Judicial Vacancies
Item 53 #2s
Item 53 #2s | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 | |
| Judicial Department |
| Judicial Department Reversion Clearing Account | FY2017 $327,813 | FY2018 $327,813 | GF |
Language
Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$1,183,608".
Page 34, line 1, strike "$855,795" and insert "$1,183,608".
Page 34, after line 7 insert:
"B. Sufficient funding is included within the Judicial Department to support a total of 406 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 16th, 19th, 21st, 24th and 31st Districts; and two in the 15th District, for a total of seven 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 and 29th Districts, for a total of two 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 16 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. Only those vacant judgeships which are fully (100 percent or more) justified by the caseload and staffing study are authorized in this Item to be filled. Additional funding of $327,813 each year from the general fund is required to increase the total number of funded judgeships to 406 (currently 405 judgeships are funded), consistent with the caseload study. This cost has been adjusted to reflect the savings from not filling six vacant judgeships which were funded in the budget as introduced but which are not authorized to be filled in this Item. The judgeships which are not authorized to be filled are the vacant General District Court judgeships in the 7th, 8th, 19th and 25th Districts, and the vacant Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeships in the 17th and 19th Districts.)