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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top judge warned state lawmakers that budget cuts are making it "increasingly difficult" for the courts to do their constitutionally mandated duties.
Chief Justice Carol Hunstein made the remarks Tuesday in her first state of the judiciary before a joint session of the state Legislature.
Hunstein said in 2009 the judicial branch received less than eight-tenths of 1 percent of the total state appropriations. That's the judiciary's smallest share of state appropriations in recent history and comes as the state's population and needs have grown.
Hunstein told legislators the courts have shared the burden of state budget cuts. Judges have volunteered to take furlough days. Layoffs have trimmed the workforce and law libraries have closed.
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