Senate
File
639
H-8447
Amend
Senate
File
639,
as
passed
by
the
Senate,
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
6,
before
line
6
by
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
REPORT.
On
or
before
January
1,
2029,
the
3
judicial
branch
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
4
on
the
performance
of
the
business
court
established
under
5
section
602.6801,
as
enacted
in
this
Act.
The
report
must
6
include
but
is
not
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
7
1.
The
average
number
of
days
from
filing
to
final
8
disposition
of
business
court
cases.
9
2.
A
side-by-side
comparison
of
the
number
of
days
from
10
filing
to
final
disposition
of
business
court
cases
with
the
11
number
of
days
from
filing
to
final
disposition
of
comparable
12
commercial
civil
litigation
on
the
district
court
docket.
13
3.
The
total
number
of
cases
filed
in,
transferred
away
14
from,
dismissed
from,
or
retained
on
the
business
court
docket
15
as
provided
in
section
602.6804,
as
enacted
in
this
Act.
16
4.
A
detailed
accounting
of
all
personnel
costs,
including
17
judicial
salaries,
clerk
support,
and
administrative
overhead
18
of
the
business
court.
19
5.
An
estimate
of
the
cost
savings,
if
any,
of
district
20
courts
due
to
the
operations
of
the
business
court.
21
6.
The
total
amount
of
court
fees
collected
for
cases
in
the
22
business
court.
23
7.
The
percentage
of
time,
if
any,
that
business
court
24
judges
spend
on
non-business-court
civil
litigation
cases
in
25
district
court.
26
8.
Anonymized
survey
data
from
legal
counsel
and
other
27
litigants
regarding
the
perceived
expertise,
fairness,
28
efficiency,
and
predictability
of
the
business
court.
29
9.
The
number
and
outcome
of
appeals
of
business
court
30
decisions
compared
to
the
general
reversal
rate
for
civil
31
litigation
case
decisions.
>
32
2.
Page
6,
line
7,
by
striking
<
2025
>
and
inserting
<
2026
>
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3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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