(1) There is created a court facility use allowance contingency fund. The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it in the judicial branch budget by the General Assembly. Money in the fund shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year or biennium.
(2) The Court of Justice may agree to increase the budgeted scope of a court project or project pool authorized in a judicial branch budget bill enacted by the General Assembly, and may use the use allowance contingency fund to cover any resulting increase in the budgeted annual use allowance, if and only if:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 26A.164

  • Biennium: means the two (2) year period commencing on July 1 in each even- numbered year and ending on June 30 in the ensuing even-numbered year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(a) The appropriate unit of government first submits a proposal for the increase to the Court Facilities Standards Committee, and the Court Facilities Standards Committee approves the increase;
(b) The annual use allowance for the project or project pool, adjusted for the proposed increase in scope, would not exceed the annual use allowance specified for that project or project pool in the multiyear use allowance schedule set out in the judicial branch budget bill by more than fifteen percent (15%); and
(c) The requirements of KRS § 26A.166 have been met.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011. — Created 2000
Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000.