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HOUSE BILL NO. 778 – Approp, Supreme Court

HOUSE BILL NO. 778

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H0778.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - SUPREME COURT - Appropriates $25,345,500 to the Supreme
Court for fiscal year 2001; appropriates $451,200 to the Guardian Ad Litem
Fund; and provides legislative intent that $5000 may be used 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.
                                                                        
03/24    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/27    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/28    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rules susp - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
      Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
      Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
      Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
      Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- McKague, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Clark
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/30    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/04    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Walton, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Hawkins
    Title apvd - to House
04/05    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/06    To Governor
04/14    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 395
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 H0778
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 778
                                                                        
                                BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001;  APPROPRIATING
  3        MONEYS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM FUND; AND EXPRESSING
  4        LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Supreme Court, the follow-
  7    ing amounts, to be expended from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2000,
  8    through June 30, 2001:
  9    FROM:
 10    General Fund                                                       $22,346,200
 11    Guardian Ad Litem Fund                                                 474,500
 12    ISTARS Technology Fund                                               1,807,100
 13    Federal Grant Fund                                                     412,700
 14    Miscellaneous Revenue Fund                                             305,000
 15      TOTAL                                                            $25,345,500
                                                                        
 16        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated $451,200 from the General Fund to
 17    be  deposited  in  the  Guardian  Ad  Litem  Fund for the period July 1, 2000,
 18    through June 30, 2001.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION 3.  It is legislative intent that of the  amount  appropriated  in
 20    Section  1  of  this act, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be used in accor-
 21    dance with rules set by the Supreme Court, to  assist  in  defraying  expenses
 22    relating  to  or  resulting  from the discharge of the Supreme Court Justices'
 23    official duties and the official duties of the Supreme Court. Further,  it  is
 24    legislative  intent  that an amount, not to exceed $1,500 of the amount appro-
 25    priated in Section 1 of this act, may be used in accordance with rules set  by
 26    the  Supreme  Court  to  assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting
 27    from the discharge of the Court of Appeals Judges'  official  duties  and  the
 28    official  duties  of  the Court of Appeals. Such moneys shall be accounted for
 29    according to the provisions of Chapter 36, Title 67, Idaho Code,  and  Section
 30    67-3516, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS09293

This is the fiscal year 2001 appropriation for the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Branch includes the Idaho Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, Magistrate Division, Law Library, Judicial Council, the Snake River Basin Adjudication, and the Guardian Ad Litem Program.

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2000 Original Appropriation 245.00  22,506,500  2,112,100  412,700  25,031,300 
Expenditure Adjustments 0.00 


FY 2000 Estimated Expenditures 245.00  22,506,500  2,112,100  412,700  25,031,300 
Base Adjustments 0.00  (314,400)  (314,400) 


FY 2001 Base 245.00  22,192,100  2,112,100  412,700  24,716,900 
Personnel Cost Rollups 0.00  97,900  97,900 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 
Replacement Items 0.00  157,800  157,800 
Non-Standard Adjustments 0.00  31,000  31,000 
Annualizations 0.00  66,900  66,900 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00  213,700  213,700 


FY 2001 Program Maintenance 245.00  22,759,400  2,112,100  412,700  25,284,200 



Enhancements          
Judicial Branch          
 1. Judicial Salary Increase 0.00 
 2. Security for Courtrooms 0.00 
 3. Sick Leave Conversion 0.00 
 4. Pro-Tem Judges 0.00  38,000  38,000 
 5. Research Analysis 0.00 
 6. Increased Funding-Guardian Ad Litem 0.00  23,300  23,300 
 7. Enhancement 0.00  140,000  140,000 


FY 2001 Total 245.00  22,797,400  2,275,400  412,700  25,485,500 
Chg from FY 2000 Orig Approp 0.00  290,900  163,300  454,200 
% Chg from FY 2000 Orig Approp. 0.0%  1.3%  7.7%  0.0%  1.8% 

The $22,797,400 General Fund FY 2001 Appropriation in column 3 of the Fiscal Note includes the amount appropriated from the General Fund in section 1 and section 2 in this appropriation bill to the Guardian Ad Litem Fund.

(Enhancement 4) Pro-Tem Judges provides $38,000 from the General Fund to provide an additional 120 days service from retired judges to the District Courts and the Magistrates Division.

(Enhancement 6) Increased Funding for the Guardian Ad Litem provides spending authority for $23,300 of built-up interest earnings on a one-time basis for FY 2001.

Contact: Cathy Holland-Smith 334-4731

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. H778