SECTION 1.
The sum of thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars ($36,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for the purpose of funding 25 new superior court judgeships, and expenses associated with the judicial positions in the counties to which those judicial positions are allocated, as authorized pursuant to Section 69614.2 of the Government Code. The Judicial Council shall determine the allocation of the funded judgeships pursuant to the uniform criteria described in subdivision (b) of Section 69614 of the Government Code, as updated and approved by the Judicial Council.