Bill > H0457

This bill appropriates funding to the Judicial Branch of Idaho for fiscal year 2025. The key provisions include: 1. Appropriating over $88 million to the Judicial Branch, including funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, Magistrate Division, Water Adjudication, Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Services, and the Guardian Ad Litem Program. 2. Exempting the Judicial Branch from expense class and program transfer limitations, allowing unlimited transfers between expense classes and programs. 3. Requiring the state's share of retirement contributions for justices and judges to be transferred monthly from the General Fund to the Judges' Retirement Fund. 4. Reappropriating up to $18.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund for the Judicial Branch's nonrecurring expenditures in fiscal year 2025. 5. Declaring an emergency and making the bill effective on July 1, 2024.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations Committee (House)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0457/