HCS SS SCS SB 144 -- JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

SPONSOR:  Gross (Byrd)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Judiciary
by a vote of 10 to 1.

This substitute specifies that beginning on January 1, 2007,
there will be six circuit judges in the 11th and 23rd judicial
circuits.  The family court commissioner and the drug court
commissioner positions in the 11th and 23rd judicial circuit will
become associate circuit judge positions beginning January 1,
2007; and there will be one additional associate circuit judge in
Cass County beginning January 1, 2007.

A state-funded family court commissioner position is created in
the 29th judicial circuit and a state-funded drug court
commissioner position in the 42nd judicial circuit.  The
substitute specifies that any drug court commissioner appointed
in the 23rd judicial circuit will be a state-funded position.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost to General Revenue Fund of $74,765
to Unknown in FY 2006, $502,936 to Unknown in FY 2007, and
$869,993 to Unknown in FY 2008.  No impact on Other State Funds
in FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will help ease the
workload of judges in St. Charles County.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Byrd; and Honorable
Daniel Pelikan, Associate Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Amy Woods, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:21 pm