Effective 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
476.265. Judicial department, budget, procedure for formulation. — 1. The budget for the funding of the judicial department by the state for each fiscal year shall be formulated in the same manner as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection 6 of section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and in section 33.220, except as otherwise provided in this section.
2. For purposes of budget procedures, the supreme court shall be considered as the head of the department. The chief judge of each district of the court of appeals with the approval of a majority of the judges of each district and the presiding judge of each circuit with the approval of a majority of the circuit and associate circuit judges of the circuit shall present their estimates for the districts and circuits, respectively, in the same manner as a division of a department of the executive branch of government.
3. The budget estimates prepared within the judicial department shall be provided to the budget director on or before October first in each year preceding the annual session of the general assembly.
4. Budgets shall be submitted by circuit and by district of the court of appeals; provided, however, that budgeting on a district-by-district and circuit-by-circuit basis shall not preclude additional contingency appropriations which may be made for allocation by the supreme court as needed among the various districts and circuits.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
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