House
Study
Bill
15
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
administration
of
the
judicial
branch
1
including
provisions
pertaining
to
shorthand
reporters
and
2
the
practice
of
law,
making
appropriations,
and
providing
3
for
a
fee.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.504,
subsection
2,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
The
collection
entity
shall
remit
3
to
the
state
court
administrator,
on
at
least
a
monthly
basis,
4
ten
percent
of
the
amounts
set
off
to
be
used
by
the
judicial
5
branch
to
defray
the
costs
of
collecting
unpaid
court
debt
6
pursuant
to
section
602.8107.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
602.3106,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
8
amended
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
9
thereof
the
following:
10
2.
The
fees
collected
are
appropriated
to
the
judicial
11
branch
and
shall
be
used
to
offset
the
expenses
of
the
board,
12
including
the
costs
of
administering
the
examination.
13
Sec.
3.
Section
602.8106,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
14
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
c.
For
filing
and
docketing
a
complaint
or
information
or
16
uniform
citation
and
complaint
for
parking
violations
under
17
sections
321.236
,
321.239
,
321.358
,
321.360
,
and
321.361
,
eight
18
dollars,
effective
January
1,
2004
thirty-five
dollars
.
The
19
court
costs
in
cases
of
parking
meter
and
overtime
parking
20
violations
which
are
contested,
and
charged
and
collected
21
pursuant
to
section
321.236,
subsection
1
,
or
pursuant
to
22
a
uniform
citation
and
complaint,
are
eight
dollars
per
23
information
or
complaint
or
per
uniform
citation
and
complaint
24
effective
January
1,
1991.
25
Sec.
4.
Section
602.10108,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
26
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
2.
Fees
shall
be
collected
by
the
board
and
transmitted
28
to
the
treasurer
of
state
who
shall
deposit
the
fees
in
the
29
general
fund
of
the
state
are
appropriated
to
the
judicial
30
branch
and
shall
be
used
to
offset
the
costs
of
administering
31
this
article
.
32
EXPLANATION
33
This
bill
relates
to
the
administration
of
the
judicial
34
branch.
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The
bill
requires
the
department
of
administrative
1
services
and
any
other
state
agency
that
maintains
a
separate
2
accounting
system
and
elects
to
establish
a
debt
collection
3
setoff
procedure,
to
remit
to
the
state
court
administrator,
4
10
percent
of
the
amounts
set
off
from
the
collection
of
5
delinquent
court
debt
for
use
by
the
judicial
branch
to
defray
6
the
costs
of
collecting
unpaid
court
debt.
7
The
bill
specifies
that
the
fees
assessed
for
shorthand
8
certification
examinations
are
appropriated
to
the
judicial
9
branch
and
shall
be
used
to
offset
the
expenses
of
the
board
10
of
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters,
including
the
costs
of
11
administering
examinations.
12
The
bill
increases
the
fee
for
filing
and
docketing
a
13
complaint
or
information
for
state
and
local
parking
violations
14
from
$8
to
$35.
The
bill
eliminates
the
court
costs
assessed
15
for
contested
local
parking
meter
and
overtime
parking
16
violations.
17
The
bill
specifies
that
the
fees
collected
for
examination
18
and
admission
to
practice
law
are
appropriated
to
the
judicial
19
branch
and
shall
be
used
to
offset
the
costs
of
administering
20
the
examination
and
admission
process
to
practice
law.
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