Senate File 511 H-1480 Amend Senate File 511, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 3 and inserting: 4 < Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 5 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 6 the state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year 7 beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 9 to be used for the purposes designated: 10 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, 11 appellate court judges, district court judges, district 12 associate judges, judicial magistrates and staff, 13 state court administrator, clerk of the supreme 14 court, district court administrators, clerks of the 15 district court, juvenile court officers, board of law 16 examiners and board of examiners of shorthand reporters 17 and judicial qualifications commission; receipt and 18 disbursement of child support payments; reimbursement 19 of the auditor of state for expenses incurred in 20 completing audits of the offices of the clerks of the 21 district court during the fiscal year beginning July 22 1, 2011; and maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous 23 purposes: 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $154,111,822 25 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created 26 pursuant to section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury 27 and witness fees, mileage, costs related to summoning 28 jurors, fees for interpreters, and reimbursement of 29 attorney fees paid by the state public defender: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,300,000 31 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of 32 internal processing, shall use the current state budget 33 system, the state payroll system, and the Iowa finance 34 and accounting system in administration of programs 35 and payments for services, and shall not duplicate the 36 state payroll, accounting, and budgeting systems. 37 3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly 38 financial statements to the legislative services 39 agency and the department of management containing 40 all appropriated accounts in the same manner as 41 provided in the monthly financial status reports and 42 personal services usage reports of the department 43 of administrative services. The monthly financial 44 statements shall include a comparison of the dollars 45 and percentage spent of budgeted versus actual revenues 46 and expenditures on a cumulative basis for full-time 47 equivalent positions and dollars. 48 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 49 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, 50 -1- SF511.2072 (2) 84 jm/jp 1/ 4 #1.

fees, surcharges, or similar amounts. 1 5. The judicial branch shall open the offices of 2 the clerk of the district court in all 99 counties 3 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. during each business 4 day the judicial branch is open for business in order 5 to address the relative needs of the citizens of each 6 county. 7 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers 8 under section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not 9 change the appropriations from the amounts appropriated 10 to the judicial branch in this Act, unless notice of 11 the revisions is given prior to their effective date 12 to the legislative services agency. The notice shall 13 include information on the branch’s rationale for 14 making the changes and details concerning the workload 15 and performance measures upon which the changes are 16 based. 17 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual 18 update to the legislative services agency specifying 19 the amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs 20 collected using the Iowa court information system since 21 the last report. The judicial branch shall continue 22 to facilitate the sharing of vital sentencing and 23 other information with other state departments and 24 governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice 25 system through the Iowa court information system. 26 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to 27 the general assembly by January 1, 2012, concerning 28 the amounts received and expended from the enhanced 29 court collections fund created in section 602.1304 and 30 the court technology and modernization fund created in 31 section 602.8108, subsection 7, during the fiscal year 32 beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, and 33 the plans for expenditures from each fund during the 34 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 35 2012. A copy of the report shall be provided to the 36 legislative services agency. 37 9. The judicial branch is encouraged to purchase 38 products from Iowa state industries, as defined in 39 section 904.802, when purchases are required and the 40 products are available from Iowa state industries. 41 The judicial branch shall obtain bids from Iowa state 42 industries for purchases of office furniture during the 43 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, exceeding $5,000. 44 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding 45 any provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year 46 beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, if 47 all parties in a case agree, a civil trial including a 48 jury trial may take place in a county contiguous to the 49 county with proper jurisdiction, even if the contiguous 50 -2- SF511.2072 (2) 84 jm/jp 2/ 4

county is located in an adjacent judicial district or 1 judicial election district. If the trial is moved 2 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat 3 the case as if a change of venue occurred. However, 4 if a trial is moved to an adjacent judicial district 5 or judicial election district, the judicial officers 6 serving in the judicial district or judicial election 7 district receiving the case shall preside over the 8 case. 9 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding 10 section 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 11 2011, a judicial officer may waive travel reimbursement 12 for any travel outside the judicial officer’s county of 13 residence to conduct official judicial business. 14 Sec. 4. POSTING OF REPORTS IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT —— 15 LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY. All reports or copies of 16 reports required to be provided by the judicial branch 17 for fiscal year 2011-2012 to the legislative services 18 agency shall be provided in an electronic format. The 19 legislative services agency shall post the reports on 20 its internet website and shall notify by electronic 21 means all the members of the joint appropriations 22 subcommittee on the justice system when a report 23 is posted. Upon request, copies of the reports may 24 be mailed to members of the joint appropriations 25 subcommittee on the justice system. 26 Sec. 5. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID 27 LEAVE. Notwithstanding the annual salary rates 28 for judicial officers established by 2008 Iowa Acts, 29 chapter 1191, section 11, for the fiscal year beginning 30 July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the supreme 31 court may by order place all judicial officers on 32 unpaid leave status on any day employees of the 33 judicial branch are placed on temporary layoff status. 34 The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall be 35 reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the 36 unpaid leave date occurred in the same manner as for 37 noncontract employees of the judicial branch. Through 38 the course of the fiscal year, the judicial branch may 39 use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of salary 40 reductions due to the judicial officer unpaid leave 41 days for any purpose other than for judicial salaries. 42 Sec. 6. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the 43 intent of the general assembly that the judicial branch 44 utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure 45 electronic communications in lieu of traveling for the 46 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. > 47 2. By renumbering as necessary. 48 -3- SF511.2072 (2) 84 jm/jp 3/ 4