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HOUSE BILL NO. 823 – Approp, Supreme Court

HOUSE BILL NO. 823

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H0823.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - SUPREME COURT - Appropriates $23,648,300 to the Supreme
Court for fiscal year 1999; appropriates $430,200 to the Guardian Ad Litem
Fund; provides legislative intent that $5000 may be used at the discretion
of the Chief Justice to defray expenses relating to the discharge of the
Supreme Court Justices' official duties and $1,500 to defray expenses
relating to the discharge of the Court of Appeals Judges' official duties;
and expresses legislative intent regarding an Idaho CASA Association
recommendation.

03/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/16    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-2-6
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black(15), Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
      Denney, Ellsworth, Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest,
      Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(20), Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
      Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs,
      Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann,
      Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Bivens, Stoicheff
      Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crane, Field(13), Hansen, Jones(22),
      Judd
    Floor Sponsor - Pischner
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 28-0-7
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Risch, Schroeder, Sorensen, Sweeney, Thorne
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hansen, Riggs, Sandy, Stennett, Twiggs, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
    Floor Sponsor - Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
03/23    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/24    Pres signed - to Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 375
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0823


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 823

                               BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999;  APPROPRIATING
 3        MONEYS  FROM  THE  GENERAL  FUND TO THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM FUND; EXPRESSING
 4        LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EXPENDITURES; EXPRESSING LEGIS-
 5        LATIVE INTENT SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF IDAHO CASA ASSOCIATION.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Supreme Court, the follow-
 8    ing amounts, to be expended from the listed funds for the period July 1, 1998,
 9    through June 30, 1999:
10    FROM:
11    General Fund                                                       $20,930,200
12    Guardian Ad Litem Fund                                                 443,400
13    ISTARS Technology Fund                                               1,812,100
14    Federal Grant Fund                                                     157,600
15    Miscellaneous Revenue Fund                                 305,000 
16      TOTAL                                                            $23,648,300

17        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated $430,200 from the General Fund to
18    be deposited in the Guardian Ad Litem  Fund  for  the  period  July  1,  1998,
19    through June 30, 1999.

20        SECTION  3.  It  is  legislative intent that of the amount appropriated in
21    Section 1 of this act, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be used at the  dis-
22    cretion  of  the Chief Justice, to assist in defraying expenses relating to or
23    resulting from the discharge of the Supreme Court  Justices'  official  duties
24    and  the  official  duties  of  the  Supreme Court. Further, it is legislative
25    intent that an amount, not to exceed $1,500 of the amount appropriated in Sec-
26    tion 1 of this act, may be used at the discretion of the Chief  Judge  of  the
27    Court of Appeals to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from
28    the discharge of the Court of Appeals Judges' official duties and the official
29    duties  of  the Court of Appeals. Such moneys shall be accounted for according
30    to the provisions of Chapter 36, Title 67, Idaho Code,  and  Section  67-3516,
31    Idaho Code.

32        SECTION 4.  It is legislative intent that in order to avoid the appearance
33    of a conflict of interest, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee supports
34    the recommendation of the Idaho CASA Association that program governing boards
35    not have as members any known potential parties to a child protection matter.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                               HB 823

This is the fiscal year 1999 appropriation bill for the Judicial Branch.  The Judicial
Branch includes the Idaho Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, Magistrate
Division, Law Library, Judicial Council, Snake River Adjudication, and the Guardian Ad
Litem program.
                                             FISCAL NOTE

                                       FTP        General      Ded/Other         Federal          Total 
FY 1998 Total Appropriation         240.00     19,689,900      1,308,000               0     20,997,900 
Expenditure Adjustments               0.00              0              0         221,800        221,800 
FY 1998 Est. Expenditures           240.00     19,689,900      1,308,000         221,800     21,219,700 
Base Adjustments                      0.00       (110,100)    (1,069,200)        (64,200)    (1,243,500) 
FY 1999 Base                        240.00     19,579,800        238,800         157,600     19,976,200 
Personnel Cost Rollups                0.00        134,900              0               0        134,900 
Inflationary Adjustments              0.00         59,800          6,200               0         66,000 
Replacement Items                     0.00        179,400      1,069,200               0      1,248,600 
Non-Standard Adjustments              0.00        103,500              0               0        103,500 
Annualizations                        0.00         80,400              0               0         80,400 
Employee Compensation (CEC)           0.00        272,400              0               0        272,400 
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO)           240.00     20,410,200      1,314,200         157,600     21,882,000 
Enhancements:
Judicial Branch
 1. Judicial Salary Increase          0.00        621,900              0               0        621,900 
 2. District & Magistrate Judges      3.00        135,800              0               0        135,800 
 4. Improve Interpreter Standards     0.00         30,000              0               0         30,000 
 5. Court Reporter Vacation           0.00         50,000              0               0         50,000 
 6. Add Computer Specialist           1.00              0         62,100               0         62,100 
 7. Professional Education            0.00         10,000              0               0         10,000 
 8. Expand Use of Pro Tem Judges      0.00         62,500              0               0         62,500 
 9. ISTARS Technology                 0.00              0        680,800               0        680,800 
10. Westlaw Increase                  0.00              0         60,000               0         60,000 
12. Performance Evaluations           0.00         10,000              0               0         10,000 
13. Additional Funding & Interest     0.00         30,000         13,200               0         43,200 
FY 1999 Total Appropriation         244.00     21,360,400      2,130,300         157,600     23,648,300 

Chg From Orig Approp.                 4.00      1,670,500        822,300         157,600      2,650,400 
%Chg From Orig Approp.                1.7%           8.5%          62.9%            0.0%          12.6% 

Enhancement numbers follow those in the Legislative Summary Book.

Contact:
Cathy Holland-Smith
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone:  334-4731