ENROLLED ACT No. 400 2023 Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 104 BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE 1 AN ACT 2 To appropriate funds to defray the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary, including the 3 Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, District Courts, Criminal District Court of Orleans 4 Parish, and other courts; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related 5 matters. 6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 7 Section 1.A. The sum of Two Hundred Eight Million Six Hundred Seventy 8 Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Four and No/100 ($208,670,554) Dollars, or so much thereof 9 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of the judiciary, 10 including the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, the District Courts, the Criminal District 11 Court of Orleans Parish, and of the other courts. 12 B. The total amount herein appropriated is hereby allocated to provide as follows: 13 03-8170 SUPREME COURT 14 Program Description: The Supreme Court has general supervisory jurisdiction over all lower courts. 15 It may establish procedural and administrative rules not in conflict with law and may assign a sitting or 16 retired judge to any court. The Supreme Court has sole authority to provide by rule for appointments of 17 attorneys as temporary or ad hoc judges. It considers applications for writs to review individual cases, 18 and has criminal and other appellate jurisdiction. The Supreme Court has exclusive original jurisdiction 19 of disciplinary proceedings against lawyers, recommendations of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana 20 for the discipline of judges, and fact questions affecting its appellate jurisdiction. It has inherent authority 21 to regulate the legal profession and to promulgate and update the Code of Judicial Conduct. The court 22 also provides judicial training through the Judicial College and works to improve the administration of 23 justice. 24 FY 23 EOB FY 24 REC 25 01 Salaries of one (1) Chief Justice and 26 six (6) Associate Justices of the 27 Supreme Court, as provided by 28 R.S. 13:102 $ 1,249,135$ 1,282,315 29 02 Salaries and other expenses of the 30 Supreme Court Proper and salary of 31 the Crier of the Supreme Court$11,668,637$12,719,264 Page 1 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 03 Expenses of Judicial Administrator's 2 Office and of the Judiciary 3 Commission provided for in Article V, 4 Section 25 of the Constitution of 5 Louisiana and under the provisions of 6 R.S. 13:32 et seq. 7 A. Expenses of Judicial 8 Administrator's Office $ 5,595,875$ 6,379,628 9 Program Description: The Judicial Administrator's Office assists the Supreme Court in the 10 administration of the state court system. It staffs the Judicial Council and the Judiciary Commission of 11 Louisiana. Through the Judicial Council, it performs studies and makes recommendations for the creation 12 of new judgeships and for improving the administration of justice. The Judicial Administrator's Office 13 provides payroll and other fiscal services to the Judiciary, including the administration of a judicial 14 retirement system; support for the Supreme Court and Appellate Court human resource system; and 15 support for judicial branch reporting obligations. The Judicial Administrator's Office also manages the 16 ad hoc judgeship system, monitors cases under advisement, provides support for initiatives to ensure 17 access to the courts for limited English proficiency individuals; provides outreach services to state and 18 local courts, applies for and administers grants to improve judicial administration; and staffs the 19 Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Judicial Administrator’s office administers several programs, including 20 the Supreme Court Drug Court / Specialty Court Office, the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, and 21 CASA and FINS through the Division of Children and Families. The Judicial Administrator’s office also 22 provides staff support for the Louisiana Judicial College, and performs numerous legal services for the 23 Supreme Court and the Judiciary. 24 B. Expenses of Judiciary Commission $ 2,160,997$ 2,353,050 25 Program Description: The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana is a constitutional body established under 26 Article V, Section 25 of the Constitution of 1974 to accept, screen, investigate, and prosecute complaints 27 of judicial misconduct. As part of its authority, it may recommend to the Supreme Court the censure, 28 suspension, removal from office, or involuntary retirement of any judge for ethical misconduct. 29 C. Court Reporters; Statistical 30 Reporting Systems $ 362,299$ 410,052 31 D. Dues to National Center for 32 State Courts $ 186,000$ 186,000 33 04 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary 34 Board, as per Louisiana Supreme 35 Court Rule XIX $ 3,000$ 3,000 36 05 Compensation and expenses of retired 37 judges assigned under Article V, 38 Section 5(A) of the Constitution of 39 Louisiana, be it more or less 40 estimated at $ 1,146,948$ 1,146,948 41 06 Law Library of Louisiana for salaries, 42 services, supplies, maintenance, repairs, 43 and equipment $ 1,827,862$ 1,985,215 44 Program Description: The Law Library of Louisiana serves the legal information needs of the state 45 judiciary, and is open to members of the bar and public. 46 07 Salaries and expenses of transferred 47 judges assigned under Article V, 48 Section 5(A) of the Constitution, 49 be it more or less estimated as $ 32,095$ 66,058 50 08 Retirement pay for services rendered by 51 justices and judges of all courts, as 52 provided by R.S. 11:1358 $ 702,362$ 556,694 Page 2 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 09 Pensions for widows of justices and 2 judges of all courts, as provided by 3 R.S. 11:1371 and R.S. 11:1381, be it 4 more or less estimated at $ 862,475$ 862,475 5 10 Judicial College $ 266,227$ 294,485 6 Program Description: The Judicial College was established by order of the Supreme Court in 1976 to 7 provide continuing legal education to Louisiana judges. 8 11 State contribution to judicial 9 retirement provided for in Article V, 10 Section 23 of the Constitution and 11 R.S. 11:551 et seq., be it more or 12 less estimated at $21,066,386$23,618,459 13 12 Civil commitment matters as 14 required by R.S. 28:54 $ 315,591$ 376,050 15 13 Paul M. Hebert Law Center for 16 expenses of storage of appellate 17 court records $ 60,000$ 60,000 18 14 Funding for statewide operations of the 19 Louisiana Protective Order Registry 20 (R.S. 46:2136.2) under the Case 21 Management Information System $ 1,207,426$ 1,347,819 22 15 Information Technology $ 2,000,000$ 2,204,566 23 16 Operational expenses of 24 the Families in Need of Services 25 Program (FINS) $ 2,221,639$ 2,842,742 26 Program Description: The mission of the FINS Assistance Program is to assist local FINS processes by 27 developing and implementing a needs-based allocation formula; developing, implementing, and mandating 28 the use of a uniform data system for tracking, managing, and reporting FINS informal cases; developing 29 and mandating the use of programmatic standards; developing, implementing, and reporting performance 30 indicators and measures; requiring and monitoring periodic fiscal reports and financial accountability; 31 and, generally supervising and assisting local FINS processes in other ways. 32 33 17 Louisiana Drug and Specialty Courts $15,550,458$16,734,349 34 Program Description: Louisiana Drug and Specialty Courts, such as Drug/DWI Treatment Courts, 35 authorized in 1977 by R.S. 13:5301-5304; Reentry Courts, authorized in 2010 by R.S. 13:5401; Mental 36 Health Courts, authorized in 2013 by R.S. 13:5353 - 5358; Swift and Certain Program, authorized by R.S. 37 13:5371; and Veterans Treatment Courts, authorized in 2014 by R.S. 13:5361 - 5368, are proven and 38 effective alternatives to traditional criminal justice interventions. These programs provide integrated 39 treatment for substance use and mental health disorders, including the appropriate use of sanctions and 40 incentives along with case management, to place participants in need of services into appropriate 41 community-based and judicially supervised rehabilitation programs. Clients are regularly tested and 42 monitored for compliance with educational, employment, and treatment requirements pursuant to current 43 best practices and the proven national model. 44 18 Court Appointed Special Advocates$ 7,132,804$ 8,130,849 45 Program Description: The purpose of the CASA Assistance Program is to promote timely placement of 46 children in need of care in permanent, safe and stable homes, in accordance with the provisions of 47 Children's Code articles 424-426. Services are provided through local CASA programs which recruit, 48 screen, train and supervise community advocates. Upon appointment by the trial judge, qualified 49 advocates serve children by providing independent factual information to the judge, advocating for the best 50 interest of the children, monitoring cases to which they have been assigned, and advising and assisting the 51 judge in the determination of the best interest of the children involved. Page 3 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 19 Judges' supplemental compensation 2 R.S. 13:10.3, be it more or less 3 estimated at $ 6,223,724$ 6,223,724 4 Program Description: The Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund was established by the Legislature 5 in 1985 to fund salary supplements and salary-related expenses to judges and commissioners. The funding 6 source is a non-refundable filing fee assessed on civil filings as provided in R.S. 13:10.3. 7 20 Case Management Information System, 8 Article 887(F) of the Code of Criminal 9 Procedure, be it more or less 10 estimated at $ 4,017,201$ 4,017,201 11 Program Description: The Case Management Information System (CMIS) was created by the Supreme 12 Court in 1993 to provide a statewide information system for tracking and managing criminal, civil, 13 juvenile, traffic, and appellate cases as well as protective orders. Data is received from courts statewide, 14 transferred to the CMIS repository, and made available to courts and executive branch agencies. 15 Additional information will also be available from the Department of Public Safety & Corrections. CMIS 16 is funded from a court cost assessed on all criminal and traffic convictions as provided under 17 C.Cr.P.887(F). 18 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $85,859,141$93,800,943 19 MEANS OF FINANCE: 20 State General Fund (Direct) $66,225,366$75,686,370 21 State General Fund by: 22 Interagency Transfers $ 9,392,850$ 9,392,850 23 Statutory Dedications: 24 Judges' Supplemental Compensation 25 Fund $ 6,223,724$ 6,223,724 26 Trial Court Case Management 27 Information Fund $ 4,017,201$ 2,497,999 28 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCING $85,859,141$93,800,943 29 03-8171COURTS OF APPEAL 30 Program Description: The five courts of appeal, domiciled in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles, 31 New Orleans, and Gretna, have supervisory jurisdiction over all cases arising within their respective 32 circuits, subject to the general supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Each court of appeal also 33 has appellate jurisdiction over all civil matters, all matters appealed from family and juvenile courts, and 34 all criminal cases triable by a jury which arise within its circuit, except for those cases appealable directly 35 to the Supreme Court or to the district courts. 36 FY 23 EOB FY 24 REC 37 01 Salaries of five (5) Chief Judges 38 and forty-eight (48) Judges of 39 the Courts of Appeal, R.S. 13:311$ 8,788,511$ 9,022,841 40 02 Salaries and expenses of operation 41 and maintenance of the Court of 42 appeal, First Circuit $11,027,855$11,997,462 43 03 Salaries and expenses of operation 44 and maintenance of the Court of 45 appeal, Second Circuit $ 6,229,251$ 6,805,164 46 04 Salaries and expenses of operation 47 and maintenance of the Court of 48 appeal, Third Circuit $ 9,476,684$10,302,088 Page 4 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 05 Salaries and expenses of operation 2 and maintenance of the Court of 3 Appeal, Fourth Circuit $ 8,810,078$ 9,586,603 4 06 Salaries and expenses of operation 5 and maintenance of the Court of 6 Appeal, Fifth Circuit $ 6,456,651$ 7,016,715 7 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $50,789,030$54,730,873 8 MEANS OF FINANCE: 9 State General Fund (Direct) $50,789,030$54,730,873 10 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCING $50,789,030$54,730,873 11 03-8172DISTRICT COURTS - SALARIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES AS 12 REQUIRED BY STATUTE 13 Program Description: There are forty-one district courts in Louisiana that have general jurisdiction over 14 all matters within their territorial limits, except in those judicial districts (the 1st, the 19th, and the 24th 15 Judicial Districts) where family and juvenile courts have exclusive jurisdiction over certain types of cases 16 and except in Orleans Parish where there are separate courts exercising civil, criminal, and juvenile 17 jurisdictions. In certain cases, the forty-one general jurisdiction courts have concurrent jurisdiction with 18 justices of the peace and parish courts. The district courts generally have appellate jurisdiction of 19 criminal cases tried by city, parish, municipal, traffic, and mayors' courts, except in certain cases. The 20 district courts also have appellate jurisdiction over justices of the peace in parishes where no parish courts 21 exist. The Civil District Court of Orleans Parish has jurisdiction of all civil cases in that parish. The 22 Criminal District Court of Orleans Parish has jurisdiction over all criminal cases in that parish. It also 23 has general supervisory jurisdiction over the municipal and traffic court in Orleans Parish. The Family 24 Court of East Baton Rouge Parish has exclusive jurisdiction of many domestic cases in that parish. The 25 four juvenile courts located in Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes have exclusive 26 jurisdiction of juvenile cases in their respective parishes. 27 FY 23 EOB FY 24 REC 28 01 Salaries of one hundred ninety-one 29 (191) District Judges as provided 30 by R.S. 13:691 $ 30,325,142$31,135,042 31 02 Office and travel expenses of District 32 Judges as provided by R.S. 13:698 33 and R.S. 13:694, respectively $ 1,285,250$ 1,299,750 34 03 Salaries of fourteen (14) Judges of 35 Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, 36 as provided by R.S. 13:691 $ 2,214,091$ 2,273,223 37 04 Expenses of Judges of Civil District 38 Court, Parish of Orleans, for salaries 39 of stenographers, clerks, law books, 40 stationery, telephone, and like 41 expenses as provided by R.S. 13:698$ 80,500$ 80,500 42 05 Salaries of two (2) Court Reporters 43 of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, 44 including retirement contributions, as 45 provided by R.S. 13:966.1 $ 114,514$ 118,067 46 06 Clerk of Civil District Court, Orleans 47 Parish, as provided by R.S. 13:1212(A)$ 10,000$ 10,000 Page 5 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 07 State share of Group, Workers' 2 Compensation, General Liability, and 3 Property Insurance Premiums as 4 provided by R.S. 42:851 $ 8,141,211$ 9,072,899 5 08 Salaries of two (2) commissioners of 6 the Nineteenth Judicial District and 7 one (1) commissioner of the Fifteenth 8 Judicial District as provided by 9 R.S. 13:712 and R.S. 13:715, 10 respectively $ 639,439$ 659,881 11 09 Office expenses for the Judicial 12 Expense Fund of the Nineteenth Judicial 13 District Court as provided by 14 R.S. 13:711-713 $ 439,403$ 472,383 15 10 Office expenses for the Judicial 16 Expense Fund of the Fifteenth 17 Judicial District Court as provided 18 by R.S. 13:714-716 $ 298,340$ 319,173 19 11 Law Clerk, Twentieth Judicial District 20 Court as provided by Act 747 of 1977$ 49,311$ 49,311 21 12 For the expenses of the Judicial Expense 22 Fund, Tenth Judicial District Court as 23 provided by Act 57 of 2006 $ 35,000$ 35,000 24 SUBTOTAL $43,632,201$45,525,229 25 13 Criminal Court - Parish of Orleans 26 Program Description: The Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans has exclusive jurisdiction 27 of the trial and punishment of all crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses committed within the parish of 28 Orleans, if the jurisdiction is not vested by law in some other court. The court, through its magistrate and 29 with assistance from its commissioners, has the power of committing magistrates in all felony charges and 30 the power to hold preliminary examinations, with authority to bail or discharge, or to hold for trial, in all 31 cases before the court. The court has appellate jurisdiction of all cases tried before the Municipal and 32 Traffic Court of New Orleans and has general supervisory jurisdiction over these courts. 33 A.Salaries of thirteen (13) District 34 Judges of Criminal Court, Orleans 35 Parish as provided by R.S. 13:691$ 2,055,942$ 2,110,850 36 B.Office expenses of Judges of 37 Criminal Court, Orleans Parish as 38 Provided by R.S. 13:698 $ 74,750$ 74,750 39 C.State's share of group insurance 40 for personnel of Criminal Court 41 as provided by R.S. 42:851 $ 779,091$ 826,938 42 D.Salaries of thirteen (13) minute 43 clerks as provided by R.S. 44 13:1373.1 $ 294,348$ 295,990 45 E.Salaries of twenty-six (26) court 46 reporters as provided by R.S. 47 13:1373.1 $ 459,353$ 465,095 Page 6 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 F.Salaries of four (4) commissioners 2 of Criminal Court, Orleans Parish, 3 including related benefits as 4 provided by R.S. 13:1347 $ 567,412$ 585,799 5 G.Office and travel expenses of 6 commissioners as provided by 7 R.S. 13:1347 $ 10,600$ 10,600 8 H.Salaries of four (4) minute clerks, 9 one for each commissioner 10 as provided by R.S. 13:1347 $ 79,215$ 81,015 11 I.Salaries of four (4) court reporters, 12 one for each commissioner 13 as provided by R.S. 13:1347 $ 57,946$ 58,549 14 J.Salaries of Judicial Administrator, 15 and assistants, including 16 related benefits $ 1,010,528$ 1,172,007 17 K.Salaries of thirteen (13) law clerks$ 764,517$ 843,965 18 L.Salaries of four (4) secretaries $ 221,556$ 244,043 19 M.Sanity Commissions $ 58,855$ 60,250 20 N.Board of Jury Commissioners $ 432,176$ 476,782 21 SUBTOTAL $ 6,866,289$ 7,306,633 22 14 Juvenile and Family Court Judges 23 A.Salaries of thirteen (13) Juvenile 24 Court Judges as provided by 25 R.S. 13:691 $ 2,055,942$ 2,110,850 26 B.Salaries of four (4) Family Court 27 Judges as provided by R.S. 13:691$ 632,597$ 649,492 28 C.Office and travel expenses of Juvenile 29 and Family Court Judges as 30 provided by R.S. 13:698 and 31 R.S. 13:694, respectively $ 97,750$ 97,750 32 SUBTOTAL $ 2,786,289$ 2,858,092 33 TOTAL EXPENDITURES (District Courts):$53,284,779$55,689,954 34 MEANS OF FINANCE: 35 State General Fund (Direct) $53,284,779$55,689,954 36 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCING 37 (District Courts): $53,284,779$55,689,954 Page 7 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 03-8173OTHER COURTS - SALARIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES AS 2 REQUIRED BY STATUTE 3 Program Description: The category includes forty-seven city courts, one municipal and traffic court 4 (New Orleans), and one parish court (Ascension Parish). 5 FY 23 EOB FY 24 REC 6 01Salaries of sixty (60) City Court 7 Judges as provided by R.S. 13:1875 $ 3,063,774$3,145,602 8 02Salaries of seven (7) Municipal and 9 Traffic and one (1) Parish Court 10 Judge as provided by R.S. 13:2492 11 and 2563.5, respectively $ 444,063 $ 455,923 12 TOTAL EXPENDITURES (OTHER COURTS 13 REQUIRED BY STATUTE) $ 3,507,837$3,601,525 14 MEANS OF FINANCE: 15 State General Fund (Direct) $ 3,507,837$3,601,525 16 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCE (OTHER 17 COURTS REQUIRED BY STATUTE) $ 3,507,837$3,601,525 18 03-8174 OTHER COURTS - SALARIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES NOT 19 REQUIRED BY STATUTE 20 FY 23 EOB FY 24 REC 21 01Orleans Parish Juvenile Protective 22 Care Monitoring Program $ 618,827$ 678,468 23 Program Description: The program tracks and maintains child abuse and neglect cases in the Orleans 24 Parish Juvenile Court. It also provides assistance in support of the Families in Need of Services Program. 25 02Orleans Parish Juvenile Court 26 Reporters $ 89,950 $ 105,448 27 03 For the expenses of the Judges' 28 Assistance Program $ 61,877 $ 63,343 29 Program Description: The Judges' Assistance Program provides counseling and other assistance to 30 judges with substance abuse problems. 31 TOTAL EXPENDITURES (OTHER COURTS 32 NOT REQUIRED BY STATUTE) $ 770,654 $ 847,259 33 MEANS OF FINANCE: 34 State General Fund (Direct) $ 770,654 $ 847,259 35 TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCE (OTHER 36 COURTS NOT REQUIRED BY 37 STATUTE) $ 770,654 $ 847,259 38 Section 2.A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or his duly authorized and 39 appointed agent, shall warrant the state treasurer for the allocations herein provided, or for 40 so much thereof as may be necessary. The aforesaid warrant shall be paid out of the State 41 General Fund, and the state treasurer shall pay said warrant by preference over all other Page 8 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 warrants, except warrants for the salaries of constitutional officers of the state and warrants 2 for expenses of the legislature, which shall be concurrent with the warrant provided by this 3 Act. 4 B. The funds drawn as provided herein shall be deposited in the name of the judiciary 5 in an approved bank that has been selected by the Supreme Court and is located in the state. 6 C. Any funds herein allocated to the judiciary, any portion of the funds previously 7 appropriated to the judiciary, other revenue of the judiciary or its agencies, and interest 8 earnings are hereby appropriated and may be used to defray the expenses of the judiciary; 9 however, all funds remaining unexpended or unencumbered shall be returnable to the State 10 General Fund on or before September 1, 2024. 11 D. For Fiscal Year 2023-2024, any surpluses occurring in the appropriations made in 12 this Act may be transferred from one agency or line-item to another during the fiscal year 13 in accordance with the rules of the Judicial Budgetary Control Board, or as approved by the 14 Supreme Court. 15 E. The adjustment to be made in the salaries of judicial employees and the number of 16 authorized positions of the judiciary shall be as decided by the judicial agency affected, 17 subject to the approval of the Judicial Budgetary Control Board, or as approved by the 18 Supreme Court. 19 F. The program descriptions contained in this Act are not part of the law and are not 20 enacted into law by virtue of their inclusion in this Act. 21 G. The inclusion in this Act of staff salaries and benefits for lower court or other judicial 22 branch agency employees shall not be deemed to create or impose any obligation upon the 23 State of Louisiana Judicial Branch, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the Judicial Budgetary 24 Control Board, or the Supreme Court Judicial Administrator's Office relative to the 25 administration of pay, retirement, or other benefits to any such employees. Accordingly, the 26 State of Louisiana Judicial Branch, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the Judicial Budgetary 27 Control Board, and the Supreme Court Judicial Administrator's Office are not to be 28 considered the "employer" or "employing agency" of lower court or other judicial agency 29 employees whose staff salaries and other benefits are included in this Act. 30 H. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, each of the appropriations 31 in this Act is deemed a bona fide obligation of the state through June 30, 2024. Page 9 of 10 HB NO. 104 ENROLLED 1 Section 3. The appropriations, and the allocations of such appropriations, from the State 2 General Fund (Direct) contained in Section 1 of this Act shall be reduced by a total amount 3 of Eleven Million Six Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Two and 4 No/100 ($11,672,292) Dollars, and increased from the State General Fund by statutory 5 dedications from the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund by One Million Five 6 Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Two and No/100 ($1,519,202) Dollars, pursuant 7 to a plan adopted by the Judicial Budgetary Control Board or as approved by the Louisiana 8 Supreme Court. 9 Section 4. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2023; if vetoed by the governor 10 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1, 11 2023, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later. 12 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT 13 In accordance with R.S. 39:51(D), the following represents a comparative statement for 14 each Court and program. The existing operating budget for FY 2022-2023 is compared 15 to the appropriations for FY 2023-2024 as contained in the original bill. 16 Existing Operating Budget Appropriation Request 17 Courts and Programs FY 2022-2023 FY 2023-2024 18 By Expenditure: 19 Supreme Court $85,859,141 $ 93,800,943 20 Courts of Appeal $50,789,030 $ 54,730,873 21 District Courts $53,284,779 $ 55,689,954 22 Other Courts (statutory) $ 3,507,837 $ 3,601,525 23 Other Programs (non-statutory)$ 770,654 $ 847,259 24 Reduction $ 0 $(10,153,090) 25 Total Expenditures $194,211,441 $ 198,517,464 26 By Means of Finance: 27 Total General Fund (Direct) $174,577,666 $ 190,555,981 28 Reduction General Fund (Direct)$ 0 $($11,672,292) 29 Total Interagency Transfers $ 9,392,850 $ 9,392,850 30 Total Statutory Dedications $10,240,925 $ 8,721,723 31 Addition Statutory Dedications$ 0 $ 1,519,202 Total Funding $194,211,441 $ 198,517,464 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: Page 10 of 10