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Bill 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. The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $440,265,200 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $445,291,600 in fiscal year 2019-2020 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys for pay equity initiative; provide General Fund moneys for defined calculations; provide General Fund moneys to replace Federal Funds; 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 General Fund moneys for local facility assessments; provide General Fund moneys for increased CERS rates on janitorial and maintenance staff in judicial centers and courthouses; 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 funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; detail project scope and use allowance payments for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, Jessamine, and Jefferson County court houses; authorize lease purchase of a Court of Appeals office building in Franklin County; provide General Fund support for use allowance payments for Jefferson County; defer General Fund support for operating costs, annualized use allowance payments, and nonrecurring furniture and equipment costs for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, and Jessamine Counties to the 2020-2022 fiscal biennium; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill 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; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; 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, 2018, June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan. 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. The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $440,265,200 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $445,291,600 in fiscal year 2019-2020 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys for pay equity initiative; provide General Fund moneys for defined calculations; provide General Fund moneys to replace Federal Funds; 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 General Fund moneys for local facility assessments; provide General Fund moneys for increased CERS rates on janitorial and maintenance staff in judicial centers and courthouses; 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 funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; detail project scope and use allowance payments for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, Jessamine, and Jefferson County court houses; authorize lease purchase of a Court of Appeals office building in Franklin County; provide General Fund support for use allowance payments for Jefferson County; defer General Fund support for operating costs, annualized use allowance payments, and nonrecurring furniture and equipment costs for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, and Jessamine Counties to the 2020-2022 fiscal biennium; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill 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; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; 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, 2018, June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 203 Kentucky HB 203 (2018RS)
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Kentucky HB 203 (2018RS) — 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. The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $440,265,200 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $445,291,600 in fiscal year 2019-2020 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys for pay equity initiative; provide General Fund moneys for defined calculations; provide General Fund moneys to replace Federal Funds; 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 General Fund moneys for local facility assessments; provide General Fund moneys for increased CERS rates on janitorial and maintenance staff in judicial centers and courthouses; 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 funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; detail project scope and use allowance payments for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, Jessamine, and Jefferson County court houses; authorize lease purchase of a Court of Appeals office building in Franklin County; provide General Fund support for use allowance payments for Jefferson County; defer General Fund support for operating costs, annualized use allowance payments, and nonrecurring furniture and equipment costs for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, and Jessamine Counties to the 2020-2022 fiscal biennium; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill 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; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; 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, 2018, June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CCR1 (committee substitute) — source
  2. FCCR1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB 203 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  4. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  6. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • J. Nemes — primary (person)
  • S. Rudy — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2018-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2018-01-18 To Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-02-16 Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
  • 2018-02-16 1st reading reading-1
  • 2018-02-16 Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
  • 2018-02-22 Posted in committee
  • 2018-02-28 Reported favorably with Committee Substitute
  • 2018-02-28 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-01 Taken from Rules (H)
  • 2018-03-01 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2018
  • 2018-03-01 3rd reading, passed 84-8 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-02 Received in Senate
  • 2018-03-06 To Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-15 Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
  • 2018-03-15 1st reading reading-1
  • 2018-03-15 Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
  • 2018-03-16 Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
  • 2018-03-16 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2018-03-16 Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
  • 2018-03-20 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
  • 2018-03-20 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
  • 2018-03-20 3rd reading, passed 26-12 with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-21 Received in House
  • 2018-03-21 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-21 Taken from Rules
  • 2018-03-21 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2018-03-21 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
  • 2018-03-21 Received in Senate
  • 2018-03-22 Posted for passage for receding from Senate for Thursday, March 22, 2018
  • 2018-03-22 Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2018-03-22 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2018-03-22 Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
  • 2018-03-22 Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
  • 2018-03-22 Conference Committee report adopted in House
  • 2018-03-22 Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2018-04-02 Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate
  • 2018-04-02 Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
  • 2018-04-02 Bill passed 35-3
  • 2018-04-02 Received in House
  • 2018-04-02 Free Conference Committee report filed in House
  • 2018-04-02 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-04-02 Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
  • 2018-04-02 Taken from Rules
  • 2018-04-02 Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2018-04-02 Bill passed 81-9
  • 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2018-04-02 Delivered to Governor
  • 2018-04-13 Line items
  • 2018-04-13 Vetoed executive-veto
  • 2018-04-13 Received in House
  • 2018-04-14 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-04-14 Taken from Rules (H)
  • 2018-04-14 Placed in the Orders of the Day for Friday, April 14, 2018
  • 2018-04-14 Returned to Rules
  • 2018-04-27 Delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 209) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf771efc-d6de-4337-8fb5-455768fff0a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).