20-1a15. Judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund.

(b) All moneys credited to the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund shall be used for compensation of nonjudicial officers and employees of the district courts, court of appeals and the supreme court and shall not be expended for compensation of judges or justices of the judicial branch. Moneys in the fund shall be used only to pay for that portion of the cost of salaries and wages of nonjudicial personnel of the judicial branch, including associated employer contributions, which shall not exceed the difference between the amount of expenditures that would be required under the judicial branch pay plan for nonjudicial personnel in effect prior to the effective date of this act and the amount of expenditures required under the judicial branch pay plan for nonjudicial personnel after the cost-of-living adjustments and the adjustments for upgrades in pay rates for nonjudicial personnel approved by the chief justice of the Kansas supreme court for fiscal year 2015. For fiscal years commencing on and after June 30, 2016, moneys in such fund shall be used only for the amount attributable to maintenance of the judicial branch pay plan for nonjudicial personnel for such adjustments and upgrades approved by the chief justice of the supreme court for fiscal year 2015.

(c) On or before the 10th day of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund interest earnings based on:

(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund for the preceding month; and

(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

(d) All expenditures from the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts and upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to payrolls approved by the chief justice of the Kansas supreme court or by a person or persons designated by the chief justice.

History: L. 2008, ch. 95, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 1, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 125, § 2; July 1.