House
Amendment
to
Senate
File
639
S-5255
Amend
Senate
File
639,
as
passed
by
the
Senate,
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
1,
line
12,
by
striking
<
five
>
and
inserting
<
two
>
2
2.
Page
3,
by
striking
lines
21
through
33
and
inserting:
3
<
1.
The
business
court
shall
consist
of
two
judges.
4
2.
a.
On
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
the
supreme
5
court
shall
determine
from
among
the
judges
then
serving
in
6
the
existing
business
specialty
court
two
judges
to
serve
7
exclusively
as
full-time
judges
of
the
business
court.
8
b.
If
fewer
than
two
judges
from
the
existing
business
9
specialty
court
seek
appointment
to
serve
as
full-time
judges
10
of
the
business
court,
the
remaining
vacancy
or
vacancies
shall
11
be
nominated
and
appointed
as
provided
in
chapter
46.
12
3.
After
the
initial
appointments
under
subsection
2,
any
13
vacancy
on
the
business
court
shall
be
nominated
and
appointed
14
as
provided
in
chapter
46.
15
4.
In
addition
to
the
judges
appointed
or
designated
under
16
this
section,
the
supreme
court
may
assign
as
visiting
judges
17
of
the
business
court
district
court
judges
and
senior
judges.
>
18
3.
Page
4,
after
line
20
by
inserting:
19
<
7.
A
judge
of
the
business
court
may
be
assigned
to
the
20
civil
docket
of
a
district
court
when
the
business
court
21
caseload
permits,
as
determined
by
the
supreme
court.
>
22
4.
Page
6,
before
line
6
by
inserting:
23
<
Sec.
___.
REPORT.
On
or
before
January
1,
2029,
the
24
judicial
branch
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
25
on
the
performance
of
the
business
court
established
under
26
section
602.6801,
as
enacted
in
this
Act.
The
report
must
27
include
but
is
not
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
28
1.
The
average
number
of
days
from
filing
to
final
29
disposition
of
business
court
cases.
30
2.
A
side-by-side
comparison
of
the
number
of
days
from
31
filing
to
final
disposition
of
business
court
cases
with
the
32
number
of
days
from
filing
to
final
disposition
of
comparable
33
commercial
civil
litigation
on
the
district
court
docket.
34
3.
The
total
number
of
cases
filed
in,
transferred
away
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from,
dismissed
from,
or
retained
on
the
business
court
docket
1
as
provided
in
section
602.6804,
as
enacted
in
this
Act.
2
4.
A
detailed
accounting
of
all
personnel
costs,
including
3
judicial
salaries,
clerk
support,
and
administrative
overhead
4
of
the
business
court.
5
5.
An
estimate
of
the
cost
savings,
if
any,
of
district
6
courts
due
to
the
operations
of
the
business
court.
7
6.
The
total
amount
of
court
fees
collected
for
cases
in
the
8
business
court.
9
7.
The
percentage
of
time,
if
any,
that
business
court
10
judges
spend
on
non-business-court
civil
litigation
cases
in
11
district
court.
12
8.
Anonymized
survey
data
from
legal
counsel
and
other
13
litigants
regarding
the
perceived
expertise,
fairness,
14
efficiency,
and
predictability
of
the
business
court.
15
9.
The
number
and
outcome
of
appeals
of
business
court
16
decisions
compared
to
the
general
reversal
rate
for
civil
17
litigation
case
decisions.
>
18
5.
Page
6,
line
7,
by
striking
<
2025
>
and
inserting
<
2026
>
19
6.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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