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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 584 2021 Regular Session Zeringue
APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year
2021-2022
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Reduces the amount State General Fund (Direct) by which the Judicial
Budgetary Control Board must reduce the judiciary's budget from $9,626,155
to $7,126,155.
2.Removes obligation of Judicial Budgetary Control Board to create a uniform
budget template and instead requires the Judicial Administrator to develop the
template.
3.Removes legislative auditor from provision requiring review of uniform budget
template.
4.Removes requirement that completed forms be returned to the supreme court
by Nov. 1, 2021 and posted on the court's website when it adopts its budget
request for the ensuing year. Instead requires completed forms to be submitted
by Jan. 1, 2022 and requires submission to the legislature and publication on the
court's website by deadlines in present law.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Appropriates funds for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for the ordinary operating expenses of the
judicial branch of government with total funding of $183,642,214 from the following
sources: $164,008,439 out of the State General Fund (Direct); $9,392,850 out of Interagency
Transfers; and $10,240,925 from statutory dedications out of the Judges' Supplemental
Compensation Fund and the Trial Court Case Management Fund. Appropriations from State
General Fund (Direct) shall be reduced by $7,126,155 pursuant to a plan adopted by the
Judicial Budgetary Control Board or as approved by the La. Supreme Court.
Requires the Judicial Administrator, by Oct. 1, 2021, to develop a uniform budget document
designed to show itemized revenues and expenditures for district courts, city courts,
municipal courts, and traffic courts. Further requires the Judicial Administrator to distribute
the finalized budget document to the chief judge of each district court, city court, municipal
court, and traffic court that receives monies pursuant to proposed law. Requires each
recipient court to complete the form and return it to the supreme court no later than Jan. 1,
2022. Further requires that by the deadline in present law for submission of executive
budgets to the legislature, the supreme court shall submit the completed reports to the
legislature and publish the completed forms on its website.
Funding for the ordinary operating expenses of the judicial branch of government is provided
in the original bill as follows:
FY 21 EOB FY 22 REC
Louisiana Supreme Court $75,803,765 $ 84,839,823
Courts of Appeal 47,672,641 50,466,469
District Courts 39,465,851 41,811,498
Criminal Court, Parish of Orleans6,353,696 6,754,357
Juvenile and Family Courts 2,588,425 2,716,735
Other Courts (Required by Statute) 3,242,164 3,417,084
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Other Programs 675,187 762,403
Total Funding $175,801,729 $190,768,369
Effective July 1, 2021.
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