476.057. Judicial personnel training fund, judicial personnel defined. - Missouri Statutes

Judicial personnel training fund, judicial personnel defined.

476.057. 1. The state courts administrator shall determine theamount of the projected total collections of fees pursuant to section488.015, RSMo, payable to the state pursuant to section 488.023, RSMo, orsubdivision (4) of subsection 2 of section 488.018, RSMo; and the amount ofsuch projected total collections of fees required to be deposited into thefund in order to maintain the fund required pursuant to subsection 2 ofthis section. The amount of fees payable for court cases may thereafter beadjusted pursuant to section 488.015, RSMo, as provided by said section.All proceeds of the adjusted fees shall thereupon be collected anddeposited to the state general revenue fund as otherwise provided by law,subject to the transfer of a portion of such proceeds to the fundestablished pursuant to subsection 2 of this section.

2. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fundfor purposes of providing training and education for judicial personnel,including any clerical employees of each circuit court clerk. Moneys fromcollected fees shall be annually transferred by the state treasurer intothe fund from the state general revenue fund in the amount of no more thantwo percent of the amount expended for personal service by state and localgovernment entities for judicial personnel as determined by the statecourts administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. Anyunexpended balance remaining in the fund at the end of each biennium shallbe exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to thetransfer of unexpended balances to the state general revenue fund, untilthe amount in the fund exceeds two percent of the amounts expended forpersonal service by state and local government for judicial personnel.

3. The state treasurer shall administer the fund and, pursuant toappropriations, shall disburse moneys from the fund to the state courtsadministrator in order to provide training and to purchase goods andservices determined appropriate by the state courts administrator relatedto the training and education of judicial personnel. As used in thissection, the term "judicial personnel" shall include court personnel asdefined in section 476.058, and judges.

(L. 1997 S.B. 248)