b'Strategic Goal1COURT FUNDING &TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURECOURT FUNDINGThepeopleofMichigandeserveacourtsystemthatisadequatelyandequitablyfundedandfundingthatissustainableoverthelong-term.ThecurrentmethodoffundingcourtsacrossMichiganiscomplex,inadequate,andinequitable.Sufficient,stable,andconsistentfundingisneededforcourtsinMichigantomeettheneedsofthepublicandprovidethehighestqualityofjusticetoallwhoaccessandusethecourtsystem.Trial court funding in Michigan is broken, concluded the Trial Court FundingCommission 2 afterayear-longstudyofMichiganshistoricandexistingtrialcourtfundingsystem,nationalinnovations,andbest practices. Michigans trial courts are facing a potential fiscal crisisduetothechangesinfinancingmethodsbroughtonbytworecentcourtcases:People v Cameron,504Mich927(2019)decidedbytheMichiganSupremeCourtandTimbs v Indiana,139SCt682;203LEd2d11(2019).Thesecaseschallengedtheconstitutionalityof assessing court costs as part of a sentence and using courts to generaterevenue.Goingforward,itisimperativetocreateastableandconsistentfundingsourcefortrialcourtsthatremovestrialcourtjudgesfromtheroleofraisingmoneyfortheoperationofthecourts.2 TheTrialCourtFundingCommission(TCFC)wascreatedbytheMichiganLegislaturethrough2017PA65.18 20222025 STRATEGIC AGENDA'