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House Study Bill 745

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.  There is appropriated
  1  2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
  1  3 justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
  1  4 June 30, 1997, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
  1  5 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1  6    1.  For the general office of attorney general for
  1  7 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes
  1  8 including odometer fraud enforcement, and for not more than
  1  9 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  1 10 .................................................. $  5,643,460
  1 11 ............................................... FTEs     177.50
  1 12    2.  Prosecuting attorney training program for salaries,
  1 13 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
  1 14 than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  1 15 .................................................. $    133,759
  1 16 ............................................... FTEs       4.00
  1 17    a.  In addition to the funds appropriated in this
  1 18 subsection for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
  1 19 ending June 30, 1997, the attorney general shall provide up to
  1 20 $41,000 in state matching funds from moneys retained by the
  1 21 attorney general from property forfeited pursuant to section
  1 22 809.13, for the prosecuting attorney training program, the
  1 23 prosecuting intern program, or both.  Counties participating
  1 24 in the prosecuting intern program shall match the state funds.
  1 25    b.  In addition to the funds appropriated in this
  1 26 subsection for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
  1 27 ending June 30, 1997, and the moneys retained by the attorney
  1 28 general pursuant to paragraph "a", the attorney general shall
  1 29 provide up to $10,000 in state matching funds from moneys
  1 30 retained by the attorney general from property forfeited
  1 31 pursuant to section 809.13, for the office of the prosecuting
  1 32 attorneys training coordinator to use for continuation of the
  1 33 domestic violence response enhancement program established in
  1 34 accordance with 1992 Iowa Acts, chapter 1240, section 1,
  1 35 subsection 2, paragraph "b".
  2  1    c.  The prosecuting attorneys training program shall use a
  2  2 portion of the funds appropriated in this subsection for
  2  3 educating and training prosecuting attorneys, as defined in
  2  4 section 13A.1, in alternative dispute resolution techniques.
  2  5    3.  In addition to the funds appropriated in subsection 1,
  2  6 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  2  7 the department of justice for the fiscal year beginning July
  2  8 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, an amount not exceeding
  2  9 $200,000 to be used for the enforcement of the Iowa
  2 10 competition law.  The expenditure of the funds appropriated in
  2 11 this subsection is contingent upon receipt by the general fund
  2 12 of the state of an amount at least equal to either the
  2 13 expenditures from damages awarded to the state or a political
  2 14 subdivision of the state by a civil judgment under chapter
  2 15 553, if the judgment authorizes the use of the award for
  2 16 enforcement purposes or costs or attorneys fees awarded the
  2 17 state in state or federal antitrust actions.  However, if the
  2 18 funds received as a result of these judgments are in excess of
  2 19 $200,000, the excess funds shall not be appropriated to the
  2 20 department of justice pursuant to this subsection.
  2 21    4.  In addition to the funds appropriated in subsection 1,
  2 22 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  2 23 the department of justice for the fiscal year beginning July
  2 24 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, an amount not exceeding
  2 25 $125,000 to be used for public education relating to consumer
  2 26 fraud and for enforcement of section 714.16, and an amount not
  2 27 exceeding $75,000 for investigation, prosecution, and consumer
  2 28 education relating to consumer and criminal fraud against
  2 29 older Iowans.  The expenditure of the funds appropriated in
  2 30 this subsection is contingent upon receipt by the general fund
  2 31 of the state of an amount at least equal to the expenditures
  2 32 from damages awarded to the state or a political subdivision
  2 33 of the state by a civil consumer fraud judgment or settlement,
  2 34 if the judgment or settlement authorizes the use of the award
  2 35 for public education on consumer fraud.  However, if the funds
  3  1 received as a result of these judgments and settlements are in
  3  2 excess of $200,000, the excess funds shall not be appropriated
  3  3 to the department of justice pursuant to this subsection.
  3  4    5.  For victim assistance grants:  
  3  5 .................................................. $  1,359,806
  3  6    a.  The funds appropriated in this subsection shall be used
  3  7 to provide grants to care providers providing services to
  3  8 crime victims of domestic abuse or to crime victims of rape
  3  9 and sexual assault.
  3 10    b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33 or 8.39, any balance
  3 11 remaining from the appropriation in this subsection shall not
  3 12 revert to the general fund of the state but shall be available
  3 13 for expenditure during the subsequent fiscal year for the same
  3 14 purpose, and shall not be transferred to any other program.
  3 15    6.  For the GASA prosecuting attorney program and for not
  3 16 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  3 17 .................................................. $    108,999
  3 18 ............................................... FTEs       3.00
  3 19    7.  The balance of the victim compensation fund established
  3 20 under section 912.14 may be used to provide salary and support
  3 21 of not more than 9.00 FTEs and to provide maintenance for the
  3 22 victim compensation functions of the department of justice.
  3 23    8.  The department of justice shall submit monthly
  3 24 financial statements to the legislative fiscal bureau and the
  3 25 department of management containing all appropriated accounts
  3 26 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status
  3 27 reports and personal services usage reports of the department
  3 28 of revenue and finance.  The monthly financial statements
  3 29 shall include comparisons of the moneys and percentage spent
  3 30 of budgeted to actual revenues and expenditures on a
  3 31 cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and
  3 32 available moneys.
  3 33    9.  a.  The department of justice, in submitting budget
  3 34 estimates pursuant to section 8.23, shall include a report of
  3 35 funding from sources other than amounts appropriated directly
  4  1 from the general fund of the state to the department of
  4  2 justice or to the office of consumer advocate.  These funding
  4  3 sources shall include, but are not limited to, reimbursements
  4  4 from other state agencies, commissions, boards, or similar
  4  5 entities, and reimbursements from special funds or internal
  4  6 accounts within the department of justice.  The department of
  4  7 justice shall report actual reimbursements for the fiscal year
  4  8 commencing July 1, 1995, and actual and expected
  4  9 reimbursements for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996.
  4 10    b.  The department of justice shall include the report
  4 11 required under paragraph "a", as well as information regarding
  4 12 any revisions occurring as a result of reimbursements actually
  4 13 received or expected at a later date, in a report to the co-
  4 14 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
  4 15 subcommittee on the justice system and the legislative fiscal
  4 16 bureau.  The department of justice shall submit the report on
  4 17 or before January 15, 1997.
  4 18    Sec. 2.  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – OBSCENITY ENFORCEMENT.
  4 19 There is appropriated from the victim compensation fund
  4 20 established in section 912.14 to the department of justice for
  4 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
  4 22 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  4 23 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  4 24    For establishing an antiobscenity enforcement unit within
  4 25 the general office of attorney general, and for not more than
  4 26 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  4 27 .................................................. $    110,000
  4 28 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
  4 29    The purpose of the appropriation provided in this section
  4 30 is deemed to be a permissible purpose for the use of moneys of
  4 31 the victim compensation fund as established under section
  4 32 912.14.
  4 33    Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE.  There is
  4 34 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the office
  4 35 of consumer advocate of the department of justice for the
  5  1 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997,
  5  2 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  5  3 be used for the purposes designated:
  5  4    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5  5 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  5  6 positions:  
  5  7 .................................................. $  2,337,189
  5  8 ............................................... FTEs      32.00
  5  9    Sec. 4.  BOARD OF PAROLE.  There is appropriated from the
  5 10 general fund of the state to the board of parole for the
  5 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997,
  5 12 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  5 13 be used for the purposes designated:
  5 14    For salaries, support, maintenance, including maintenance
  5 15 of an automated docket and the board's automated risk
  5 16 assessment model, employment of two statistical research
  5 17 analysts to assist with the application of the risk assessment
  5 18 model in the parole decision-making process, miscellaneous
  5 19 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
  5 20 equivalent positions:  
  5 21 .................................................. $    827,749
  5 22 ............................................... FTEs      17.00
  5 23    Sec. 5.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – FACILITIES.  There is
  5 24 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  5 25 department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July
  5 26 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amounts, or
  5 27 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  5 28 designated:
  5 29    1.  For the operation of adult correctional institutions,
  5 30 to be allocated as follows:
  5 31    a.  For the operation of the Fort Madison correctional
  5 32 facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, employment
  5 33 of correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  5 34 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  5 35 .................................................. $ 26,170,099
  6  1 ............................................... FTEs     495.00
  6  2    b.  In addition to the funds appropriated in paragraph "a",
  6  3 for the operation of cellhouse 17 of the Fort Madison
  6  4 correctional facility, including salaries, support,
  6  5 maintenance, employment of correctional officers,
  6  6 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  6  7 full-time equivalent positions:  
  6  8 .................................................. $    216,363
  6  9 ............................................... FTEs       3.17
  6 10    c.  For the operation of the Anamosa correctional facility,
  6 11 including salaries, support, maintenance, employment of
  6 12 correctional officers and a part-time chaplain to provide
  6 13 religious counseling to inmates of a minority race,
  6 14 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  6 15 full-time equivalent positions:  
  6 16 .................................................. $ 19,955,506
  6 17 ............................................... FTEs     372.75
  6 18    Moneys are provided within this appropriation for two full-
  6 19 time substance abuse counselors for the Luster Heights
  6 20 facility, for the purpose of certification of a substance
  6 21 abuse program at that facility.
  6 22    d.  For the operation of the Oakdale correctional facility,
  6 23 including salaries, support, maintenance, employment of
  6 24 correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  6 25 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  6 26 .................................................. $ 16,360,631
  6 27 ............................................... FTEs     321.30
  6 28    e.  For the operation of the Newton correctional facility,
  6 29 including salaries, support, maintenance, employment of
  6 30 correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  6 31 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  6 32 .................................................. $ 10,233,775
  6 33 ............................................... FTEs     154.28
  6 34    f.  For the operation of the Mt. Pleasant correctional
  6 35 facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, employment
  7  1 of correctional officers and a full-time chaplain to provide
  7  2 religious counseling at the Oakdale and Mt. Pleasant
  7  3 correctional facilities, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  7  4 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  7  5 .................................................. $ 14,684,042
  7  6 ............................................... FTEs     279.32
  7  7    g.  For the operation of the Rockwell City correctional
  7  8 facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, employment
  7  9 of correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  7 10 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  7 11 .................................................. $  5,656,219
  7 12 ............................................... FTEs     111.00
  7 13    h.  For the operation of the Clarinda correctional
  7 14 facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, employment
  7 15 of correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  7 16 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  7 17 .................................................. $ 14,467,836
  7 18 ............................................... FTEs     246.00
  7 19    Moneys received by the department of corrections as
  7 20 reimbursement for services provided to the Clarinda youth
  7 21 corporation are appropriated to the department and shall be
  7 22 used for the purpose of operating the Clarinda correctional
  7 23 facility.
  7 24    i.  For the operation of the Mitchellville correctional
  7 25 facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, employment
  7 26 of correctional officers, miscellaneous purposes, and for not
  7 27 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  7 28 .................................................. $  6,477,098
  7 29 ............................................... FTEs     132.00
  7 30    2.  a.  If the inmate tort claim fund for inmate claims of
  7 31 less than $50 is exhausted during the fiscal year, sufficient
  7 32 funds shall be transferred from the institutional budgets to
  7 33 pay approved tort claims for the balance of the fiscal year.
  7 34 The warden or superintendent of each institution or
  7 35 correctional facility shall designate an employee to receive,
  8  1 investigate, and recommend whether to pay any properly filed
  8  2 inmate tort claim for less than the above amount.  The
  8  3 designee's recommendation shall be approved or denied by the
  8  4 warden or superintendent and forwarded to the department of
  8  5 corrections for final approval and payment.  The amounts
  8  6 appropriated to this fund pursuant to 1987 Iowa Acts, chapter
  8  7 234, section 304, subsection 2, are not subject to reversion
  8  8 under section 8.33.
  8  9    b.  Tort claims denied at the institution shall be
  8 10 forwarded to the state appeal board for their consideration as
  8 11 if originally filed with that body.  This procedure shall be
  8 12 used in lieu of chapter 669 for inmate tort claims of less
  8 13 than $50.
  8 14    Sec. 6.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – ADMINISTRATION.
  8 15 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  8 16 the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning
  8 17 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amounts,
  8 18 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
  8 19 purposes designated:
  8 20    1.  For general administration, including salaries,
  8 21 support, maintenance, employment of an education director and
  8 22 clerk to administer a centralized education program for the
  8 23 correctional system, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
  8 24 than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  8 25 .................................................. $  2,372,985
  8 26 ............................................... FTEs      38.18
  8 27    The department shall monitor the use of the classification
  8 28 model by the judicial district departments of correctional
  8 29 services and has the authority to override a district
  8 30 department's decision regarding classification of community-
  8 31 based clients.  The department shall notify a district
  8 32 department of the reasons for the override.
  8 33    It is the intent of the general assembly that as a
  8 34 condition of receiving the appropriation provided in this
  8 35 subsection, the department of corrections shall not enter into
  9  1 a new contract, unless the contract is a renewal of an
  9  2 existing contract, for the expenditure of moneys in excess of
  9  3 one hundred thousand dollars during the fiscal year beginning
  9  4 July 1, 1996, for the privatization of services performed by
  9  5 the department using state employees as of July 1, 1996, or
  9  6 for the privatization of new services by the department,
  9  7 without prior consultation with any applicable state employee
  9  8 organization affected by the proposed new contract and prior
  9  9 notification of the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the
  9 10 joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system.
  9 11    2.  For reimbursement of counties for temporary confinement
  9 12 of work release and parole violators, as provided in sections
  9 13 901.7, 904.908, and 906.17 and for offenders confined pursuant
  9 14 to section 904.513:  
  9 15 .................................................. $    237,038
  9 16    3.  For federal prison reimbursement, reimbursements for
  9 17 out-of-state placements, and miscellaneous contracts:  
  9 18 .................................................. $    341,334
  9 19    The department of corrections shall use funds appropriated
  9 20 by this subsection to continue to contract for the services of
  9 21 a Muslim imam.
  9 22    4.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  9 23 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
  9 24 equivalent positions at the correctional training center at
  9 25 Mt. Pleasant:  
  9 26 .................................................. $    458,074
  9 27 ............................................... FTEs       8.16
  9 28    5.  For annual payment relating to the financial
  9 29 arrangement for the construction of expansion in prison
  9 30 capacity as provided in 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 316, section
  9 31 7, subsection 6:  
  9 32 .................................................. $    625,860
  9 33    6.  For annual payment relating to the financial
  9 34 arrangement for the construction of expansion in prison
  9 35 capacity as provided in 1990 Iowa Acts, chapter 1257, section
 10  1 24:  
 10  2 .................................................. $  3,179,500
 10  3    7.  For educational programs for inmates at state penal
 10  4 institutions:  
 10  5 .................................................. $  2,250,600
 10  6    It is the intent of the general assembly that moneys
 10  7 appropriated in this subsection shall be used solely for the
 10  8 purpose indicated and that the moneys shall not be transferred
 10  9 for any other purpose.
 10 10    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
 10 11 subsection which remain unobligated or unexpended at the close
 10 12 of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the
 10 13 state but shall remain available only for the purposes
 10 14 designated in this subsection in the succeeding fiscal year.  
 10 15    Sec. 7.  JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONAL
 10 16 SERVICES.
 10 17    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 10 18 state to the department of corrections for the fiscal year
 10 19 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
 10 20 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
 10 21 allocated as follows:
 10 22    a.  For the first judicial district department of
 10 23 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 10 24 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 10 25 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 10 26 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 10 27 .................................................. $  6,845,223
 10 28    (1)  The district department shall continue the intensive
 10 29 supervision program established within the district in 1988
 10 30 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph
 10 31 "a", and the sex offender treatment program established within
 10 32 the district in 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 316, section 8,
 10 33 subsection 1, paragraph "a".
 10 34    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 10 35 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 11  1 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 11  2 least restrictive sanction available.
 11  3    b.  For the second judicial district department of
 11  4 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 11  5 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 11  6 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 11  7 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 11  8 .................................................. $  5,632,043
 11  9    (1)  The district department shall continue the sex
 11 10 offender treatment program established within the district in
 11 11 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1,
 11 12 paragraph "b".
 11 13    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 11 14 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 11 15 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 11 16 least restrictive sanction available.
 11 17    c.  For the third judicial district department of
 11 18 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 11 19 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 11 20 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 11 21 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 11 22 .................................................. $  3,384,385
 11 23    (1)  The district department shall continue the sex
 11 24 offender treatment program established within the district in
 11 25 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1,
 11 26 paragraph "c", and the intensive supervision program
 11 27 established within the district in 1990 Iowa Acts, chapter
 11 28 1268, section 6, subsection 3, paragraph "d".
 11 29    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 11 30 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 11 31 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 11 32 least restrictive sanction available.
 11 33    d.  For the fourth judicial district department of
 11 34 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 11 35 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 12  1 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 12  2 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 12  3 .................................................. $  2,502,036
 12  4    (1)  The district department shall continue the sex
 12  5 offender treatment program established within the district in
 12  6 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1,
 12  7 paragraph "d".
 12  8    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 12  9 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 12 10 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 12 11 least restrictive sanction available.
 12 12    e.  For the fifth judicial district department of
 12 13 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 12 14 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 12 15 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 12 16 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 12 17 .................................................. $  9,169,253
 12 18    (1)  The district department shall continue the intensive
 12 19 supervision program established within the district in 1988
 12 20 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph
 12 21 "e", and shall continue to provide for the rental of
 12 22 electronic monitoring equipment.
 12 23    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 12 24 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 12 25 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 12 26 least restrictive sanction available.
 12 27    f.  For the sixth judicial district department of
 12 28 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 12 29 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 12 30 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 12 31 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 12 32 .................................................. $  7,118,005
 12 33    (1)  The district department shall continue the intensive
 12 34 supervision program established within the district in 1988
 12 35 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph
 13  1 "f", and the sex offender treatment program established within
 13  2 the district in 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 316, section 8,
 13  3 subsection 1, paragraph "f".
 13  4    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 13  5 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 13  6 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 13  7 least restrictive sanction available.
 13  8    (3)  The district department shall continue the
 13  9 implementation of a plan providing for the expanded use of
 13 10 intermediate criminal sanctions, as provided in 1993 Iowa
 13 11 Acts, chapter 171, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph "f",
 13 12 subparagraph (3).
 13 13    g.  For the seventh judicial district department of
 13 14 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 13 15 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 13 16 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 13 17 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 13 18 .................................................. $  4,486,275
 13 19    (1)  The district department shall continue the intensive
 13 20 supervision program established within the district in 1988
 13 21 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph
 13 22 "g", and shall continue the sex offender treatment program
 13 23 established within the district in 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter
 13 24 316, section 8, subsection 1, paragraph "g".
 13 25    (2)  The district department shall continue the job
 13 26 development program established within the district in 1990
 13 27 Iowa Acts, chapter 1268, section 6, subsection 7, paragraph
 13 28 "e".
 13 29    (3)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 13 30 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 13 31 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 13 32 least restrictive sanction available.
 13 33    h.  For the eighth judicial district department of
 13 34 correctional services, including the treatment and supervision
 13 35 of probation and parole violators who have been released from
 14  1 the department of corrections violator program, the following
 14  2 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary:  
 14  3 .................................................. $  4,061,536
 14  4    (1)  The district department shall continue the intensive
 14  5 supervision program established within the district in 1988
 14  6 Iowa Acts, chapter 1271, section 6, subsection 1, paragraph
 14  7 "h", and shall continue the sex offender treatment program
 14  8 established within the district in 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter
 14  9 316, section 8, subsection 1, paragraph "h".
 14 10    (2)  The district department, in cooperation with the chief
 14 11 judge of the judicial district, shall continue the
 14 12 implementation of a plan to divert low-risk offenders to the
 14 13 least restrictive sanction available.
 14 14    i.  For the department of corrections for the assistance
 14 15 and support of each judicial district department of
 14 16 correctional services, the following amount, or so much
 14 17 thereof as is necessary:  
 14 18 .................................................. $     83,576
 14 19    2.  The department of corrections shall continue to
 14 20 contract with a judicial district department of correctional
 14 21 services to provide for the rental of electronic monitoring
 14 22 equipment which shall be available statewide.
 14 23    3.  Each judicial district department of correctional
 14 24 services and the department of corrections shall continue the
 14 25 treatment alternatives to street crime programs established in
 14 26 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 225, section 9.
 14 27    4.  The governor's alliance on substance abuse shall
 14 28 consider federal grants made to the department of corrections
 14 29 for the benefit of each of the eight judicial district
 14 30 departments of correctional services as local government
 14 31 grants, as defined pursuant to federal regulations.
 14 32    5.  Each judicial district department of correctional
 14 33 services shall provide a report concerning the treatment and
 14 34 supervision of probation and parole violators who have been
 14 35 released from the department of corrections violator program,
 15  1 to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 15  2 appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and the
 15  3 legislative fiscal bureau, on or before January 15, 1997.
 15  4    6.  It is the intent of the general assembly that each
 15  5 judicial district department of correctional services shall
 15  6 operate the community-based correctional facilities in a
 15  7 manner which provides for a residential population of at least
 15  8 110 percent of the design capacity of the facility.
 15  9    7.  In addition to the requirements of section 8.39, the
 15 10 department of corrections shall not make an intradepartmental
 15 11 transfer of moneys appropriated to the department, unless
 15 12 notice of the intradepartmental transfer is given prior to its
 15 13 effective date to the legislative fiscal bureau.  The notice
 15 14 shall include information on the department's rationale for
 15 15 making the transfer and details concerning the work load and
 15 16 performance measures upon which the transfers are based.  
 15 17    Sec. 8.  JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.  There is appropriated from
 15 18 the general fund of the state to the judicial department for
 15 19 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
 15 20 1997, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
 15 21 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
 15 22    1.  For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court
 15 23 judges, district court judges, district associate judges,
 15 24 judicial magistrates and staff, state court administrator,
 15 25 clerk of the supreme court, district court administrators,
 15 26 clerks of the district court, trial court supervisors, trial
 15 27 court technicians II, financial supervisors I and II, juvenile
 15 28 court officers, board of law examiners and board of examiners
 15 29 of shorthand reporters and judicial qualifications commission,
 15 30 receipt and disbursement of child support payments,
 15 31 reimbursement of the auditor of state for expenses incurred in
 15 32 completing audits of the offices of the clerks of the district
 15 33 court during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
 15 34 maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:  
 15 35 .................................................. $ 90,094,287
 16  1    a.  The judicial department, except for purposes of
 16  2 internal processing, shall use the current state budget
 16  3 system, the state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and
 16  4 accounting system in administration of programs and payments
 16  5 for services, and shall not duplicate the state payroll,
 16  6 accounting, and budgeting systems.
 16  7    b.  The judicial department shall submit monthly financial
 16  8 statements to the legislative fiscal bureau and the department
 16  9 of management containing all appropriated accounts in the same
 16 10 manner as provided in the monthly financial status reports and
 16 11 personal services usage reports of the department of revenue
 16 12 and finance.  The monthly financial statements shall include a
 16 13 comparison of the dollars and percentage spent of budgeted
 16 14 versus actual revenues and expenditures on a cumulative basis
 16 15 for full-time equivalent positions and dollars.
 16 16    c.  It is the intent of the general assembly that counties
 16 17 installing new telephone systems shall provide those systems
 16 18 to all judicial department offices within the county at no
 16 19 cost.
 16 20    d.  Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, not more
 16 21 than $1,897,728 may be transferred into the revolving fund
 16 22 established pursuant to section 602.1302, subsection 3, to be
 16 23 used for the payment of jury and witness fees and mileage.
 16 24    e.  The funds appropriated in this subsection shall not be
 16 25 used to expand the applications of the Iowa court information
 16 26 system for purposes other than those for which the system is
 16 27 currently used.  The judicial department shall focus efforts
 16 28 upon the collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court
 16 29 costs, fees, surcharges, or similar amounts.  The judicial
 16 30 department shall report to the co-chairpersons and ranking
 16 31 members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the
 16 32 justice system and the legislative fiscal bureau, on or before
 16 33 January 15, 1997, concerning the completion of the
 16 34 department's communication and information management system.
 16 35    f.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the
 17  1 offices of the clerks of the district court operate in all
 17  2 ninety-nine counties and be accessible to the public as much
 17  3 as is reasonably possible in order to address the relative
 17  4 needs of the citizens of each county.
 17  5    g.  The judicial department shall use a portion of the
 17  6 funds appropriated in this subsection for educating and
 17  7 training the appropriate court personnel in alternative
 17  8 dispute resolution techniques.
 17  9    h.  In addition to the requirements for transfers under
 17 10 section 8.39, the judicial department shall not change the
 17 11 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the department
 17 12 in this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given prior to
 17 13 their effective date to the legislative fiscal bureau.  The
 17 14 notice shall include information on the department's rationale
 17 15 for making the changes and details concerning the work load
 17 16 and performance measures upon which the changes are based.
 17 17    i.  The judicial department shall provide a report
 17 18 semiannually to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the
 17 19 joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to
 17 20 the legislative fiscal bureau specifying the amounts of fines,
 17 21 surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa court
 17 22 information system.  The report shall demonstrate and specify
 17 23 how the Iowa court information system is used to improve the
 17 24 collection process.
 17 25    A report required by this paragraph shall be made by
 17 26 January 15, 1997, for the counties added to the Iowa court
 17 27 information system during the 1995-1996 fiscal year, and by
 17 28 January 15, 1998, for the additional counties added to the
 17 29 system by this Act, indicating whether the counties have
 17 30 reduced uncollected court fines and fees by 50 percent as a
 17 31 result of being added to the system.
 17 32    2.  For the juvenile victim restitution program:  
 17 33 .................................................. $    155,396
 17 34    Sec. 9.  COURT TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZATION FUND –
 17 35 DISTRIBUTION.  Of the moneys collected and deposited in the
 18  1 court technology and modernization fund established in section
 18  2 602.8108, the first $468,800 deposited in the fund in the
 18  3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, shall be expended for the
 18  4 implementation of a records management program in the clerk of
 18  5 court offices using imaging and CD-ROM technology.
 18  6    Sec. 10.  ENHANCED COURT COLLECTIONS FUND – DISTRIBUTION.
 18  7 Of the moneys collected and deposited in the enhanced court
 18  8 collections fund created in section 602.1304, the first
 18  9 $857,500 deposited in the fund in the fiscal year beginning
 18 10 July 1, 1996, shall be expended for use by the Iowa court
 18 11 information system.
 18 12    Sec. 11.  JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUND.  There is appropriated
 18 13 from the general fund of the state to the judicial retirement
 18 14 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
 18 15 June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
 18 16 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
 18 17    For the state's contribution to the judicial retirement
 18 18 fund established in section 602.9104, in the amount of 23.7
 18 19 percent of the basic salaries of the judges covered under
 18 20 chapter 602, article 9:  
 18 21 .................................................. $  3,726,422
 18 22    Sec. 12.  INDIGENT DEFENSE COSTS.  The supreme court shall
 18 23 submit a written report for the preceding fiscal year no later
 18 24 than January 1, 1997, indicating the amounts collected
 18 25 pursuant to section 815.9A, relating to recovery of indigent
 18 26 defense costs.  The report shall include the total amount
 18 27 collected by all courts, as well as the amounts collected by
 18 28 each judicial district.  The supreme court shall also submit a
 18 29 written report quarterly indicating the number of criminal and
 18 30 juvenile filings which occur in each judicial district for
 18 31 purposes of estimating indigent defense costs.  A copy of each
 18 32 report shall be provided to the public defender, the
 18 33 department of management, and the legislative fiscal bureau.
 18 34 The judicial department shall continue to assist in the
 18 35 development of an automated data system for use in the sharing
 19  1 of information utilizing the generic program interface for
 19  2 legislative and executive branch uses.
 19  3    Sec. 13.  AUTOMATED DATA SYSTEM.  The department of
 19  4 corrections, judicial district departments of correctional
 19  5 services, board of parole, and the judicial department shall
 19  6 continue to develop an automated data system for use in the
 19  7 sharing of information between the department of corrections,
 19  8 judicial district departments of correctional services, board
 19  9 of parole, and the judicial department.  The information to be
 19 10 shared shall concern any individual who may, as the result of
 19 11 an arrest or infraction of any law, be subject to the
 19 12 jurisdiction of the department of corrections, judicial
 19 13 district departments of correctional services, or board of
 19 14 parole.  The department of corrections, in consultation and
 19 15 cooperation with the judicial district departments of
 19 16 correctional services, the board of parole, and the judicial
 19 17 department, shall provide a report concerning the development
 19 18 of the automated data system to the co-chairpersons and
 19 19 ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on
 19 20 the justice system and the legislative fiscal bureau, on or
 19 21 before January 15, 1997.
 19 22    Sec. 14.  CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS – VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
 19 23 The state prison industries board and the department of
 19 24 corrections shall continue the implementation of a plan to
 19 25 enhance vocational training opportunities within the
 19 26 correctional institutions listed in section 904.102, as
 19 27 provided in 1993 Iowa Acts, chapter 171, section 12.  The plan
 19 28 shall provide for increased vocational training opportunities
 19 29 within the correctional institutions, including the
 19 30 possibility of approving community college credit for inmates
 19 31 working in prison industries.  The department of corrections
 19 32 shall provide a report concerning the implementation of the
 19 33 plan to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 19 34 appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and the
 19 35 legislative fiscal bureau, on or before January 15, 1997.
 20  1    It is the intent of the general assembly that each
 20  2 correctional facility make all reasonable efforts to maintain
 20  3 vocational education programs for inmates and to identify
 20  4 available funding sources to continue these programs.
 20  5    Sec. 15.  APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
 20  6 – MONEYS ENCUMBERED – PRIORITIES.
 20  7    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 20  8 contrary, moneys appropriated to the department of corrections
 20  9 pursuant to 1995 Iowa Acts, chapter 207, sections 4, 5, and 6,
 20 10 shall be considered encumbered pursuant to section 8.33, and
 20 11 shall not revert to the general fund of the state at the end
 20 12 of the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1995.  As used in this
 20 13 section, unless the context otherwise requires, "encumbered
 20 14 funds" means the moneys appropriated to the department of
 20 15 corrections pursuant to 1995 Iowa Acts, chapter 207, sections
 20 16 4, 5, and 6, which would otherwise revert to the general fund
 20 17 of the state after the end of the fiscal year in which the
 20 18 moneys were appropriated, but for the prohibition contained in
 20 19 this section.
 20 20    2.  The department of corrections shall use encumbered
 20 21 funds in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996, to fund up
 20 22 to an additional 50 FTEs for the employment of correctional
 20 23 officers in the correctional institutions specified in section
 20 24 904.102, and to purchase surveillance cameras and other
 20 25 necessary surveillance or safety equipment for use in
 20 26 correctional institutions.  The full-time equivalent positions
 20 27 provided in this section for the employment of correctional
 20 28 officers and the funding provided for the purchase of
 20 29 equipment are in addition to any full-time equivalent
 20 30 positions or equipment funded in section 5 of this Act.  The
 20 31 department of corrections shall use its discretion in
 20 32 distributing the additional correctional officers and
 20 33 equipment throughout the correctional facilities.  The
 20 34 department of corrections shall file a report with the
 20 35 department of management concerning correctional officer
 21  1 positions filled and critically needed safety equipment
 21  2 purchased from encumbered funds provided under this section.
 21  3 If the department is able to fund an additional 50 FTEs for
 21  4 the employment of correctional officers pursuant to this
 21  5 section and to purchase all critically needed safety
 21  6 equipment, any remaining funds shall be unencumbered and shall
 21  7 revert to the general fund of the state at the end of the
 21  8 fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996.
 21  9    Sec. 16.  STATE AGENCY PURCHASES FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES.
 21 10    1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
 21 11 requires, "state agency" means the government of the state of
 21 12 Iowa, including but not limited to all executive departments,
 21 13 agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions, the judicial
 21 14 department, the general assembly and all legislative agencies,
 21 15 institutions within the purview of the state board of regents,
 21 16 and any corporation whose primary function is to act as an
 21 17 instrumentality of the state.
 21 18    2.  State agencies are hereby encouraged to purchase
 21 19 products from Iowa state industries, as defined in section
 21 20 904.802, when purchases are required and the products are
 21 21 available from Iowa state industries.
 21 22    Sec. 17.  STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER.  There is appropriated
 21 23 from the general fund of the state to the office of the state
 21 24 public defender of the department of inspections and appeals
 21 25 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June
 21 26 30, 1997, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
 21 27 necessary, for the purposes designated, and for not more than
 21 28 the following full-time equivalent positions:
 21 29    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 21 30 purposes:  
 21 31 .................................................. $ 10,681,867
 21 32 ............................................... FTEs     189.00
 21 33    2.  For court-appointed attorney fees for indigent adults
 21 34 and juveniles, notwithstanding section 232.141 and chapter
 21 35 815:  
 22  1 .................................................. $ 17,475,074
 22  2    Sec. 18.  IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.  There is
 22  3 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
 22  4 law enforcement academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 22  5 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amounts, or so
 22  6 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 22  7 designated:
 22  8    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
 22  9 purposes, including jailer training and technical assistance,
 22 10 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 22 11 positions:  
 22 12 .................................................. $  1,063,418
 22 13 ............................................... FTEs      24.00
 22 14    2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 22 15 purposes to provide statewide coordination of the drug abuse
 22 16 resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program:  
 22 17 .................................................. $     30,000
 22 18    3.  The Iowa law enforcement academy may annually select at
 22 19 least five automobiles of the department of public safety,
 22 20 division of highway safety, uniformed force, and radio
 22 21 communications, prior to turning over the automobiles to the
 22 22 state vehicle dispatcher to be disposed of by public auction
 22 23 and the Iowa law enforcement academy may exchange any
 22 24 automobile owned by the academy for each automobile selected
 22 25 if the selected automobile is used in training law enforcement
 22 26 officers at the academy.  However, any automobile exchanged by
 22 27 the academy shall be substituted for the selected vehicle of
 22 28 the department of public safety and sold by public auction
 22 29 with the receipts being deposited in the depreciation fund to
 22 30 the credit of the department of public safety, division of
 22 31 highway safety, uniformed force, and radio communications.  
 22 32    Sec. 19.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.  There is
 22 33 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
 22 34 department of public defense for the fiscal year beginning
 22 35 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amounts,
 23  1 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
 23  2 purposes designated:
 23  3    1.  MILITARY DIVISION
 23  4    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 23  5 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 23  6 positions:  
 23  7 .................................................. $  3,910,339
 23  8 ............................................... FTEs     221.26
 23  9    If there is a surplus in the general fund of the state for
 23 10 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, within 60 days after the
 23 11 closing of the fiscal year, the military division may incur up
 23 12 to an additional $500,000 in expenditures from the surplus
 23 13 prior to transfer of the surplus pursuant to section 8.57.
 23 14    2.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION
 23 15    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 23 16 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 23 17 positions:  
 23 18 .................................................. $    523,971
 23 19 ............................................... FTEs      14.60
 23 20    Sec. 20.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  There is
 23 21 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
 23 22 department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July
 23 23 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amounts, or
 23 24 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 23 25 designated:
 23 26    1.  For the department's administrative functions,
 23 27 including the medical examiner's office and the criminal
 23 28 justice information system, and for not more than the
 23 29 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 23 30 .................................................. $  2,201,438
 23 31 ............................................... FTEs      39.80
 23 32    2.  a.  For the division of criminal investigation and
 23 33 bureau of identification including the state's contribution to
 23 34 the peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability
 23 35 system provided in chapter 97A in the amount of 18 percent of
 24  1 the salaries for which the funds are appropriated, to meet
 24  2 federal fund matching requirements, and for not more than the
 24  3 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 24  4 .................................................. $  9,462,619
 24  5 ............................................... FTEs     191.00
 24  6    b.  In addition to the funds appropriated in paragraph "a",
 24  7 for overtime costs for employees of the division of criminal
 24  8 investigation and bureau of identification:  
 24  9 .................................................. $    100,000
 24 10    The department of public safety, with the approval of the
 24 11 department of management, may employ no more than two special
 24 12 agents and four gaming enforcement officers for each
 24 13 additional riverboat regulated after March 31, 1996.  One
 24 14 additional gaming enforcement officer, up to a total of four
 24 15 per boat, may be employed for each riverboat that has extended
 24 16 operations to 24 hours and has not previously operated with a
 24 17 24-hour schedule.  Positions authorized in this paragraph are
 24 18 in addition to the full-time equivalent positions authorized
 24 19 in this subsection.
 24 20    3.  a.  For the division of narcotics enforcement,
 24 21 including the state's contribution to the peace officers'
 24 22 retirement, accident, and disability system provided in
 24 23 chapter 97A in the amount of 18 percent of the salaries for
 24 24 which the funds are appropriated, to meet federal fund
 24 25 matching requirements, and for not more than the following
 24 26 full-time equivalent positions:  
 24 27 .................................................. $  2,519,162
 24 28 ............................................... FTEs      41.00
 24 29    b.  For the division of narcotics enforcement for
 24 30 undercover purchases:  
 24 31 .................................................. $    139,202
 24 32    4.  For the state fire marshal's office, including the
 24 33 state's contribution to the peace officers' retirement,
 24 34 accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
 24 35 amount of 18 percent of the salaries for which the funds are
 25  1 appropriated, and for not more than the following full-time
 25  2 equivalent positions:  
 25  3 .................................................. $  1,458,161
 25  4 ............................................... FTEs      31.80
 25  5    5.  For the capitol security division, including the
 25  6 state's contribution to the peace officers' retirement,
 25  7 accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
 25  8 amount of 18 percent of the salaries for which the funds are
 25  9 appropriated and for not more than the following full-time
 25 10 equivalent positions:  
 25 11 .................................................. $  1,207,304
 25 12 ............................................... FTEs      27.00
 25 13    6.  An employee of the department of public safety who
 25 14 retires after July 1, 1996, but prior to June 30, 1997, is
 25 15 eligible for payment of life or health insurance premiums as
 25 16 provided for in the collective bargaining agreement covering
 25 17 the public safety bargaining unit at the time of retirement if
 25 18 that employee previously served in a position which would have
 25 19 been covered by the agreement.  The employee shall be given
 25 20 credit for the service in that prior position as though it
 25 21 were covered by that agreement.  The provisions of this
 25 22 paragraph shall not operate to reduce any retirement benefits
 25 23 an employee may have earned under other collective bargaining
 25 24 agreements or retirement programs.  
 25 25    7.  For costs associated with the maintenance of the
 25 26 automated fingerprint information system (AFIS):  
 25 27 .................................................. $    222,155
 25 28    Sec. 21.  HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL FUND.  There is
 25 29 appropriated from the highway safety patrol fund created in
 25 30 section 80.41 to the division of highway safety, uniformed
 25 31 force, and radio communications of the department of public
 25 32 safety, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
 25 33 June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
 25 34 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
 25 35    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, workers'
 26  1 compensation costs, and miscellaneous purposes, including the
 26  2 state's contribution to the peace officers' retirement,
 26  3 accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
 26  4 amount of 18 percent of the salaries for which the funds are
 26  5 appropriated, and for not more than the following full-time
 26  6 equivalent positions:  
 26  7 .................................................. $ 33,719,610
 26  8 ............................................... FTEs     554.00
 26  9    2.  The division of highway safety, uniformed force, and
 26 10 radio communications may expend an amount proportional to the
 26 11 costs that are reimbursable from the highway safety patrol
 26 12 fund created in section 80.41.  Spending for these costs may
 26 13 occur from any unappropriated funds in the state treasury upon
 26 14 a finding by the department of management that all of the
 26 15 amounts requested and approved are reimbursable from the
 26 16 highway safety patrol fund.  Upon payment to the highway
 26 17 safety patrol fund, the division of highway safety, uniformed
 26 18 force, and radio communications shall credit the payments
 26 19 necessary to reimburse the state treasury.
 26 20    3.  For payment to the department of personnel for expenses
 26 21 incurred in administering the merit system on behalf of the
 26 22 division of highway safety, uniformed force, and radio com-
 26 23 munications:  
 26 24 .................................................. $     66,293
 26 25    Sec. 22.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – CORRECTIONAL
 26 26 FACILITY.  The department of corrections shall construct a
 26 27 750-bed medium security correctional facility for men.  Bonds
 26 28 shall be issued under the provisions of sections 16.177 and
 26 29 602.8108A to finance the construction of the facility.  The
 26 30 cost of constructing the facility, exclusive of financing
 26 31 costs, shall not exceed $36,000,000.
 26 32    Sec. 23.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – FORT MADISON
 26 33 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY – CELLHOUSE 17 RENOVATION.  The
 26 34 department of corrections shall renovate cellhouse 17 at the
 26 35 Fort Madison correctional facility.  Bonds shall be issued
 27  1 under the provisions of sections 16.177 and 602.8108A to
 27  2 finance the renovation of the facility.  The cost of planning,
 27  3 developing, and renovating cellhouse 17, exclusive of
 27  4 financing costs, shall not exceed $6,500,000.
 27  5    Sec. 24.  Section 99F.10, subsection 4, Code Supplement
 27  6 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 27  7    4.  In determining the license fees and state admission
 27  8 fees to be charged as provided under section 99F.4 and this
 27  9 section, the commission shall use the amount appropriated to
 27 10 the commission plus the cost of salaries for no more than two
 27 11 special agents and no more than four gaming enforcement
 27 12 officers for each excursion gambling boat for the division of
 27 13 criminal investigation's excursion gambling boat activities as
 27 14 the basis for determining the amount of revenue to be raised
 27 15 from the license fees and admission fees.  The division's
 27 16 salary costs shall be limited to sixty-five eighty percent of
 27 17 the salary costs for special agents and sixty-five eighty
 27 18 percent of the salary costs for gaming enforcement for
 27 19 personnel assigned to excursion gambling boats who enforce
 27 20 laws and rules adopted by the commission.
 27 21    Sec. 25.  Section 602.1304, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
 27 22 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 27 23    c.  Moneys in the collections fund shall be used by the
 27 24 judicial department for the Iowa court information system;
 27 25 records management equipment, services, and projects;
 27 26 electronic legal research equipment, systems, and projects;
 27 27 and the study, development, and implementation of other
 27 28 technological improvements, innovations, and projects that
 27 29 would improve the administration of justice.  The moneys in
 27 30 the collection fund may also be used for capital improvements
 27 31 necessitated by the installation or connection with the Iowa
 27 32 court information system, the Iowa communications network, and
 27 33 other technological improvements approved by the department.
 27 34    Sec. 26.  Section 602.8108A, Code Supplement 1995, is
 27 35 amended to read as follows:
 28  1    602.8108A  PRISON INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
 28  2    1.  The Iowa prison infrastructure fund is created and
 28  3 established as a separate and distinct fund in the state
 28  4 treasury.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
 28  5 to the contrary, the first eight million dollars of moneys
 28  6 remitted to the treasurer of state from fines, fees, costs,
 28  7 and forfeited bail collected by the clerks of the district
 28  8 court in criminal cases, including those collected for both
 28  9 scheduled and nonscheduled violations, collected in each
 28 10 fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 28 11 1995, shall be deposited in the fund.  Interest and other
 28 12 income earned by the fund shall be deposited in the fund.  If
 28 13 the treasurer of state determines pursuant to 1994 Iowa Acts,
 28 14 chapter 1196, that bonds can be issued pursuant to this
 28 15 section and section 16.177, then the moneys in the fund are
 28 16 appropriated to and for the purpose of paying the principal
 28 17 of, premium, if any, and interest on bonds issued by the Iowa
 28 18 finance authority under section 16.177.  Except as otherwise
 28 19 provided in subsection 2 Notwithstanding sections 8.33 and
 28 20 8.39, amounts in the funds shall not revert or be transferred
 28 21 to the general fund of the state, be used for any program not
 28 22 designated in this section, or be subject to appropriation for
 28 23 any purpose by the general assembly, but shall be used only
 28 24 for the purposes set forth in this section.  The treasurer of
 28 25 state shall act as custodian of the fund and disburse amounts
 28 26 contained in it as directed by the department of corrections
 28 27 including the automatic disbursement of funds pursuant to the
 28 28 terms of bond indentures and documents and security provisions
 28 29 to trustees and custodians.  The treasurer of state is
 28 30 authorized to invest the funds deposited in the fund subject
 28 31 to any limitations contained in any applicable bond
 28 32 proceedings.  Any amounts remaining in the fund at the end of
 28 33 each fiscal year shall be transferred to the general fund.
 28 34    2.  If the treasurer of state determines that bonds cannot
 28 35 be issued pursuant to this section and section 16.177, the
 29  1 treasurer of state shall deposit the moneys in the prison
 29  2 infrastructure fund into the general fund of the state.
 29  3    Sec. 27.  Section 904.701, subsection 3, Code Supplement
 29  4 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 29  5    3.  For purposes of this section, "hard labor" means
 29  6 physical or mental labor which is performed for a period of
 29  7 time which shall average, as nearly as possible, forty hours
 29  8 each week, and may include useful and productive work, chain
 29  9 gangs, menial labor, substance abuse or sex offender treatment
 29 10 or education programs, any training necessary to perform any
 29 11 work required, and, if possible, work providing an inmate with
 29 12 marketable vocational skills.  "Hard labor" does not include
 29 13 labor which is dangerous to an inmate's life or health, is
 29 14 unduly painful, or is required to be performed under
 29 15 conditions that would violate occupational safety and health
 29 16 standards applicable to such labor if performed by a person
 29 17 who is not an inmate.
 29 18    Sec. 28.  1995 Iowa Acts, chapter 220, section 20,
 29 19 subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
 29 20    1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
 29 21 June 30, 1997, $9,000,000 $8,830,870.
 29 22    Sec. 29.  LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SUMMIT – STUDY.
 29 23    1.  The Iowa league of cities and the Iowa state
 29 24 association of counties are requested to convene a law
 29 25 enforcement training summit during the 1996 legislative
 29 26 interim to examine modifications and alternatives to Iowa's
 29 27 current regulations concerning law enforcement training and
 29 28 resources provided for the training.  It is requested that
 29 29 participants in the summit include the Iowa police executive
 29 30 forum, Iowa chiefs of police association, Iowa sheriffs and
 29 31 deputies association, and other interested groups concerned
 29 32 with law enforcement training.  A report containing the
 29 33 recommendations of the summit is requested to be provided to
 29 34 the studies committee of the legislative council.
 29 35    2.  The legislative council is requested to create a study
 30  1 committee to receive the report and recommendations of the law
 30  2 enforcement training summit and to determine whether changes
 30  3 should be made to Iowa's laws regarding law enforcement
 30  4 training in Iowa.
 30  5    Sec. 30.  EFFECTIVE DATES.
 30  6    1.  Section 1, subsections 3 and 4 of this Act, relating to
 30  7 Iowa competition law or antitrust actions and to civil
 30  8 consumer fraud actions, being deemed of immediate importance,
 30  9 take effect upon enactment.
 30 10    2.  Section 15 of this Act, pertaining to the encumbrance
 30 11 of certain moneys appropriated to the department of correc-
 30 12 tions in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1995, being deemed
 30 13 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 30 14    3.  Section 22 of this Act, authorizing the construction of
 30 15 a 750-bed medium security correctional facility for men, being
 30 16 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 30 17    4.  Section 26 of this Act, dealing with the Iowa prison
 30 18 infrastructure fund, being deemed of immediate importance,
 30 19 takes effect upon enactment.  
 30 20                           EXPLANATION
 30 21    This bill makes appropriations for the 1996-1997 fiscal
 30 22 year to the departments of justice, corrections, public
 30 23 defense, and public safety, and the judicial department, the
 30 24 Iowa law enforcement academy, and board of parole.
 30 25    The bill also provides that moneys appropriated to the
 30 26 department of corrections for the 1995-1996 fiscal year shall
 30 27 not revert to the general fund.  This provision takes effect
 30 28 upon enactment.
 30 29    The bill provides for an appropriation from the victim
 30 30 compensation fund for the establishment of an antiobscenity
 30 31 enforcement unit within the office of the attorney general.
 30 32    The bill authorizes the department of corrections to
 30 33 construct a 750-bed medium security correctional facility for
 30 34 men with financing not to exceed $36 million.  This
 30 35 authorization takes effect upon enactment.
 31  1    The bill authorizes the department of corrections to
 31  2 renovate cellhouse 17 at the Fort Madison correctional
 31  3 facility with the cost of renovation not to exceed $6.5
 31  4 million.
 31  5    The bill amends section 99F.10 to provide that, in
 31  6 determining the license fees and state admission fees to be
 31  7 charged for gambling boats as provided under sections 99F.4
 31  8 and 99F.10, the commission shall consider 80 percent, rather
 31  9 than the current 65 percent, of the salary costs of special
 31 10 agents and gaming enforcement personnel assigned to gambling
 31 11 boats.
 31 12    The bill amends section 602.1304 to provide that the
 31 13 judicial department is authorized to expend moneys from the
 31 14 enhanced court collections fund for the Iowa court information
 31 15 system, records management equipment, and other technological
 31 16 projects as well as for capital improvements related to
 31 17 technology.  Current law provides that this fund be used
 31 18 solely for the Iowa court information system.
 31 19    The bill amends section 602.8108A, concerning the prison
 31 20 infrastructure fund, to provide that any amounts remaining in
 31 21 the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
 31 22 general fund, shall not be transferred,  and shall only be
 31 23 used for the purposes provided in the section.  This provision
 31 24 takes effect upon enactment.
 31 25    The bill amends section 904.701, regarding inmate hard
 31 26 labor, to include education and all treatment programs in the
 31 27 definition of hard labor.
 31 28    The bill amends 1995 Iowa Acts to reduce the general fund
 31 29 appropriation to the highway safety patrol fund for the 1996-
 31 30 1997 fiscal year from $9 million to $8,830,870.
 31 31    The bill also requests the Iowa league of cities and the
 31 32 Iowa state association of counties to convene a law
 31 33 enforcement training summit during the 1996 legislative
 31 34 interim to examine law enforcement training and to submit a
 31 35 report to the legislative council.  The legislative council is
 32  1 requested to establish an interim study committee concerning
 32  2 the report of the summit and to consider changes to Iowa's
 32  3 laws regarding law enforcement training in Iowa.  
 32  4 LSB 3388HA 76
 32  5 ec/jw/5.2
     

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