HSB 201 (LSB 1519XD (2) 88)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED JUDICIAL BRANCH BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to judicial salaries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 602.1501, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   602.1501  Judicial salaries.
   1.  The chief justice and each justice of the supreme court shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.
   2.  The chief judge and each judge of the court of appeals shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.
   3.  The chief judge of each judicial district and each district judge shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.
   4.  District associate judges shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.
   5.  Full-time associate juvenile judges and full-time associate probate judges shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.
   6.  Magistrates shall receive the salary set by the general assembly supreme court from funds appropriated to the judicial branch, subject to section 602.6402.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Currently, the general assembly determines the salaries of judges. Under this bill, the supreme court would determine the salaries of judges, which would be paid from funds appropriated to the judicial branch.