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Judiciary Committee to hear LB 216 on Feb. 13, a proposal to make district court clerks state employees and split county court costs with the state
Summary
The Judiciary Committee will hear LB 216, which would move ex officio clerk duties to the district court and convert elected district court clerks into state employees in 2027; the committee will also consider a bill to require the state to pay half of county court operational costs.
The Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear LB 216 on Feb. 13. As described in the report, the bill would transfer duties currently performed by ex officio clerks to the district court and make elected district court clerks state employees beginning in 2027. After that date, clerks would be appointed and supervised by the district judge in each judicial district.
The transcript states that if a vacancy occurs judges and court clerks would be required to develop a consolidation plan, counties would be asked to provide office space, and the state would pay salaries and benefits for the new state employees. The committee will also consider a separate bill at the same hearing that would require the state to pay half of the operational costs of county courts; the transcript notes that currently the state pays judges’ and some equipment costs while counties cover other operational expenses.
No committee action or vote on either bill is recorded in the transcript; the hearing date and the bills’ structural changes are the items reported.
What’s next: The Judiciary Committee’s Feb. 13 hearing will determine whether the bills advance, are amended or are otherwise acted on.
