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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                           Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                       adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                Division of the Budget                               http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                             Laura Kelly, Governor


                                                  February 20, 2023


          The Honorable Fred Patton, Chairperson
          House Committee on Judiciary
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Patton:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2383 by House Committee on Judiciary
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2383 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  HB 2383 would specify that the Supreme Court, upon request, would be required to allow
          a person who has held the position of a municipal judge in any city in Kansas for a period of not
          less than ten years to take the examination given to district magistrate judges. The results of the
          examination would have no effect on the person’s eligibility to hold the position of municipal
          judge.
                  The Office of Judicial Administration states enactment of the bill would have a fiscal effect
          on the operations of the Judicial Branch. The Office estimates the bill’s provisions would require
          the Judicial Branch to hire an additional Court Program Analyst FTE position. The additional FTE
          would schedule and organize the place and time to administer the examinations, administer the
          actual examination, and track the examination. The estimated cost for the additional FTE position
          would be $99,500 from the State General Fund in FY 2024. The Office also estimates there would
          be additional costs for other operating expenditures to administer the examinations, which would
          include travel expenses, rental of a meeting space, and other miscellaneous expenses. According
          to the Office, an accurate fiscal effect cannot be estimated until the Judicial Branch has had an
          opportunity to operate under the bill’s provisions. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2383 is
          not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
The Honorable Fred Patton, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2383

        The League of Kansas Municipalities states enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal
effect on Kansas cities.


                                                   Sincerely,

                                                   Adam Proffitt
                                                   Director of the Budget

cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
    Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 20-337