House Bill 1239 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Supreme Court for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, with the specific amount left blank in the introduced version.

• Authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to transfer funds from the Lengthy Trial Fund to the Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund upon request of the Administrative Director of the Courts, subject to Chief Justice approval.

• Establishes employee compensation and duties for the Supreme Court to be set by majority vote of Supreme Court Justices, and for the Court of Civil Appeals to be set by that court subject to Supreme Court approval.

• Sets budgetary limitations for both courts on full-time-equivalent employees at 0.0 and lease-purchase agreements at $0.00 for fiscal year 2016, excluding active retired judges and capital projects.

• Allows appropriations to be budgeted for either fiscal year 2016 or 2017 but not both simultaneously, with funds budgeted for FY-16 required to be expended by November 15, 2016, and takes effect July 1, 2015.