This is a revision to Request # 173. I wish to withdraw Request #173 and substitute this instead.
Modify JIS to add a flag to specific payees, which would allow Clerk's staff to to set the flag to "automatically consolidate disbursements to this payee". By setting this flag to "yes", the expected outcome would be that whenever there are multiple disbursements to that payee (i.e. where there is an exact match in payee name and address) those disbursements in that cycle would be automatically consolidated without further action by the clerk. |
Presently, most Clerk's Offices have multiple disbursements to single entities every disbursement cycle. In large counties this presents a more significant problem, with many disbursements to large law firms, insurance companies and banks. However, all Clerk's Offices make frequent disbursements to such entities as the Crime Victims' Compensation program, and other state agencies. Clerks are faced with the choice of either printing multiple checks for such entities, or manually consolidating these payments. If these payments could be automatically consolidated to payees designated by staff in each Clerk's office, in the event of an exact match with the payee information, this would create significant time savings for Clerks. Clerks would still have the ability to avoid the automatic consolidation feature if they choose by creating a slight variation in the payee name or address, or by not setting the flag to "yes" for that payee. |
