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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 527 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH. 1 5 1 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 7 1 8 Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH. There is appropriated from 1 9 the general fund of the state to the judicial branch for the 1 10 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, 1 11 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 12 be used for the purposes designated: 1 13 For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court 1 14 judges, district court judges, district associate judges, 1 15 judicial magistrates and staff, state court administrator, 1 16 clerk of the supreme court, district court administrators, 1 17 clerks of the district court, juvenile court officers, board 1 18 of law examiners and board of examiners of shorthand reporters 1 19 and judicial qualifications commission, receipt and 1 20 disbursement of child support payments, reimbursement of the 1 21 auditor of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of 1 22 the offices of the clerks of the district court during the 1 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and maintenance, 1 24 equipment, and miscellaneous purposes: 1 25 .................................................. $113,792,166 1 26 1. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal 1 27 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the 1 28 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting 1 29 system in administration of programs and payments for 1 30 services, and shall not duplicate the state payroll, 1 31 accounting, and budgeting systems. 1 32 2. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial 1 33 statements to the legislative fiscal bureau and the department 1 34 of management containing all appropriated accounts in the same 1 35 manner as provided in the monthly financial status reports and 2 1 personal services usage reports of the department of revenue 2 2 and finance. The monthly financial statements shall include a 2 3 comparison of the dollars and percentage spent of budgeted 2 4 versus actual revenues and expenditures on a cumulative basis 2 5 for full-time equivalent positions and dollars. 2 6 3. The judicial branch shall continue to assist in the 2 7 development and implementation of a justice data warehouse 2 8 which shall include in the Iowa court information system, 2 9 starting with appointments of counsel made on or after July 1, 2 10 1999, the means to identify any case where the court has 2 11 determined indigence, and whether the case is handled by a 2 12 public defender or other court-appointed counsel. 2 13 4. Of the funds appropriated in this section, not more 2 14 than $1,897,728 may be transferred into the revolving fund 2 15 established pursuant to section 602.1302, subsection 3, to be 2 16 used for the payment of jury and witness fees and mileage. 2 17 5. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 2 18 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, 2 19 surcharges, or similar amounts. 2 20 6. It is the intent of the general assembly that the 2 21 offices of the clerks of the district court operate in all 2 22 ninety-nine counties and be accessible to the public as much 2 23 as is reasonably possible in order to address the relative 2 24 needs of the citizens of each county. 2 25 7. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 2 26 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 2 27 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the branch in 2 28 this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given prior to 2 29 their effective date to the legislative fiscal bureau. The 2 30 notice shall include information on the branch's rationale for 2 31 making the changes and details concerning the work load and 2 32 performance measures upon which the changes are based. 2 33 8. The judicial branch shall provide to the co- 2 34 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations 2 35 subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative 3 1 fiscal bureau by January 15, 2002, an annual report concerning 3 2 the operation and use of the Iowa court information system and 3 3 any recommendations to improve the utilization of the system. 3 4 The annual report shall include information specifying the 3 5 amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using 3 6 the system and how the system is used to improve the 3 7 collection process. In addition, the judicial branch shall 3 8 submit a semiannual update to the cochairpersons, ranking 3 9 members, and the legislative fiscal bureau specifying the 3 10 amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using 3 11 the Iowa court information system since the last report. The 3 12 judicial branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of 3 13 vital sentencing and other information with other state 3 14 departments and governmental agencies involved in the criminal 3 15 justice system through the Iowa court information system. 3 16 9. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the 3 17 general assembly by January 1, 2002, concerning the amounts 3 18 received and expended from the enhanced court collections fund 3 19 created in section 602.1304 and the court technology and 3 20 modernization fund created in section 602.8108, subsection 4, 3 21 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 3 22 30, 2001, and the plans for expenditures from each fund during 3 23 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 3 24 2002. 3 25 10. The judicial branch shall continue to provide criminal 3 26 justice data to the department of corrections for use by the 3 27 Iowa corrections offender network (ICON) data system. 3 28 Sec. 2. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUND. There is appropriated 3 29 from the general fund of the state to the judicial retirement 3 30 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending 3 31 June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 3 32 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated: 3 33 Notwithstanding section 602.9104, for the state's 3 34 contribution to the judicial retirement fund in the amount of 3 35 16.6 percent of the basic salaries of the judges covered under 4 1 chapter 602, article 9: 4 2 .................................................. $ 3,207,834 4 3 Sec. 3. INDIGENT DEFENSE COSTS. The supreme court shall 4 4 submit a written report for the preceding fiscal year no later 4 5 than January 1, 2002, indicating the amounts collected for 4 6 recovery of indigent defense costs. The report shall include 4 7 the total amount collected by all courts, as well as the 4 8 amounts collected by each judicial district. The supreme 4 9 court shall also submit a written report quarterly indicating 4 10 the number of criminal and juvenile filings which occur in 4 11 each judicial district for purposes of estimating indigent 4 12 defense costs. A copy of each report shall be provided to the 4 13 public defender, the department of management, and the 4 14 legislative fiscal bureau. The judicial branch shall continue 4 15 to assist in the development of an automated data system for 4 16 use in the sharing of information utilizing the justice data 4 17 warehouse for legislative and executive branch uses. 4 18 Sec. 4. ENHANCED COURT COLLECTIONS FUND DISTRIBUTION. 4 19 Of the moneys collected and deposited in the enhanced court 4 20 collections fund created in section 602.1304 during the fiscal 4 21 year beginning July 1, 2001, $624,000 is appropriated to and 4 22 shall be expended by the judicial branch for the continued 4 23 implementation of the justice data warehouse. Of the moneys 4 24 appropriated in this section, $60,000 shall be transferred to 4 25 the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the 4 26 department of human rights for 1.00 FTE to support the justice 4 27 data warehouse, and $564,000 shall be transferred to the 4 28 information technology department for lease-purchase costs, 4 29 and other related expenses, concerning the justice data 4 30 warehouse. 4 31 However, the moneys appropriated and transferred pursuant 4 32 to this section shall be reduced to the extent moneys are 4 33 appropriated for the purposes provided in this section to the 4 34 information technology department or the division of criminal 4 35 and juvenile justice planning of the department of human 5 1 rights from moneys made available pursuant to section 8.62. 5 2 Sec. 5. ENHANCED COURT COLLECTIONS FUND JUDICIAL 5 3 HOSPITALIZATION REFEREES. Notwithstanding the requirements of 5 4 section 602.1304 up to $317,450 of the moneys collected and 5 5 deposited in the enhanced court collections fund created in 5 6 section 602.1304 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 5 7 2001, may be used by the court for compensation of judicial 5 8 hospitalization referees. 5 9 5 10 5 11 5 12 MARY E. KRAMER 5 13 President of the Senate 5 14 5 15 5 16 5 17 BRENT SIEGRIST 5 18 Speaker of the House 5 19 5 20 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 5 21 is known as Senate File 527, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 5 22 5 23 5 24 5 25 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 5 26 Secretary of the Senate 5 27 Approved , 2001 5 28 5 29 5 30 5 31 THOMAS J. VILSACK 5 32 Governor
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