Post by Logan on Feb 24, 2016 0:34:45 GMT -6
Offering a "clear and sober warning," Kentucky's Supreme Court chief justice warned Tuesday that budget cuts proposed by Gov. Matt Bevin would cripple the court system statewide.
Just to enact the 4.5 percent cuts Bevin has proposed for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, the courts "likely would have to shut down the entire court system for approximately three weeks," John Minton Jr. told a house budget subcommittee.
"It is simply not possible for the judicial branch to cut 4.5 percent, $9 million, from our general fund in the current fiscal year," Minton told the panel.
Further, cuts of 9 percent in each of the next two fiscal years would result in "massive reductions in the workforce" and Minton said other justice initiatives "would be jeopardized by a crippled court system."
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2016/02/23/chief-justice-bevin-cuts-would-close-courts/80802250/#
Just to enact the 4.5 percent cuts Bevin has proposed for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, the courts "likely would have to shut down the entire court system for approximately three weeks," John Minton Jr. told a house budget subcommittee.
"It is simply not possible for the judicial branch to cut 4.5 percent, $9 million, from our general fund in the current fiscal year," Minton told the panel.
Further, cuts of 9 percent in each of the next two fiscal years would result in "massive reductions in the workforce" and Minton said other justice initiatives "would be jeopardized by a crippled court system."
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2016/02/23/chief-justice-bevin-cuts-would-close-courts/80802250/#