S-3328

   Amend Senate File 508 as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 9 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 40, subsection 3, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the supreme court may increase the annual salary rates specified in subsection 2, by an amount not to exceed two and one-half percent of the salary rate established for each judicial position in subsection 2.  Persons receiving the salary rates established under this section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments provided by this Act other than those provided by this subsection.>
   2.  Page 4, after line 20 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  TOTAL EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS OF JUDICIAL BRANCH —— DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT.  When the supreme court submits to the director of the department of management an estimate of the total expenditure requirements of the judicial branch pursuant to section 602.1301, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, before December 1, 2017, for the succeeding fiscal year, the director of the department of management shall submit the estimate received from the supreme court for inclusion without change in the governor’s proposed budget for the succeeding fiscal year, except that portion of the total expenditure requirements that includes any increase of the salary rate for a judicial position established in 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 40, which shall not be included in the governor’s proposed budget for the succeeding fiscal year.>
   3.  Page 7, after line 31 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
COURT ADMINISTRATION

   Sec. ___.  COURT ADMINISTRATION.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this Act and section 602.1215, subsection 1, sections 602.2301, 602.6113, 602.6201, subsections 5, 6, 7, and 10, sections 602.6301, 602.6401, subsection 1, and section 602.6603, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, the supreme court may implement policies and procedures that may be contrary to the requirements of this Act and the Code provisions referenced in this section in order to efficiently and effectively administer justice throughout the state. The state court administrator shall submit a report to the chairpersons of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and the legislative services agency, fiscal services division, by October 2, 2017, and October 1, 2018, respectively, detailing the establishment of any new policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section that efficiently and effectively administer justice throughout the state.>

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MARK CHELGREN