House Bill No. by Representative Braud amends R.S. 13:50(3)(b) to include provisions for funding salary increases for judges in Fiscal Year 2024. The bill specifies that any salary increase authorized by the Judicial Compensation Commission for this fiscal year shall be funded by the judiciary, in addition to the existing provision that salary increases for Fiscal Year 2020 are also to be funded by the judiciary.

The proposed law retains the current requirement that salary increases for judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, and district courts must receive prior approval from the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Judicial Budgetary Control Board before July 1st of each year. This amendment ensures that the funding mechanism for judicial salary increases is clearly established for both the years 2020 and 2024.

Statutes affected:
HB569 Original: 13:50(3)