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Senate approves $ judicial branch supplement tied to recent judges and salary bills
Summary
The Idaho Senate on March 27 passed Senate Bill 11-85, a finance committee bill that provides one-time and ongoing funding increases for the judicial branch tied largely to recently enacted policy bills that add judges and increase judicial salaries.
BOISE — The Idaho Senate on March 27 approved Senate Bill 11-85, a finance committee appropriation that increases funding for the judicial branch to pay for new judgeships, court reporters and a personnel market adjustment, and for IT and other operating costs tied to recent policy legislation.
Sponsor Sen. Sarah Cook described the bill as a set of “enhancements for court operations” that largely flow from three policy measures enacted earlier this session: House Bill 3-22 (judicial salary increases) and Senate Bills 10-28 and 10-29 (new district judges). Cook said the three policy bills caused roughly $4,691,400 of the budget increase and that the full package was 5.5% above the current-year judicial budget.
Cook told…
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