Court System For Remote Participation In Hearings

County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee. The bill directs the office of the state court administrator to operate a program that implements telephonic or internet-based networking software to let municipal courts, county courts, and district courts conduct judicial procedures with remote participants. The bill creates the telejustice program cash fund and authorizes the state court administrator to expend money from the fund for the program.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)