(a) The administrative office of the courts (AOC) is directed to define and develop a centralized system of case management, document management, electronic case filing, electronic payment methods, data reporting, and any other capability deemed necessary for collection and reporting of all state and local court public case level data. The system may consist of software solutions capable of integrating with existing state and local systems to report case dispositions, statistics, and other related data with the goal that information in such system should be easily reportable, retrievable, accessible, and uniform and consistent throughout the state. The development of the centralized system must include projections for ongoing costs and maintenance of such a system.
(b) Pursuant to the requirements of § 37-1-187, the AOC must maintain a criminal justice information services (CJIS) compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management system that will be integrated into the system developed pursuant to subsection (a). The juvenile case management system must be made available to all juvenile court clerks, and the clerks must adopt and convert to the new system on a schedule to be determined in consultation with the AOC.
(c) Beginning on January 31, 2025, and every six (6) months thereafter until initial implementation of the system, the AOC shall submit a written update as to the progress of the development, including projections for ongoing costs and maintenance of such a system to the speakers and chief clerks of each house of the general assembly; the governor; the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and senate; the chair of the civil justice committee of the house of representatives; the chair of the judiciary committee of the senate; and the office of legislative budget analysis.