Judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund

(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund. (b) All moneys credited to the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund shall be used for compensation of nonjudicial officers and employees of the district courts, court of appeals and the supreme court and shall not be expended for compensation of judges or justices of the judicial branch. (c) On or before the 10th day of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund interest earnings based on: (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund for the preceding month; and (2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month. (d) All expenditures from the judicial branch nonjudicial salary adjustment fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts and upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to payrolls approved by the chief justice of the Kansas supreme court or by a person or persons designated by the chief justice.