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An
Act
relating
to
appropriations
to
the
judicial
branch.
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BE
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ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
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Section
1.
JUDICIAL
BRANCH.
1
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
2
to
the
judicial
branch
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
3
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
the
following
amounts,
or
so
4
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
5
designated:
6
a.
For
salaries
of
supreme
court
justices,
appellate
court
7
judges,
district
court
judges,
district
associate
judges,
8
associate
juvenile
judges,
associate
probate
judges,
judicial
9
magistrates
and
staff,
state
court
administrator,
clerk
of
the
10
supreme
court,
district
court
administrators,
clerks
of
the
11
district
court,
juvenile
court
officers,
board
of
law
examiners
12
and
board
of
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters
and
judicial
13
qualifications
commission;
receipt
and
disbursement
of
child
14
support
payments;
reimbursement
of
the
auditor
of
state
for
15
expenses
incurred
in
completing
audits
of
the
offices
of
the
16
clerks
of
the
district
court
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
17
July
1,
2019;
and
maintenance,
equipment,
and
miscellaneous
18
purposes:
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$181,126,293
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b.
For
deposit
in
the
revolving
fund
created
pursuant
to
21
section
602.1302,
subsection
3
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for
jury
and
witness
fees,
22
mileage,
costs
related
to
summoning
jurors,
costs
and
fees
for
23
interpreters
and
translators,
and
reimbursement
of
attorney
24
fees
paid
by
the
state
public
defender:
25
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$
3,100,000
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2.
The
judicial
branch,
except
for
purposes
of
internal
27
processing,
shall
use
the
current
state
budget
system,
the
28
state
payroll
system,
and
the
Iowa
finance
and
accounting
29
system
in
administration
of
programs
and
payments
for
services,
30
and
shall
not
duplicate
the
state
payroll,
accounting,
and
31
budgeting
systems.
32
3.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
monthly
financial
33
statements
to
the
legislative
services
agency
and
the
34
department
of
management
containing
all
appropriated
accounts
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in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
the
monthly
financial
status
1
reports
and
personal
services
usage
reports
of
the
department
2
of
administrative
services.
The
monthly
financial
statements
3
shall
include
a
comparison
of
the
dollars
and
percentage
4
spent
of
budgeted
versus
actual
revenues
and
expenditures
on
5
a
cumulative
basis
for
full-time
equivalent
positions
and
6
dollars.
7
4.
The
judicial
branch
shall
focus
efforts
upon
the
8
collection
of
delinquent
fines,
penalties,
court
costs,
fees,
9
surcharges,
or
similar
amounts.
10
5.
The
offices
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
shall
11
operate
in
all
99
counties
and
be
accessible
to
the
public
as
12
much
as
is
reasonably
possible
in
order
to
address
the
relative
13
needs
of
the
citizens
of
each
county.
At
minimum,
an
office
14
of
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
be
open
to
the
public
15
for
at
least
the
same
hours
as
other
county
offices
in
their
16
respective
county.
If
county
offices
within
a
county
are
open
17
for
a
varying
number
of
hours,
the
office
of
the
clerk
of
the
18
district
court
shall
be
open
consistent
with
the
county
office
19
that
is
open
the
greatest
number
of
hours.
20
6.
In
addition
to
the
requirements
for
transfers
under
21
section
8.39
,
the
judicial
branch
shall
not
change
the
22
appropriations
from
the
amounts
appropriated
to
the
judicial
23
branch
in
this
division
of
this
Act,
unless
notice
of
the
24
revisions
is
given
prior
to
their
effective
date
to
the
25
legislative
services
agency.
The
notice
shall
include
26
information
on
the
branch’s
rationale
for
making
the
changes
27
and
details
concerning
the
workload
and
performance
measures
28
upon
which
the
changes
are
based.
29
7.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
a
semiannual
update
30
to
the
legislative
services
agency
specifying
the
amounts
of
31
fines,
surcharges,
and
court
costs
collected
using
the
Iowa
32
court
information
system
since
the
last
report.
The
judicial
33
branch
shall
continue
to
facilitate
the
sharing
of
vital
34
sentencing
and
other
information
with
other
state
departments
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and
governmental
agencies
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
1
system
through
the
Iowa
court
information
system.
2
8.
The
judicial
branch
shall
provide
a
report
to
the
general
3
assembly
by
January
1,
2020,
concerning
the
amounts
received
4
and
expended
from
the
enhanced
court
collections
fund
created
5
in
section
602.1304
and
the
court
technology
and
modernization
6
fund
created
in
section
602.8108,
subsection
9
,
during
the
7
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
ending
June
30,
2019,
8
and
the
plans
for
expenditures
from
each
fund
during
the
fiscal
9
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020.
A
copy
10
of
the
report
shall
be
provided
to
the
legislative
services
11
agency.
12
Sec.
2.
CIVIL
TRIALS
——
LOCATION.
Notwithstanding
any
13
provision
to
the
contrary,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
14
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
if
all
parties
in
a
case
15
agree,
a
civil
trial
including
a
jury
trial
may
take
place
in
a
16
county
contiguous
to
the
county
with
proper
jurisdiction,
even
17
if
the
contiguous
county
is
located
in
an
adjacent
judicial
18
district
or
judicial
election
district.
If
the
trial
is
moved
19
pursuant
to
this
section,
court
personnel
shall
treat
the
case
20
as
if
a
change
of
venue
occurred.
However,
if
a
trial
is
moved
21
to
an
adjacent
judicial
district
or
judicial
election
district,
22
the
judicial
officers
serving
in
the
judicial
district
or
23
judicial
election
district
receiving
the
case
shall
preside
24
over
the
case.
25
Sec.
3.
TRAVEL
REIMBURSEMENT.
Notwithstanding
section
26
602.1509
,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
27
ending
June
30,
2020,
a
judicial
officer
may
waive
travel
28
reimbursement
for
any
travel
outside
the
judicial
officer’s
29
county
of
residence
to
conduct
official
judicial
business.
30
Sec.
4.
JUDICIAL
OFFICER
——
UNPAID
LEAVE.
Notwithstanding
31
the
annual
salary
rates
for
judicial
officers
established
by
32
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
140,
section
40,
for
the
fiscal
year
33
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
the
supreme
34
court
may
by
order
place
all
judicial
officers
on
unpaid
leave
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status
on
any
day
employees
of
the
judicial
branch
are
placed
1
on
temporary
layoff
status.
The
biweekly
pay
of
the
judicial
2
officers
shall
be
reduced
accordingly
for
the
pay
period
in
3
which
the
unpaid
leave
date
occurred
in
the
same
manner
as
4
for
noncontract
employees
of
the
judicial
branch.
Through
5
the
course
of
the
fiscal
year,
the
judicial
branch
may
use
an
6
amount
equal
to
the
aggregate
amount
of
salary
reductions
due
7
to
the
judicial
officer
unpaid
leave
days
for
any
purpose
other
8
than
for
judicial
salaries.
9
Sec.
5.
IOWA
COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK.
It
is
the
intent
10
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
judicial
branch
utilize
11
the
Iowa
communications
network
or
other
secure
electronic
12
communications
in
lieu
of
traveling
for
the
fiscal
year
13
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020.
14
Sec.
6.
STATE
COURT
——
JUSTICES,
JUDGES,
AND
MAGISTRATES.
15
1.
The
salary
rates
specified
in
subsection
2
are
for
the
16
fiscal
year
beginning
in
July
1,
2019,
and
for
subsequent
17
fiscal
years
until
otherwise
provided
by
the
general
assembly.
18
The
salaries
provided
for
in
this
section
shall
be
paid
19
from
funds
allocated
to
the
judicial
branch
from
the
salary
20
adjustment
fund,
or
if
the
allocation
is
not
sufficient,
from
21
funds
appropriated
to
the
judicial
branch
pursuant
to
this
Act
22
or
any
other
Act
of
the
general
assembly.
23
2.
The
following
annual
salary
rates
shall
be
paid
to
the
24
persons
holding
the
judicial
positions
indicated
during
the
25
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
for
subsequent
pay
26
periods.
27
a.
Chief
justice
of
the
supreme
court:
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$
186,661
29
b.
Each
justice
of
the
supreme
court:
30
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$
178,304
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c.
Chief
judge
of
the
court
of
appeals:
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$
167,160
33
d.
Each
associate
judge
of
the
court
of
appeals:
34
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$
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e.
Each
chief
judge
of
a
judicial
district:
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$
156,016
2
f.
Each
district
judge
except
the
chief
judge
of
a
judicial
3
district:
4
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$
150,444
5
g.
Each
district
associate
judge:
6
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$
133,728
7
h.
Each
associate
juvenile
judge:
8
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$
133,728
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i.
Each
associate
probate
judge:
10
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$
133,728
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j.
Each
judicial
magistrate:
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$
41,232
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k.
Each
senior
judge:
14
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3.
Persons
receiving
the
salary
rates
established
16
under
this
section
shall
not
receive
any
additional
salary
17
adjustments
provided
by
this
Act.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
makes
appropriations
to
the
judicial
branch.
22
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
for
23
FY
2019-2020
to
the
judicial
branch
for
salaries,
maintenance,
24
equipment,
and
miscellaneous
purposes.
25
The
bill
provides
that
the
offices
of
the
clerks
of
the
26
district
court
shall
operate
in
all
99
counties
and
be
27
accessible
to
the
public
as
much
as
is
reasonably
possible
28
in
order
to
address
the
relative
needs
of
the
citizens
of
29
each
county.
The
bill
provides
that
at
minimum,
an
office
of
30
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
be
open
to
the
public
31
for
at
least
the
same
hours
as
other
county
offices
in
their
32
respective
counties.
The
bill
provides
that
if
county
offices
33
within
a
county
are
open
a
varying
number
of
hours,
the
office
34
of
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
be
open
consistent
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with
the
county
office
that
is
open
the
greatest
number
of
1
hours.
2
The
bill
provides
that
a
civil
trial
including
a
jury
trial
3
may
take
place
in
a
county
contiguous
to
the
county
with
proper
4
jurisdiction,
even
if
the
contiguous
county
is
located
in
an
5
adjacent
judicial
district
or
judicial
election
district,
if
6
all
the
parties
in
a
case
agree.
If
a
trial
is
moved
to
another
7
county
that
is
located
in
another
judicial
district
or
judicial
8
election
district,
the
judicial
officers
serving
the
judicial
9
district
or
judicial
election
district
receiving
the
case
shall
10
preside
over
the
case.
11
The
bill
permits
a
judicial
officer
to
waive
travel
12
reimbursement
for
any
travel
outside
the
judicial
officer’s
13
county
of
residence
to
conduct
official
business.
14
The
bill
allows
a
judicial
officer
to
be
placed
on
unpaid
15
leave
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
on
any
day
a
16
court
employee
is
required
to
furlough.
The
bill
provides
that
17
if
a
judicial
officer
is
placed
on
unpaid
leave,
the
salary
of
18
the
judicial
officer
shall
be
reduced
accordingly
for
the
pay
19
period
in
which
the
unpaid
leave
occurred.
Through
the
course
20
of
the
fiscal
year,
the
bill
provides
that
the
judicial
branch
21
may
use
an
amount
equal
to
the
aggregate
amount
of
the
salary
22
reductions
due
to
judicial
officer
unpaid
leave
for
any
purpose
23
other
than
judicial
salaries.
24
The
bill
states
legislative
intent
that
the
judicial
25
branch
utilize
the
Iowa
communications
network
or
other
secure
26
electronic
communications
in
lieu
of
traveling.
27
The
bill
sets
forth
the
salary
rates
for
certain
positions
in
28
the
judicial
branch
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019.
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