Senate File 616 H-1270 Amend Senate File 616, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 4 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 5 to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 6 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, the following amounts, or so 7 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 8 designated: 9 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court 10 judges, district court judges, district associate judges, 11 associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial 12 magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of the 13 supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of the 14 district court, juvenile court officers, board of law examiners 15 and board of examiners of shorthand reporters and judicial 16 qualifications commission; receipt and disbursement of child 17 support payments; reimbursement of the auditor of state for 18 expenses incurred in completing audits of the offices of the 19 clerks of the district court during the fiscal year beginning 20 July 1, 2019; and maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous 21 purposes: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $181,126,293 23 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to 24 section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees, 25 mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for 26 interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney 27 fees paid by the state public defender: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,100,000 29 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal 30 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the 31 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting 32 system in administration of programs and payments for services, 33 and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and 34 budgeting systems. 35 -1- SF616.2272 (2) 88 asf/tm 1/ 5 #1.

3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial 1 statements to the legislative services agency and the 2 department of management containing all appropriated accounts 3 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status 4 reports and personal services usage reports of the department 5 of administrative services. The monthly financial statements 6 shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage 7 spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on 8 a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and 9 dollars. 10 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 11 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, 12 surcharges, or similar amounts. 13 5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices 14 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties 15 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably 16 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens 17 of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court 18 shall be open regular courthouse hours. 19 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 20 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 21 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial 22 branch in this division of this Act, unless notice of the 23 revisions is given to the legislative services agency prior 24 to the effective date. The notice shall include information 25 on the branch’s rationale for making the changes and details 26 concerning the workload and performance measures upon which the 27 changes are based. 28 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update 29 to the legislative services agency specifying the amounts of 30 fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa 31 court information system since the last report. The judicial 32 branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of vital 33 sentencing and other information with other state departments 34 and governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice 35 -2- SF616.2272 (2) 88 asf/tm 2/ 5

system through the Iowa court information system. 1 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general 2 assembly by January 1, 2020, concerning the amounts received 3 and expended from the enhanced court collections fund created 4 in section 602.1304 and the court technology and modernization 5 fund created in section 602.8108, subsection 9, during the 6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, 7 and the plans for expenditures from each fund during the fiscal 8 year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020. A copy 9 of the report shall be provided to the legislative services 10 agency. 11 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any 12 provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 13 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, if all parties in a case 14 agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a 15 county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even 16 if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial 17 district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved 18 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case 19 as if a change of venue occurred. However, if a trial is moved 20 to an adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, 21 the judicial officers serving in the judicial district or 22 judicial election district receiving the case shall preside 23 over the case. 24 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding section 25 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and 26 ending June 30, 2020, a judicial officer may waive travel 27 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 28 county of residence to conduct official judicial business. 29 Sec. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding 30 the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by 31 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 140, section 40, for the fiscal year 32 beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, the supreme 33 court may by order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave 34 status on any day employees of the judicial branch are placed 35 -3- SF616.2272 (2) 88 asf/tm 3/ 5

on temporary layoff status. The biweekly pay of the judicial 1 officers shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in 2 which the unpaid leave date occurred in the same manner as 3 for noncontract employees of the judicial branch. Through 4 the course of the fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an 5 amount equal to the aggregate amount of salary reductions due 6 to the judicial officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other 7 than for judicial salaries. 8 Sec. 5. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the intent 9 of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize 10 the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic 11 communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year 12 beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020. 13 Sec. 6. STATE COURT —— JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND MAGISTRATES. 14 1. The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the 15 fiscal year beginning in July 1, 2019, and for subsequent 16 fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. 17 The salaries provided for in this section shall be paid 18 from funds allocated to the judicial branch from the salary 19 adjustment fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from 20 funds appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this Act 21 or any other Act of the general assembly. 22 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the 23 persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the 24 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for subsequent pay 25 periods. 26 a. Chief justice of the supreme court: 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 186,661 28 b. Each justice of the supreme court: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 178,304 30 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 167,160 32 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals: 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 161,588 34 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district: 35 -4- SF616.2272 (2) 88 asf/tm 4/ 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 156,016 1 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial 2 district: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 150,444 4 g. Each district associate judge: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 133,728 6 h. Each associate juvenile judge: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 133,728 8 i. Each associate probate judge: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 133,728 10 j. Each judicial magistrate: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,232 12 k. Each senior judge: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,915 14 3. Persons receiving the salary rates established 15 under this section shall not receive any additional salary 16 adjustments provided by this Act. > 17 ______________________________ WORTHAN of Buena Vista -5- SF616.2272 (2) 88 asf/tm 5/ 5