12-117.01. General adjudication personnel and support fund; exemption; purposes; joint legislative budget committee review
A. The general adjudication personnel and support fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature. The supreme court shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
B. Monies in the fund shall be used by both:
1. The supreme court to provide additional full-time personnel for the general adjudication as prescribed in section 45-252, subsection D and to provide case management and other support equipment, services and personnel.
2. The department of water resources for additional full-time personnel and other equipment and services related to the general adjudication.
C. For fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, before any monies are spent from the fund, the supreme court and the department of water resources shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee. The chairperson of the joint legislative budget committee shall determine whether the submitted plan requires review before the full committee.