This bill amends section 24-514 of the Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska to require the state to cover fifty percent of the operational costs of county courts. The state will pay these costs using funds appropriated to the Supreme Court, which includes all salaries, benefits, and expenses related to the education and travel of judges and employees of the county courts. The bill specifies that the operational costs covered by the state will include expenses previously outlined in the law, such as computer hardware and software for data processing, communication line costs, and equipment used for creating verbatim records of court proceedings.

Additionally, the bill removes certain provisions regarding the specific operational costs that the state will cover and clarifies that any county court expenses not provided for in this section will be the responsibility of the county. It also states that all property purchased by the county as a county court expense will remain the property of the county, regardless of the purchase date. The original section 24-514 is repealed as part of this legislative update.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 24-514