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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
847
BY
APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
JUDICIAL
BRANCH;
APPROPRIATING
MONEYS
2
TO
THE
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
EXEMPTING
THE
APPROPRI
-
3
ATION
FROM
EXPENSE
CLASS
AND
PROGRAM
TRANSFER
LIMITATIONS;
PROVIDING
4
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RETIREMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS;
PROVIDING
REAPPROPRIATION
5
AUTHORITY;
PROVIDING
FOR
CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS;
6
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
There
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Judicial
Branch
the
fol
-
9
lowing
amounts
to
be
expended
according
to
the
designated
programs
and
ex
-
10
pense
classes
from
the
listed
funds
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
1
1
30,
2027:
12
FOR
13
FOR
14
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
15
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
16
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
I.
COURT
OPERATIONS:
17
A.
SUPREME
COURT:
18
FROM:
19
General
20
Fund
21
$16,635,900
$1,295,500
$225,600
$18,157,000
Miscellaneous
Revenue
22
Fund
23
271,000
271,000
Federal
Grant
24
Fund
25
440,100
1,419,300
0
1,859,400
TOTAL
26
$17,076,000
$2,985,800
$225,600
$20,287,400
B.
COURT
OF
APPEALS:
27
FROM:
28
General
29
Fund
30
$2,756,700
$43,900
$2,800,600
C.
DISTRICT
COURTS:
31
FROM:
32
General
33
Fund
34
$24,165,200
$1,102,800
$25,268,000
2
FOR
1
FOR
2
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
3
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
4
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
Court
Technology
5
Fund
6
5,751,300
$3,348,300
9,099,600
Drug
Court,
Mental
Health
Court
and
Family
Court
Services
7
Fund
8
1,930,400
3,368,500
0
5,298,900
TOTAL
9
$26,095,600
$10,222,600
$3,348,300
$39,666,500
D.
MAGISTRATE
DIVISION:
10
FROM:
1
1
General
12
Fund
13
$23,094,100
$382,800
$23,476,900
Drug
Court,
Mental
Health
Court
and
Family
Court
Services
14
Fund
15
1,278,600
1,890,700
3,169,300
Guardianship
Pilot
Project
16
Fund
17
371,600
66,200
437,800
Senior
Magistrate
Judges
18
Fund
19
600,000
600,000
Federal
Grant
20
Fund
21
21,000
90,100
111,100
TOTAL
22
$24,765,300
$3,029,800
$27,795,100
E.
WATER
ADJUDICATION:
23
FROM:
24
General
25
Fund
26
$757,500
$161,900
$919,400
F.
COMMUNITY
-
BASED
SUBSTANCE
USE
TREATMENT
SERVICES:
27
FROM:
28
Substance
Abuse
Treatment
29
Fund
30
$264,200
$434,200
$4,230,800
$4,929,200
G.
SENIOR
JUDGES:
31
FROM:
32
General
33
Fund
34
$1,181,900
$1,181,900
DIVISION
TOTAL
35
$72,897,200
$16,878,200
$3,348,300
$4,456,400
$97,580,100
3
FOR
1
FOR
2
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
3
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
4
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
II.
GUARDIAN
AD
LITEM
PROGRAM:
5
FROM:
6
General
7
Fund
8
$16,700
$2,750,800
$2,767,500
III.
JUDICIAL
COUNCIL:
9
FROM:
10
General
1
1
Fund
12
$22,500
$132,500
$155,000
GRAND
TOTAL
13
$72,936,400
$17,010,700
$3,348,300
$7,207,200
$100,502,600
SECTION
2.
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
EXPENSE
CLASS
AND
PROGRAM
TRANSFER
LIMITA
-
14
TIONS.
The
Judicial
Branch
is
hereby
exempted
from
the
provisions
of
Section
15
67
-
3511(1),
(2),
and
(3),
Idaho
Code,
allowing
unlimited
transfers
between
16
expense
classes
and
between
programs
for
all
moneys
appropriated
to
it
for
17
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
Legislative
appropriations
18
shall
not
be
transferred
from
one
fund
to
another
fund
unless
expressly
ap
-
19
proved
by
the
Legislature.
20
SECTION
3.
RETIREMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Of
the
amount
appropriated
in
21
Section
1
of
this
act
from
the
General
Fund
for
the
state's
share
of
retire
-
22
ment
contribution
remittances
to
the
Judges'
Retirement
Fund
for
justices'
23
and
judges'
retirement
benefits
pursuant
to
Section
1
-
2004(2),
Idaho
Code,
24
those
amounts
that
are
uncommitted
shall
be
transferred
monthly
into
op
-
25
erating
expenditures
and
then
paid
by
the
Judicial
Branch
into
the
Judges'
26
Retirement
Fund.
27
SECTION
4.
REAPPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY.
There
is
hereby
reappropriated
28
to
the
Judicial
Branch
any
unexpended
and
unencumbered
balances
appropri
-
29
ated
or
reappropriated
to
the
Judicial
Branch
from
the
American
Rescue
Plan
30
Act
(ARPA)
State
Fiscal
Recovery
Fund
for
fiscal
year
2026,
in
an
amount
not
31
to
exceed
$16,222,200
from
the
American
Rescue
Plan
Act
(ARPA)
State
Fiscal
32
Recovery
Fund,
to
be
used
for
nonrecurring
expenditures
for
the
period
July
33
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
The
Office
of
the
State
Controller
shall
con
-
34
firm
the
reappropriation
amount,
by
fund,
expense
class,
and
program,
with
35
the
Legislative
Services
Office
prior
to
processing
the
reappropriation
au
-
36
thorized
herein.
37
4
SECTION
5.
CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS,
AND
RESTRICTIONS.
Appropriations
1
made
pursuant
to
this
act
are
subject
to
the
conditions,
limitations,
and
re
-
2
strictions
specified
in
this
act.
3
SECTION
6.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
4
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
5
July
1,
2026.
6