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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Committee Approved)

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Additional Foreign Language Interpreters

Item 35 #2h

Item 35 #2h

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Judicial Department
Supreme Court FY2013 $798,570 FY2014 $798,570 GF

Language
Page 20, line 3, strike "$12,984,703" and insert "$13,783,273".
Page 20, line 3, strike "$12,984,703" and insert "$13,783,273".
Page 20, after line 34, insert:
"F.  The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall provide to the Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees on or before November 1, 2013 a report on the impact on criminal fund expenditures as a result of the hiring of full time foreign language interpreters."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $798,570 from the general fund each year for the Supreme Court to hire 10 additional in-house foreign language interpreters. A companion amendment in Item 42 reflects savings to the criminal fund of $900,000 from the general fund the first year and $1.1 million from the general fund the second year as a result of the additional in-house interpreters.)