KY HB238 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 122)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $250,800 in fiscal year 2013-2014, $412,381,100 in fiscal year 2014-2015, and $427,317,400 in fiscal year 2015-2016 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys to revise the Judicial Branch salary structure; provide General Fund moneys for the increase in employer cost of health and life insurance, and five percent annual increments for personnel; provide General Fund moneys to support the actuarially required retirement contribution; provide General Fund moneys to fund current position levels in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit; provide General Fund moneys to support the Judicial Branch's portion of the KHRIS debt service payment; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 increase in civil filing fees, the additional income, not to exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year, shall be deposited in a trust and agency account for court operations; provide funds to compensate local units of government for providing court space and for costs incurred in the development of local court facilities; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Fund carry forward; provide that the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouse is contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; reauthorize a docket management capital project; detail deferred funding; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this Act shall reduce funding of court facility projects authorized by the General Assembly; provide that if a court facility project is occupied and use allowance funding is insufficient that use allowance payments must be approved from the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund, or if funds are not available in the Local Facilities use Allowance Contingency Fund, the use allowance payments shall be deemed a necessary government expense; provide the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts with expenditure authority; provide for severability of budget provisions and priority of individual appropriations; declare that KRS 48.312 controls duplicate appropriations; provide that any unexpended balance remaining in the Court's Restricted Funds or Federal Funds accounts carry forward; provide for the final budget document; provide for the transferability of funds; provide for appropriations revisions; include funds for trial commissioner salaries as provided for in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide that issuance of paychecks scheduled for June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan.

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Title

AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.

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History

DateChamberAction
2014-04-11Housesigned by Governor (Acts, ch. 122)
2014-03-31Housedelivered to Governor
2014-03-31Houseenrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2014-03-31HouseBill passed 99-1
2014-03-31HouseFree Conference Committee report adopted in House
2014-03-31Housereceived in House
2014-03-31SenateBill passed 38-0
2014-03-31SenateFree Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
2014-03-31SenateFree Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2014-03-31SenateFree Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2014-03-31SenateConference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
2014-03-31SenateConference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2014-03-26SenateConference Committee appointed in House
2014-03-25SenateConference Committee appointed in Senate
2014-03-25SenateSenate refused to recede from Committee Substitute
2014-03-25Senateposted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute
2014-03-25Senateto Rules (S)
2014-03-25Senatereceived in Senate
2014-03-25HouseHouse refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
2014-03-25Houseposted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2014-03-25Housetaken from Rules
2014-03-24Houseto Rules (H)
2014-03-24Housereceived in House
2014-03-24Senate3rd reading, passed 31-0-7 with Committee Substitute
2014-03-24Senateposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 24, 2014
2014-03-24Senatereported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
2014-03-21Senatereturned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2014-03-21Senate2nd reading
2014-03-21Senatetaken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2014-03-20Senatereturned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2014-03-20Senate1st reading
2014-03-20Senatetaken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2014-03-17Senateto Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2014-03-14Senatereceived in Senate
2014-03-13House3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute
2014-03-12Housefloor amendment (2) withdrawn
2014-03-11Housefloor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2014-03-11Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2014
2014-03-11Housereported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
2014-03-05Housereturned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-03-05House2nd reading
2014-03-05Housetaken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-03-04Housereturned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-03-04House1st reading
2014-03-04Housetaken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-02-28Houseposted in committee
2014-01-23Houseto Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-01-22Houseintroduced in House

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