Senate Amendment to House File 2492 H-8466 Amend House File 2492, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION I 4 FY 2018-2019 APPROPRIATIONS > 5 2. Page 1, line 17, by striking < 6,511,705 > and inserting 6 < 5,911,705 > 7 3. Page 3, after line 24 by inserting: 8 < 4. The department of justice shall be subject to an 9 agreed-upon procedures engagement performed by the auditor of 10 state to identify sources and uses of discretionary funds of 11 the department, including but not limited to legal settlement 12 funds controlled by the department. The auditor of state 13 shall complete and file the written report of the auditor’s 14 findings and recommendations with the general assembly and 15 the governor’s office by February 1, 2019. The department of 16 justice shall fully reimburse the auditor of state for the 17 agreed-upon procedures engagement. > 18 4. Page 6, line 20, by striking < 9,933,851 > and inserting 19 < 9,231,488 > 20 5. Page 14, line 4, by striking < 6,631,377 > and inserting 21 < 4,734,703 > 22 6. Page 14, line 15, by striking < 14,463,083 > and inserting 23 < 14,663,083 > 24 7. Page 14, line 17, by striking < 162.00 > and inserting 25 < 163.00 > 26 8. Page 14, line 20, by striking < 2.0 > and inserting < and 27 additional 3.0 > 28 9. Page 15, line 2, by striking < 302,345 > and inserting 29 < 650,000 > 30 10. Page 15, after line 2 by inserting: 31 < Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 32 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 33 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 34 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of 35 -1- HF2492.5662.S (1) 87 jh 1/ 4 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8. #9. #10.

the succeeding fiscal year. > 1 11. Page 15, line 12, by striking < 7,585,873 > and inserting 2 < 7,785,873 > 3 12. Page 15, line 29, by striking < 109,042 > and inserting 4 < 209,042 > 5 13. Page 16, line 5, by striking < 4,765,056 > and inserting 6 < 4,965,056 > 7 14. Page 16, line 21, by striking < 62,126,287 > and inserting 8 < 63,926,287 > 9 15. Page 20, after line 28 by inserting: 10 < Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of 11 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment: 12 The portion of this division of this Act amending 2017 Iowa 13 Acts, chapter 167, section 31, prohibiting the utilization of 14 the public safety assessment in pretrial hearings. 15 DIVISION ___ 16 ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS > 17 16. Page 20, after line 30 by inserting: 18 < DIVISION ___ 19 PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT TRUST FUND > 20 17. Page 21, after line 8 by inserting: 21 < DIVISION ___ 22 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES > 23 18. Page 21, after line 33 by inserting: 24 < DIVISION ___ 25 PRISON READING ROOMS > 26 19. Page 22, by striking lines 9 through 13 and inserting: 27 < DIVISION ___ 28 SPECIALTY COURTS —— STUDY 29 Sec. ___. SPECIALTY COURTS —— STUDY. The judicial 30 branch and the department of corrections in cooperation with 31 the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of 32 the department of human rights, and the judicial district 33 departments of correctional services, shall study the 34 effectiveness and recidivism rates of persons assigned to 35 -2- HF2492.5662.S (1) 87 jh 2/ 4 #11. #12. #13. #14. #15. #16. #17. #18. #19.

the specialty courts of the judicial branch. The national 1 center for state courts may be utilized in order to complete 2 the study. The judicial branch shall file a report detailing 3 the cost-effectiveness of the specialty courts including any 4 recommendations with the general assembly and the fiscal 5 services division of the legislative services agency by January 6 15, 2019. 7 DIVISION ___ 8 SMALL CLAIMS JURISDICTION 9 Sec. ___. Section 631.1, subsections 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, 10 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 11 1. The following actions or claims are small claims and 12 shall be commenced, heard and determined as provided in this 13 chapter : 14 a. A civil action for a money judgment where the amount in 15 controversy is four five thousand dollars or less for actions 16 commenced before July 1, 2002 2018 , exclusive of interest and 17 costs. 18 b. A civil action for a money judgment where the amount in 19 controversy is five six thousand five hundred dollars or less 20 for actions commenced on or after July 1, 2002 2018 , exclusive 21 of interest and costs. 22 3. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent 23 jurisdiction of an action of replevin if the value of the 24 property claimed is four five thousand dollars or less for 25 actions commenced before July 1, 2002 2018 , and five six 26 thousand five hundred dollars or less for actions commenced on 27 or after July 1, 2002 2018 . When commenced under this chapter , 28 the action is a small claim for the purposes of this chapter . 29 4. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent 30 jurisdiction of motions and orders relating to executions 31 against personal property, including garnishments, where the 32 value of the property or garnisheed money involved is four five 33 thousand dollars or less for actions commenced before July 1, 34 2002 2018 , and five six thousand five hundred dollars or less 35 -3- HF2492.5662.S (1) 87 jh 3/ 4

for actions commenced on or after July 1, 2002 2018 . 1 5. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent 2 jurisdiction of an action for abandonment of a manufactured or 3 mobile home or personal property pursuant to section 555B.3 , 4 if no money judgment in excess of four five thousand dollars 5 is sought for actions commenced before July 1, 2002 2018 , and 6 five six thousand five hundred dollars or less for actions 7 commenced on or after July 1, 2002 2018 . If commenced under 8 this chapter , the action is a small claim for the purposes of 9 this chapter . 10 7. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent 11 jurisdiction of an action for the collection of taxes brought 12 by a county treasurer pursuant to sections 445.3 and 445.4 13 where the amount in controversy is five thousand dollars or 14 less for actions commenced on or after before July 1, 2003 15 2018, and six thousand five hundred dollars or less for actions 16 commenced on or after July 1, 2018, exclusive of interest and 17 costs. 18 8. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent 19 jurisdiction of motions and orders relating to releases of 20 judgments in whole or in part including motions and orders 21 under section 624.23, subsection 2 , paragraph “c” and section 22 624.37 , where the amount owing on the judgment, including 23 interests and costs, is five thousand dollars or less for 24 actions commenced before July 1, 2018, and six thousand five 25 hundred dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 26 1, 2018 . 27 Sec. ___. JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT REVERSION —— SMALL 28 CLAIMS. The jurisdictional amount in the section of this 29 division of this Act that amends section 631.1 shall revert 30 to five thousand dollars if a court of competent jurisdiction 31 declares the six thousand five hundred dollar amount 32 unconstitutional. > 33 20. Title page, line 1, after < system, > by inserting 34 < providing penalties, > 35 -4- HF2492.5662.S (1) 87 jh 4/ 4