Idaho court computer system is now obsolete

BOISE (AP) - The Idaho Supreme Court says the state's computerized case filing system is becoming obsolete and a replacement is needed.

In a new report to lawmakers and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, the high court proposes a five-year, $21.6 million plan to replace the Idaho Statewide Trial Court Record System with a new case management program called Odyssey, created by Tyler Technologies.

The current system has been declared by its vendor to be at "end of life," according to the report.

Idaho led the nation in the late 1980s when it put 43 of its 44 counties on the Trial Court Automated Records System, which allowed officials to look up how much money was collected in fines so they could make accurate budget projections. The system was upgraded about 10 years later, when Gov. Phil Batt signed legislation creating the ISTARS Technology Fund and the state began buying new computers and software.