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AZ SB1123

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/25/2021

Primary Sponsor

David Gowan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Renames the "Arizona lengthy trial fund" to the "Arizona lengthy trial and digital evidence fund" and expands its purpose to include management and storage of digital evidence for trials.

  • Adds digital evidence management as a permissible use of fees collected under section 12-284.01, allowing the document and digital evidence storage and retrieval conversion fund to support digital evidence display at trials.

  • Establishes that digital evidence fund monies may be used only after juror earnings replacement payments are satisfied, with priority given to compensating jurors serving more than five days.

  • Repeals section 12-284.02 and modifies section 12-284.01 to clarify that additional filing fees support both traditional document storage and digital evidence infrastructure.

  • Appropriates $400,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 and $490,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Arizona Supreme Court for implementation of a digital evidence storage and display system.

Legislative Description

Digital evidence fund; appropriation

Repeal

Last Action

House APPROP Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (10-2-0-1-0-0)

3/17/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules3/2/2021
Appropriations3/1/2021
Judiciary2/25/2021
Rules1/13/2021
Appropriations1/12/2021

Full Bill Text

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