Notable budgets to be presented in subcommittee today

The following budgets have been referred to the Constitutional Officers Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council/Joint Budget Committee and will be discussed this morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Capitol:

Agency	Presenter	Book/Page
Legislative Audit	Roger Norman	Vol. 10, pp. 428-434
Arkansas Supreme Court	Chief Justice Jim Hannah	Vol. 10, pp. 545-554
Arkansas Court of Appeals	Chief Judge John Pittman*	Vol. 10, pp. 210-216
Administrative Office of the Courts	J.D. Gingerich	Vol. 10, pp. 4-45
State Auditor	Auditor of State Jim Wood	Vol. 10, pp. 77-110
Judicial Discipline Commission	Judge David Stewart	Vol. 8, pp. 323-329

Here's a link to the "A" Book, where you can find a summary of historical expenditures for each of these agencies going back a decade. None of these appropriations have an executive recommendation except for the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, which did not receive a recommendation for requested salary increases to put its staff on par with staff of the Committee on Professional Conduct. They basically have the same function, except the Judicial Discipline Commission enforces disciplinary and ethical rules for the state's judges, whereas the Office of Professional Conduct enforces the Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys.

*- Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Jim Hannah appointed Court of Appeals Judge Larry Vaught as Chief Judge yesterday. Vaught's term will begin at the beginning of the year, and Chief Judge Pittman will present the court's budget today.