Committee clears bill aligning law-clerk pay practices with statute
House Bill 1222, intended to reconcile statutory language with long-standing practice for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals law clerks and to require inter-court notice before pay-grade requests, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote.
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House Bill 1222, presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee, clarifies statutory language governing law clerks for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and confirms that existing staffing (two law clerks) is unchanged. The sponsor said the bill brings statute into alignment with practice and includes a provision that the courts give timely notice to each other before requesting a pay-grade change.
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