2006 House Bill 382 (Fund Kentucky Judicial Branch activities)

Public Act 250 of 2006

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• Introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on January 17, 2006, to appropriate in the Court of Justice moneys from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds totaling $286,725,300 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $321,993,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008. The bill would provide a 5% salary increase in each fiscal year for nonelected court personnel, justices, and judges. The bill would include funds for salaries of circuit clerks and trial commissioners as contained in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation and provide salary enhancements for deputy circuit clerks. The bill would include funds for existing and additional Drug Courts and Family Courts and additional Circuit Court and District Court judgeships and authorize sixteen local facilities capital construction projects and deferred use allowance and increased scope for an additional project. The bill would provide funds for actuarial assessed judicial retirement benefits; continue funding for the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunities (KLEO) Program.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on January 18, 2006.
  • Reported in the House on February 21, 2006, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.
  • Substitute offered in the House on March 5, 2006, to fund Kentucky’s judiciary. The substitute would provide $3,066,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $4,321,400 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for one circuit and seven family courts that were authorized by the 2005 General Assembly and provide $1,300,000 in General Fund moneys and $1,300,000 in Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2006-2007 to continue the operations of existing drug courts. The substitute would provide $7,475,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 in General Fund moneys and $1,800,000 in Restricted Funds to provide drug courts on a statewide basis. The substitute would provide $1,213,900 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $1,274,500 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for a pay increase for deputy court clerks. The substitute would provide $2,671,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $3,986,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for one new circuit judge and seven new family judges. The substitute would provide $392,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $547,100 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for new district courts in Madison and Warren Counties. The substitute would fund completion of eighteen new court facilities authorized by the 2005 General Assembly for furnishings, operating and debt service. The substitute would fund completion of a renovation of the Pendleton County courthouse authorized by the 2005 General Assembly and provide an additional $834,900 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for furnishings, operating, and debt service for the expanded facility. The substitute would authorize construction of seventeen new judicial centers across the state totaling an estimated $265 million in construction costs.
  • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Riner on March 6, 2006, to permit judicial candidates to express their judicial philosophies and constitutional interpretations without being in violation of judicial campaign speech restrictions.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jim DeCesare on March 6, 2006, to provide that court facilities contracted or begun after the effective date of the Act are not required to pay prevailing wage rates.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on March 6, 2006, to delete new circuits with Family Court divisions in the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Judicial Circuits and decrease general fund appropriations accordingly.
  • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
• Passed in the House (96 to 0) on March 7, 2006, an amended bill to fund Kentucky’s judiciary. The substitute would provide $3,066,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $4,321,400 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for one circuit and seven family courts that were authorized by the 2005 General Assembly and provide $1,300,000 in General Fund moneys and $1,300,000 in Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2006-2007 to continue the operations of existing drug courts. The substitute would provide $7,475,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 in General Fund moneys and $1,800,000 in Restricted Funds to provide drug courts on a statewide basis. The substitute would provide $1,213,900 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $1,274,500 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for a pay increase for deputy court clerks. The substitute would provide $2,671,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $3,986,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for one new circuit judge and seven new family judges. The substitute would provide $392,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and $547,100 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for new district courts in Madison and Warren Counties. The substitute would fund completion of eighteen new court facilities authorized by the 2005 General Assembly for furnishings, operating and debt service. The substitute would fund completion of a renovation of the Pendleton County courthouse authorized by the 2005 General Assembly and provide an additional $834,900 in fiscal year 2007-2008 for furnishings, operating, and debt service for the expanded facility. The substitute would authorize construction of seventeen new judicial centers across the state totaling an estimated $265 million in construction costs. The amended bill would to delete new circuits with Family Court divisions in the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Judicial Circuits and decrease general fund appropriations accordingly. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 8, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee on March 10, 2006.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 10, 2006, to reduce operational funding for courts by $2.7-million over the life of the budget. The bill moves some funding from the bill and moves it into the executive budget. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on April 10, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on April 10, 2006, an amended bill to fund Kentucky’s judiciary. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 11, 2006.
  • Substitute offered in the House on April 11, 2006, to fund judicial branch activities in Kentucky with changes from previous versions. The bill would delete specific dollar amounts of earmarked funds and references to Family Court judges. The bill would insert language earmarking $300,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for improvements to 14 client interview areas in the Fayette County Courthouses. The bill would insert language making the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouses contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic. The bill would insert language requiring the Chief Justice to reduce General Fund expenditures appropriated in the Judicial Branch budget by $2,500,000 in each fiscal year by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and by creating additional savings through increased efficiencies.
• Passed in the House (87 to 0) on April 12, 2006, an amended bill to fund Kentucky's judiciary. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on April 11, 2006.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 11, 2006, to fund judicial branch activities in Kentucky with changes from previous versions. The bill would delete specific dollar amounts of earmarked funds and references to Family Court judges. The bill would insert language earmarking $300,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for improvements to 14 client interview areas in the Fayette County Courthouses. The bill would insert language making the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouses contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic. The bill would insert language requiring the Chief Justice to reduce General Fund expenditures appropriated in the Judicial Branch budget by $2,500,000 in each fiscal year by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and by creating additional savings through increased efficiencies.
• Passed in the Senate (33 to 0) on April 12, 2006, to fund judicial branch activities in Kentucky with changes from previous versions. The bill would delete specific dollar amounts of earmarked funds and references to Family Court judges. The bill would insert language earmarking $300,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for improvements to 14 client interview areas in the Fayette County Courthouses. The bill would insert language making the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouses contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic. The bill would insert language requiring the Chief Justice to reduce General Fund expenditures appropriated in the Judicial Branch budget by $2,500,000 in each fiscal year by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and by creating additional savings through increased efficiencies. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 12, 2006, to fund judicial branch activities in Kentucky with changes from previous versions. The bill would delete specific dollar amounts of earmarked funds and references to Family Court judges. The bill would insert language earmarking $300,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for improvements to 14 client interview areas in the Fayette County Courthouses. The bill would insert language making the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouses contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic. The bill would insert language requiring the Chief Justice to reduce General Fund expenditures appropriated in the Judicial Branch budget by $2,500,000 in each fiscal year by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and by creating additional savings through increased efficiencies. Passed in the House (88 to 0) on April 12, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Ernie Fletcher on April 24, 2006, to fund judicial branch activities in Kentucky .

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Introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on January 17, 2006. Passed in the House (96 to 0) on March 7, 2006. New Comment