Municipal Courts Administration Department

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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008

• Municipal Courts Administration Department
• FY 2008 Revenue Update
• Total Fees and Revenues Collected (State of
  Texas and City of Houston)
• Top Impacts on FY 2008 Revenues
• Non-stabilization of ICMS
• Reduction in Citations
• Increase in Dismissal Rate
• Decrease in Daily Average of Violations Paid
• Initiatives to Increase Revenues in FY 2009

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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
Total Fees and Revenues Collected (State of
Texas and City of Houston)
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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
ICMS at-a-glance Impact on Revenue (2,642,793)
Total Year End Variance (2,642,793)
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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
Reduction in Citations
FY08 Annualized 1,044,362
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FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Increase in Dismissal Rate
NON-MANDATED BY LAW OFFICER NOT PRESENT CIVILIAN
WITNESS ABSENT DEFECTIVE COMPLAINT (DM/SM) PRIOR
ADJUDICATION (DM) SPEEDY TRIAL (DM) JURISDICTION
(DM) DEATH OF DEFENDANT (DM/SM)
NON-COMPOS METIS (DM) INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
(SM) OFFICER PRESENT NOT READY OFFICER NO LONGER
W/AGENCY (SM) NOLLE PRESEQUI MISSING WITNESS NISI
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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
Top 5 Categories for Non-Mandated Dismissals
NOTE HPD HAS NOT RECEIVED OFFICER SCHEDULING
REPORTS SINCE 04/06
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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008
Decrease in Daily Average of Violations Paid
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MUNICIPAL COURTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
FISCAL AFFAIRS MAY 2008

• Initiatives to Increase Revenues
• Increase On-Line Transactions and Expand
  Citizen Self Services
• Implement One Call Solution Center and Advanced
  Collection Efforts
• Deploy 300 New Electronic Citation Devices
• Implement Initiatives Developed in Partnership
  with Judicial, Prosecutor and HPD to Reduce
  Dismissal Rate
• Implement Check Scanning and Validation