two furlough days without pay on the same days the employees were furloughed. Most judges agreed to the furlough.

Reports and Articles

• "Top Judge in Hudson County Refuses to Take Furlough." The Jersey Journal. May 21, 2009.
• "New Jersey Judiciary Courts and Offices Closed Friday, May 22 and Monday, June 29." New Jersey Judiciary. May 20, 2009.

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State Links

• Court Budget Web Sites
• Strategic Planning
• State Budgets for 2009
• State Budget Offices