Judicial Vacancies
Item 53 #2c
Item 53 #2c | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 | |
| Judicial Department |
| Judicial Department Reversion Clearing Account | FY2017 $877,395 | FY2018 $877,395 | GF |
Language
Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$1,733,190".
Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$1,733,190".
Page 34, after line 7 insert:
"B. Sufficient funding is included within the Judicial Department to support a total of 408 circuit and district court judgeships. The vacant judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016, are as follows:
1. Circuit Court judgeships: one each in the 10th, 19th, and 23rd Circuits; and two each in the 15th and 25th Circuits, for a total of seven Circuit Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016.
2. General District Court judgeships: one each in the 7th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 24th and 31st Districts; and two in the 15th District, for a total of eight General District Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016. The general district court judges of the seventh district shall render assistance on a regular basis to the general district court judges of the eighth district by appropriate designation.
3. Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeships: one each in the 5th, 17th, and 29th Districts, for a total of three Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016, and one in the 13th District to be filled as of August 1, 2016."
Explanation
(This amendment authorizes 18 vacant judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016, and one vacant judgeship to be filled as of August 1, 2016, consistent with the caseload and staffing study conducted by the National Center for State Courts. Additional funding of $877,395 each year from the general fund is required to increase the total number of funded judgeships to 408 (currently 405 judgeships are funded), consistent with the caseload study. The judgeships which are not authorized to be filled are the vacant General District Court judgeships in the 8th, 19th and 25th Districts, and the vacant Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeship in the 19th District. The language authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, under his authority, to direct that the general district court judges of the seventh district provide assistance to the general district court judges in the eighth district.)