Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2547

BY: Senator(s) Clarke, Thames

     AMEND on line 28 by changing the period to a comma and inserting the following thereafter:

and of making a special study of the concerns and needs of the state judiciary for emergency and disaster response and developing and maintaining an emergency response plan for the Supreme Court, and for making a special study of electronic case management and electronic filing systems for the courts of the state, and for additional judicial services performed after usual state business hours to reduce delays, backlogs and inefficiencies to comply with time standards adopted by and for the appellate and trial courts, and for promoting public awareness of our judicial processes and openness and accessibility of our courts by being available to conduct programs and give speeches to civic, educational, governmental and religious organizations and entities.

     FURTHER, AMEND on line 62 by changing the period to a comma and inserting the following thereafter:

and of making a special study of the concerns and needs of the state judiciary for emergency and disaster response and developing and maintaining an emergency response plan for the Court of Appeals, and for being available for special trial judge appointments because of a statewide increase in litigation and insufficient resources to fully fund trial judge positions needed across the state, and for additional judicial services performed after usual state business hours to reduce delays, backlogs and inefficiencies to comply with time standards adopted by and for the appellate and trial courts, and for promoting public awareness of our judicial processes and openness and accessibility of our courts by being available to conduct programs and give speeches to civic, educational, governmental and religious organizations and entities.

     FURTHER, AMEND on line 101 by inserting the following after the period:

The judges shall make a special study of the concerns and needs of the district for emergency and disaster response and develop and maintain an emergency response plan for the district.  The judges shall be available after usual state business hours to perform additional judicial services to reduce delays, backlogs and inefficiencies to comply with time standards adopted by and for the trial courts.  The judges shall be available to conduct programs and give speeches to civic, educational, governmental and religious organizations and entities for promoting public awareness of our judicial processes and openness and accessibility of our courts.