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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Committee Approved)

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Judicial Vacancies

Item 53 #1s

Item 53 #1s

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Judicial Department
Judicial Department Reversion Clearing Account FY2013 $210,000 FY2014 ($927,000) GF

Language
Page 30, line 45, strike "($3,022,600)" and insert "($2,812,600)".
Page 30, line 45, strike "($3,022,600)" and insert "($3,949,600)".
Page 32, following line 34, insert:
"25. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized circuit court judgeship in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in which the retiring incumbent judge retired prior to March 1, 2012.
26. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized circuit court judgeship in the Tenth Judicial Circuit in which the retiring incumbent judge retired after January 1, 2011, but prior to January 1, 2012.
27. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized circuit court judgeship in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in which the retiring incumbent judge retired after March 1, 2012, but prior to July 1, 2012.
28. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized circuit court judgeship in the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit in which the retiring incumbent judge retired after July 1, 2012.
29. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized general district court judgeship in the Sixth Judicial District in which the retiring incumbent judge retired after July 1, 2010, but prior to July 1, 2011.
30. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized general district court judgeship in the Eleventh Judicial District in which the incumbent judge was elected to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit prior to January 1, 2012.
31. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized general district court judgeship in the Thirty-first Judicial District in which the retiring incumbent judge retired prior to July 1, 2012.
32. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeship in the Ninth Judicial District in which the incumbent judge was elected to the Ninth Judicial Circuit prior to January 1, 2012, or in which the retiring incumbent judge retired prior to July 1, 2012.
33. Effective July 1, 2013, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeship in the Eleventh Judicial District in which the retiring incumbent judge retired prior to July 1, 2010.  This appropriation includes $48,000 the first year for substitute judges for the juvenile and domestic relations district court in the Eleventh Judicial District, and $233,000 the second year for a full-time replacement judge.
34. Effective July 1, 2012, the provisions of this Item shall not apply to any authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeship in the Twenty-eighth Judicial District in which the retiring incumbent judge retired prior to July 1, 2012."
Page 32, line 35, strike "25." and insert "35.".


Explanation
(This amendment reduces the across-the-board reductions contained in the Judicial Department Reversion Clearing Account by $210,000 GF the first year and increases the reductions by $927,000 GF the second year. With these adjustments, there are sufficient funds in the Judicial Department budget to unfreeze nine judgeships the first year and ten the second year. Accordingly, the language in this amendment authorizes the General Assembly to fill nine vacant judgeships, effective July 1, 2012, including one each in the 9th, 10th, 17th and 22nd Circuits, one each in the 6th, 11th and 31st General District Courts, and one each in the 9th and 28th Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts. This amendment also authorizes the General Assembly to fill one additional judgeship in the 11th Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court as of July 1, 2013, and provides $48,000 the first year for substitute judges for that court through June 30, 2013.)