HB2309 - District Courts Appropriation and Budget Bill

• Authorizes the Supreme Court to expend funds from the State Judicial Revolving Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, for financial support of District Courts

• Appropriates funds from General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for District Courts to perform duties imposed by law, with amount to be determined

• Establishes budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees for district courts, excluding active retired judges, with specific FTE limits set at 0.0 for various judicial positions

• Allows local court funds to request total or partial refunds of payments to the State Judicial Fund through July 31, 2014, to cover unpaid authorized expenses upon Chief Justice approval

• Sets lapse dates for appropriated funds: funds budgeted for FY-14 must be expended by November 15, 2014, and funds budgeted for FY-15 must be expended by November 15, 2015