SSB 3100 (LSB 5343XD (3) 85)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED JUDICIAL BRANCH BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to annual salary rates for justices, judges, and magistrates, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  STATE COURT —— JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND MAGISTRATES.
   1.  The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, effective for the pay period beginning June 20, 2014, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from funds allocated to the judicial branch from the salary adjustment fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from funds appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
   2.  The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, effective with the pay period beginning June 20, 2014, and for subsequent pay periods.
   a.  Chief justice of the supreme court:

.................................................. $    186,572

   b.  Each justice of the supreme court:

.................................................. $    178,218

   c.  Chief judge of the court of appeals:

.................................................. $    167,080

   d.  Each associate judge of the court of appeals:

.................................................. $    161,511

   e.  Each chief judge of a judicial district:

.................................................. $    155,941

   f.  Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial district:

.................................................. $    150,372

   g.  Each district associate judge:

.................................................. $    133,664

   h.  Each associate juvenile judge:

.................................................. $    133,664

   i.  Each associate probate judge:

.................................................. $    133,664

   j.  Each judicial magistrate:

.................................................. $     41,213

   k.  Each senior judge:

.................................................. $      8,911

   3.  Persons receiving the salary rates established under this section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments provided by this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
    Sec. 2.  JUDICIAL BRANCH —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For salaries for justices, judges, and magistrates:

.................................................. $  2,036,831
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to annual salary rates for justices, judges, and magistrates.
   The bill provides annual salary rates to be paid the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, the chief judge and judges of the court of appeals, the chief judge of each judicial district, district and district associate judges, associate juvenile and associate probate judges, judicial magistrates, and senior judges. The new salary rates become effective for the pay period beginning June 20, 2014. The bill appropriates moneys to the judicial branch for the salaries of the justices, judges, and magistrates.