HSB 15 (LSB 1163XD (2) 85)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED JUDICIAL BRANCH BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the administration of the judicial branch including provisions pertaining to shorthand reporters and the practice of law, making appropriations, and providing for a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.504, subsection 2, paragraph j, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  The collection entity shall remit to the state court administrator, on at least a monthly basis, ten percent of the amounts set off to be used by the judicial branch to defray the costs of collecting unpaid court debt pursuant to section 602.8107.
    Sec. 2.  Section 602.3106, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   2.  The fees collected are appropriated to the judicial branch and shall be used to offset the expenses of the board, including the costs of administering the examination.
    Sec. 3.  Section 602.8106, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  For filing and docketing a complaint or information or uniform citation and complaint for parking violations under sections 321.236, 321.239, 321.358, 321.360, and 321.361, eight dollars, effective January 1, 2004
 
thirty-five dollars. The court costs in cases of parking meter and overtime parking violations which are contested, and charged and collected pursuant to section 321.236, subsection 1, or pursuant to a uniform citation and complaint, are eight dollars per information or complaint or per uniform citation and complaint effective January 1, 1991.
    Sec. 4.  Section 602.10108, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Fees shall be collected by the board and transmitted to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the fees in the general fund of the state
 
are appropriated to the judicial branch and shall be used to offset the costs of administering this article.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the administration of the judicial branch.
   The bill requires the department of administrative services and any other state agency that maintains a separate accounting system and elects to establish a debt collection setoff procedure, to remit to the state court administrator, 10 percent of the amounts set off from the collection of delinquent court debt for use by the judicial branch to defray the costs of collecting unpaid court debt.
   The bill specifies that the fees assessed for shorthand certification examinations are appropriated to the judicial branch and shall be used to offset the expenses of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters, including the costs of administering examinations.
   The bill increases the fee for filing and docketing a complaint or information for state and local parking violations from $8 to $35. The bill eliminates the court costs assessed for contested local parking meter and overtime parking violations. 
   The bill specifies that the fees collected for examination and admission to practice law are appropriated to the judicial branch and shall be used to offset the costs of administering the examination and admission process to practice law.