AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.
     Amend KRS 26A.090 to prohibit unapproved use allowance payments for court facilities projects; amend KRS 26A.100 to require projects to meet the standards of the National Center for State Courts; create new sections of KRS Chapter 26A to establish a court facility use allowance contingency fund; allow the Court of Justice to use the fund for 15% increases in project scopes; require the Court to seek approval to use the fund from the Court Facilities Standards Committee and the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee; establish procedures for those committees' review; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide status reports on court facilities projects.

     Feb 2-introduced in House
     Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
     Mar 4-posting waived
     Mar 12-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Mar 13-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for March 16, 1998
     Mar 17-3rd reading, passed 89-0
     Mar 18-received in Senate
     Mar 19-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)