House File 2770 H-8451 Amend the amendment, H-8414, to House File 2770, as follows: 1 1. Page 1, line 20, by striking < 11,837,266 > and inserting 2 < 11,672,266 > 3 2. Page 1, after line 21 by inserting: 4 < The appropriation in this lettered paragraph shall be 5 increased by $165,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is 6 not enacted. > 7 3. Page 1, line 35, by striking < $150,000 > and inserting 8 < $225,000 > 9 4. Page 8, line 2, by striking < 6,380,000 > and inserting 10 < 6,275,000 > 11 5. Page 8, after line 2 by inserting: 12 < The appropriation in this subsection shall be increased by 13 $105,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is not enacted. > 14 6. Page 17, line 11, by striking < 3,660,000 > and inserting 15 < 3,430,000 > 16 7. Page 17, after line 11 by inserting: 17 < The appropriation in this subsection shall be increased by 18 $230,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is not enacted. > 19 8. Page 19, after line 32 by inserting: 20 < DIVISION ___ 21 ATTORNEY LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM —— COURT FILING FEES 22 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 256.232 Attorney loan repayment 23 program —— fund. 24 1. Program established. The college student aid commission 25 shall establish an attorney loan repayment program to encourage 26 attorneys to remain and practice law in this state. 27 2. Eligibility. An individual is eligible to apply to 28 enter into a program agreement with the college student aid 29 commission pursuant to subsection 3 if the individual meets all 30 of the following requirements: 31 a. Is a graduate of an accredited law school within five 32 years of the time of application to the program. 33 b. Is licensed to practice law in Iowa. 34 c. Is practicing law in Iowa at the time of application or 35 -1- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 1/ 9 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8.

commits to begin practicing law in this state upon execution 1 of a program agreement. 2 3. Program agreements. An agreement must be entered into by 3 an eligible attorney and the college student aid commission. 4 Under the agreement, to receive loan repayments pursuant to 5 subsection 5, an eligible attorney shall agree to and fulfill 6 all of the following requirements: 7 a. Remain and practice law in Iowa in the area designated 8 pursuant to the attorney’s preference determination during each 9 year for which loan repayment assistance is received. 10 b. Provide not less than the number of hours per year of 11 legal services as an indigent defense attorney as designated 12 pursuant to the attorney’s preference determination. 13 4. Priority. 14 a. In awarding loan repayment assistance under this section, 15 the commission shall give priority to attorneys who practice 16 law in this state in the following order, with preference 17 within each of the following subparagraphs to attorneys who 18 graduated from an Iowa law school, an Iowa high school, or 19 completed private instruction pursuant to chapter 299A: 20 (1) Attorneys who reside and practice law in rural areas 21 of the state and provide a minimum of fifty hours of indigent 22 defense services annually. 23 (2) Attorneys who practice law in rural areas of the state 24 and provide a minimum of one hundred hours of indigent defense 25 services annually. 26 (3) Attorneys who practice law in Iowa and provide two 27 hundred hours of indigent defense services annually. 28 b. For purposes of this subsection, “rural area” means 29 a county or municipality that has a population of less than 30 twenty-six thousand and is located more than twenty miles from 31 a city with a population of at least fifty thousand, based on 32 the most recent federal decennial census. 33 5. Loan repayment assistance. An eligible attorney 34 who enters into and remains in compliance with a program 35 -2- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 2/ 9

agreement pursuant to subsection 3 shall receive loan repayment 1 assistance in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars per 2 year or the outstanding balance of the attorney’s eligible 3 loans, whichever is less. In the event an attorney who 4 receives loan repayment assistance under this section ceases 5 to practice law in accordance with the program agreement, the 6 loan repayment assistance shall terminate immediately, the 7 loan repayment assistance shall be prorated for the months the 8 attorney complied with the agreement, and no further payment 9 shall be made. Loan repayment assistance may be provided for 10 each year of eligible practice during a period of not more than 11 six consecutive years. The total amount of loan repayment 12 assistance an attorney may receive under the program shall 13 not exceed the total outstanding balance of the attorney’s 14 eligible student loans at the time the program agreement is 15 executed. For purposes of this subsection, “eligible loan” 16 means the attorney’s total federally guaranteed Stafford loan 17 amount under the federal family education loan program or the 18 federal direct loan program, the attorney’s federal graduate 19 plus loans, or the attorney’s federal Perkins loan, including 20 principal and interest. Loan payment assistance received 21 pursuant to this section is not subject to Iowa income tax. 22 6. Trust fund established. An attorney loan repayment 23 program trust fund is created in the state treasury under 24 the control of the college student aid commission. The 25 commission may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other 26 private contributions, as well as state or federal moneys, for 27 deposit in the fund. All moneys deposited in the trust fund 28 are appropriated and made available to the commission to be 29 used for purposes of meeting the requirements of this section. 30 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund shall not 31 revert but shall remain available for purposes of this section 32 and to provide loan repayment assistance to attorneys in this 33 state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest 34 or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the 35 -3- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 3/ 9

fund and are appropriated to the commission for purposes of 1 administering the attorney loan repayment program under this 2 section. 3 7. Rules. The college student aid commission shall adopt 4 rules to administer this section. 5 8. Limitation. The program shall not provide assistance for 6 more than twenty-five attorneys in a single year, and shall not 7 provide assistance to more than one hundred fifty attorneys at 8 any time. 9 9. Repeal. This section is repealed July 1, 2041. 10 Sec. ___. Section 331.424, subsection 1, paragraph a, 11 subparagraph (6), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 12 (6) The maintenance and operation of the courts, including 13 but not limited to the salary and expenses of the clerk of the 14 district court and other employees of the clerk’s office, and 15 bailiffs, court costs if the prosecution fails or if the costs 16 cannot be collected from the person liable, costs and expenses 17 of prosecution under section 189A.17 , salaries and expenses 18 of juvenile court officers under chapter 602 , court-ordered 19 costs in domestic abuse cases under section 236.5 , sexual abuse 20 cases under section 236A.7 , and elder abuse cases under section 21 235F.6 , the county’s expense for confinement of prisoners under 22 chapter 356A , temporary assistance to the county attorney, 23 county contributions to a retirement system for bailiffs, 24 reimbursement for judicial magistrates under section 602.6501 , 25 claims filed under section 622.93 , sign language interpreters’ 26 fees under section 622B.7 , uniform citation and complaint 27 supplies under section 805.6 , and costs of prosecution under 28 section 815.13 . 29 Sec. ___. Section 422.7, Code 2026, is amended by adding the 30 following new subsection: 31 NEW SUBSECTION . 46. a. Subtract, to the extent included, 32 income resulting from the payment of the amount of any loan 33 repayment assistance received pursuant to section 256.232, 34 whether paid to the taxpayer or the lender, not to exceed ten 35 -4- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 4/ 9

thousand dollars in any tax year. 1 b. If the taxpayer has a deduction in computing federal 2 taxable income under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code 3 for interest on a qualified education loan, the taxpayer shall 4 recompute for purposes of this subsection the amount of the 5 deduction under paragraph “a” by not subtracting any amount of 6 income resulting from the loan repayment assistance received 7 pursuant to section 256.232 that was also deducted by the 8 taxpayer under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code. 9 c. A taxpayer is eligible to receive a deduction pursuant to 10 this subsection for not more than six consecutive tax years in 11 the taxpayer’s lifetime. 12 Sec. ___. Section 602.8102, subsection 98, Code 2026, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 98. Carry out duties relating to trials and judgments as 15 provided in sections 624.8 624.9 through 624.20 and 624.37 . 16 Sec. ___. Section 602.8105, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2026, 17 are amended to read as follows: 18 1. The clerk of the district court shall collect the 19 following fees: 20 a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection , for 21 filing and docketing a petition, one hundred ninety-five two 22 hundred fifteen dollars. In counties having a population of 23 ninety-eight thousand or over, an additional five dollars shall 24 be charged and collected to be known as the journal publication 25 fee and used for the purposes provided for in section 618.13 . 26 b. For filing and docketing a petition for dissolution 27 of marriage, which includes the docketing of any dissolution 28 decree, two hundred sixty-five eighty-five dollars. It is the 29 intent of the general assembly that twenty percent of the funds 30 generated from these fees be appropriated and used for sexual 31 assault and domestic violence centers and eighty percent of the 32 funds generated from these fees be appropriated to the general 33 fund of the state. 34 c. For filing and docketing a petition pursuant to chapter 35 -5- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 5/ 9

598 other than a dissolution of marriage petition, one hundred 1 ten thirty dollars. 2 d. For filing and docketing an application for modification 3 of a dissolution decree to which a written stipulation is 4 attached at the time of filing containing the agreement of the 5 parties to the terms of modification, one hundred ten thirty 6 dollars. 7 e. For filing and docketing a petition for adoption pursuant 8 to chapter 600 , zero dollars. 9 f. For filing and docketing a small claims action, the 10 amounts specified in section 631.6 . 11 g. For an appeal from a judgment in small claims or for 12 filing and docketing a writ of error, one hundred ninety-five 13 two hundred fifteen dollars. 14 h. For a motion to show cause in a civil case, sixty eighty 15 dollars. 16 i. For filing and docketing a transcript of the judgment in 17 a civil case, sixty eighty dollars. 18 j. For filing a tribal judgment, one hundred ten thirty 19 dollars. 20 k. For a civil claim for reimbursement under section 356.7 , 21 zero dollars. 22 2. The clerk of the district court shall collect the 23 following fees for miscellaneous services: 24 a. For filing and entering any other statutory lien, sixty 25 eighty dollars. 26 b. For a certificate and seal, thirty fifty dollars. 27 However, there shall be no charge for a certificate and seal to 28 an application to procure a pension, bounty, or back pay for a 29 member of the armed services or other person. 30 c. For certifying a change in title of real estate, sixty 31 eighty dollars. 32 d. For filing a praecipe to issue execution under chapter 33 626 , thirty-five fifty-five dollars. The fee shall be 34 recoverable by the creditor from the debtor against whom the 35 -6- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 6/ 9

execution is issued. A fee payable by a political subdivision 1 of the state under this paragraph shall be collected by the 2 clerk of the district court as provided in section 602.8109 . 3 However, the fee shall be waived and shall not be collected 4 from a political subdivision of the state if a county attorney 5 or county attorney’s designee is collecting a delinquent 6 judgment pursuant to section 602.8107, subsection 4 . 7 e. For filing a praecipe to issue execution under chapter 8 654 , sixty eighty dollars. 9 f. For filing a confession of judgment under chapter 676 , 10 sixty eighty dollars if the judgment is five thousand dollars 11 or less, and one hundred ten thirty dollars if the judgment 12 exceeds five thousand dollars. 13 g. For filing a lis pendens, sixty eighty dollars. 14 h. For applicable convictions under section 692A.110 on 15 or after June 25, 2020, a civil penalty of two hundred sixty 16 dollars. 17 i. Other fees provided by law. 18 Sec. ___. Section 602.8108, Code 2026, is amended by adding 19 the following new subsection: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 12. a. The clerk of the district court 21 shall remit to the state court administrator, not later than 22 the fifteenth day of each month, all moneys collected from the 23 filing and miscellaneous fees provided in section 602.8105, 24 subsections 1 and 2, except moneys collected from the sex 25 offender civil penalty in section 602.8105, subsection 2, 26 paragraph “h” , shall be remitted and distributed pursuant to 27 subsection 10. The clerk shall report to the state court 28 administrator the total number of fees that were paid, and 29 the number of filing fees that were paid for dissolution of 30 marriage pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 1, paragraph 31 “b” . 32 b. The state court administrator shall total the number of 33 fees reported pursuant to paragraph “a” each month and shall 34 calculate the amount equal to twenty dollars multiplied by the 35 -7- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 7/ 9

number of fees that were paid statewide during that month. The 1 state court administrator shall exclude from the number of 2 fees, fees ordered pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 2, 3 paragraph “h” . 4 c. Of the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph “b” , the 5 state court administrator shall deposit fifty percent into the 6 indigent defense fund established in section 815.11. 7 d. The state court administrator shall deposit the remaining 8 fifty percent of the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph “b” 9 each fiscal year in the attorney loan repayment program trust 10 fund established in section 256.232. 11 e. Following the deposits required in paragraphs “c” and 12 “d” , the state court administrator shall deposit the remaining 13 filing and miscellaneous fee moneys received under paragraph 14 “a” in the general fund of the state; provided, however, that 15 filing fees paid pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 1, 16 paragraph “b” , for the dissolution of marriage, be appropriated 17 as follows: 18 (1) Through the close of the fiscal year beginning July 19 1, 2026, twenty percent of the moneys generated from these 20 fees are appropriated and shall be used for sexual assault and 21 domestic violence centers and eighty percent of the moneys 22 generated from these fees shall be deposited in the general 23 fund of the state. 24 (2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, and for each 25 fiscal year thereafter, twenty percent of the moneys generated 26 from these fees are appropriated and shall be used for the 27 sexual assault forensic examination center grant program 28 established in section 915.47, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, 29 House File 2794, or another 2026 Act of the general assembly, 30 and eighty percent of the moneys generated from these fees 31 shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. 32 Sec. ___. Section 631.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 33 2026, is amended to read as follows: 34 a. Fees for filing and docketing shall be ninety-five one 35 -8- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 8/ 9

hundred fifteen dollars. 1 Sec. ___. REPEAL. Sections 618.13, 622.93, and 624.8, Code 2 2026, are repealed. 3 Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. The following apply to fees paid 4 on and after July 1, 2026: 5 1. The section of this division of this Act amending section 6 602.8105. 7 2. The section of this division of this Act amending section 8 602.8108. > 9 ___. Title page, line 2, after < system > by inserting < , 10 providing fees, and including applicability provisions >> 11 9. By renumbering as necessary. 12 ______________________________ LOHSE of Polk -9- H 8414.4430 (2) 91 as/ns 9/ 9 #9.