Funding for Vacant Judgeships (415 total)
Item 53 #1h
Item 53 #1h | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 | |
| Judicial Department |
| Judicial Department Reversion Clearing Account | FY2017 $1,998,159 | FY2018 $1,998,159 | GF |
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Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$2,853,954".
Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$2,853,954".
Page 34, strike lines 4 through 7.
Page 34, after line 7, insert:
"A. Sufficient funding is included within the Judicial Department to support a total of 415 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 7th, 10th, 19th, 23rd, and 27th circuits; and two each in the 15th and 25th circuits, for a total of 9 Circuit Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016.
2. General District Court judgeships: one each in the 7th, 8th, 16th, 21st, 24th, and 31st districts; two in the 19th district; and three in the 15th district, for a total of 11 General District Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016.
3. Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeships: one each in the 5th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 24th, and 29th, for a total of seven Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeships to be filled as of July 1, 2016.
4. Included in the appropriation for this item is $2,853,954 from the general fund each year to support the filling of judgeships. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court is authorized to request the transfer of funds between this item and Items 42, 43, and 44 as needed to reflect the distribution of the 418 judgeships."
Explanation
(This amendment provides $2.9 million each year from the general fund to increase the number of funded judgeships from 405 to 415. A companion amendment transfers the $855,795 already in the Judicial Reversion Clearing Account to Item 42 of this act to reflect three circuit court positions funded in Chapter 665 of the 2015 General Assembly.)