House
Study
Bill
693
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS
SUBCOMMITTEE
ON
JUSTICE
SYSTEM)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
appropriations
to
the
judicial
branch.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
166,
section
9,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
SEC.
9.
JUDICIAL
BRANCH.
3
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
4
to
the
judicial
branch
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
5
2018,
and
ending
June
30,
2019,
the
following
amounts,
or
so
6
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
7
designated:
8
a.
For
salaries
of
supreme
court
justices,
appellate
court
9
judges,
district
court
judges,
district
associate
judges,
10
associate
juvenile
judges,
associate
probate
judges,
judicial
11
magistrates
and
staff,
state
court
administrator,
clerk
of
the
12
supreme
court,
district
court
administrators,
clerks
of
the
13
district
court,
juvenile
court
officers,
board
of
law
examiners
14
and
board
of
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters
and
judicial
15
qualifications
commission;
receipt
and
disbursement
of
child
16
support
payments;
reimbursement
of
the
auditor
of
state
for
17
expenses
incurred
in
completing
audits
of
the
offices
of
the
18
clerks
of
the
district
court
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
19
July
1,
2018;
and
maintenance,
equipment,
and
miscellaneous
20
purposes:
21
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$
87,843,306
22
178,423,415
23
b.
For
deposit
in
the
revolving
fund
created
pursuant
to
24
section
602.1302,
subsection
3
,
for
jury
and
witness
fees,
25
mileage,
costs
related
to
summoning
jurors,
costs
and
fees
for
26
interpreters
and
translators,
and
reimbursement
of
attorney
27
fees
paid
by
the
state
public
defender:
28
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$
1,550,000
29
3,100,000
30
2.
The
judicial
branch,
except
for
purposes
of
internal
31
processing,
shall
use
the
current
state
budget
system,
the
32
state
payroll
system,
and
the
Iowa
finance
and
accounting
33
system
in
administration
of
programs
and
payments
for
services,
34
and
shall
not
duplicate
the
state
payroll,
accounting,
and
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budgeting
systems.
1
3.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
monthly
financial
2
statements
to
the
legislative
services
agency
and
the
3
department
of
management
containing
all
appropriated
accounts
4
in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
the
monthly
financial
status
5
reports
and
personal
services
usage
reports
of
the
department
6
of
administrative
services.
The
monthly
financial
statements
7
shall
include
a
comparison
of
the
dollars
and
percentage
8
spent
of
budgeted
versus
actual
revenues
and
expenditures
on
9
a
cumulative
basis
for
full-time
equivalent
positions
and
10
dollars.
11
4.
The
judicial
branch
shall
focus
efforts
upon
the
12
collection
of
delinquent
fines,
penalties,
court
costs,
fees,
13
surcharges,
or
similar
amounts.
14
5.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
offices
15
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
operate
in
all
99
counties
16
and
be
accessible
to
the
public
as
much
as
is
reasonably
17
possible
in
order
to
address
the
relative
needs
of
the
citizens
18
of
each
county.
19
6.
In
addition
to
the
requirements
for
transfers
under
20
section
8.39
,
the
judicial
branch
shall
not
change
the
21
appropriations
from
the
amounts
appropriated
to
the
judicial
22
branch
in
this
division
of
this
Act,
unless
notice
of
the
23
revisions
is
given
prior
to
their
effective
date
to
the
24
legislative
services
agency.
The
notice
shall
include
25
information
on
the
branch’s
rationale
for
making
the
changes
26
and
details
concerning
the
workload
and
performance
measures
27
upon
which
the
changes
are
based.
28
7.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
a
semiannual
update
29
to
the
legislative
services
agency
specifying
the
amounts
of
30
fines,
surcharges,
and
court
costs
collected
using
the
Iowa
31
court
information
system
since
the
last
report.
The
judicial
32
branch
shall
continue
to
facilitate
the
sharing
of
vital
33
sentencing
and
other
information
with
other
state
departments
34
and
governmental
agencies
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
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system
through
the
Iowa
court
information
system.
1
8.
The
judicial
branch
shall
provide
a
report
to
the
general
2
assembly
by
January
1,
2019,
concerning
the
amounts
received
3
and
expended
from
the
enhanced
court
collections
fund
created
4
in
section
602.1304
and
the
court
technology
and
modernization
5
fund
created
in
section
602.8108,
subsection
9
,
during
the
6
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
7
and
the
plans
for
expenditures
from
each
fund
during
the
fiscal
8
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
ending
June
30,
2019.
A
copy
9
of
the
report
shall
be
provided
to
the
legislative
services
10
agency.
11
Sec.
2.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
140,
section
40,
subsection
12
3,
as
amended
by
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
166,
section
2,
is
13
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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3.
a.
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
and
2,
in
the
fiscal
15
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
the
16
supreme
court
may
increase
the
annual
salary
rates
specified
17
in
subsection
2,
by
an
amount
not
to
exceed
two
and
one-half
18
percent
of
the
salary
rate
established
for
each
judicial
19
position
in
subsection
2.
Persons
receiving
the
salary
20
rates
established
under
this
section
shall
not
receive
any
21
additional
salary
adjustments
other
than
those
provided
by
this
22
subsection.
23
b.
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
and
2,
in
the
fiscal
24
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
ending
June
30,
2019,
the
25
supreme
court
may
increase
the
annual
salary
rates
specified
26
in
subsection
2,
by
an
amount
not
to
exceed
two
percent
of
27
the
salary
rate
established
for
each
judicial
position
in
28
subsection
2,
or
by
an
amount
not
to
exceed
two
percent
of
29
the
annual
salary
rate
established
under
paragraph
“a”
,
as
30
applicable.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
makes
appropriations
to
the
judicial
branch.
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The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
for
1
FY
2018-2019
to
the
judicial
branch
for
salaries,
maintenance,
2
equipment,
and
miscellaneous
purposes.
3
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
to
a
revolving
4
fund
for
the
payment
of
jury
and
witness
fees,
mileage,
and
5
costs
related
to
summoning
jurors.
6
The
bill
specifies
that
it
is
the
intent
of
the
general
7
assembly
that
the
offices
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
8
operate
in
all
99
counties
and
be
accessible
to
the
public
as
9
is
reasonably
possible.
10
The
bill
allows
the
Iowa
supreme
court
in
FY
2018-2019
to
11
increase
the
annual
salary
rates
for
judicial
positions
not
to
12
exceed
2
percent
of
the
current
salary
rate
for
each
judicial
13
position.
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