S.F. _____ 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 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, 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 10 the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of 11 the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law 12 examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and 13 commission on judicial qualifications; receipt and disbursement 14 of child support payments; reimbursement of the auditor 15 of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the 16 offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal 17 year beginning July 1, 2023; and maintenance, equipment, and 18 miscellaneous purposes: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ___ 20 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to 21 section 602.1302, subsection 3, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ___ 26 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 35 -1- LSB 1006XC (2) 90 cm/ns 1/ 5

S.F. _____ 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. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices 11 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties 12 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably 13 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens 14 of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court 15 shall be open regular courthouse hours. 16 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 17 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 18 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial 19 branch in this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given to 20 the legislative services agency prior to the effective date. 21 The notice shall include information on the judicial branch’s 22 rationale for making the changes and details concerning the 23 workload and performance measures upon which the changes are 24 based. 25 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update 26 to the legislative services agency specifying the amounts of 27 fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa 28 court information system since the last report. The judicial 29 branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of vital 30 sentencing and other information with other state departments 31 and governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice 32 system through the Iowa court information system. 33 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general 34 assembly by January 1, 2024, concerning the amounts received 35 -2- LSB 1006XC (2) 90 cm/ns 2/ 5

S.F. _____ and expended from the court technology and modernization fund 1 created in section 602.8108, subsection 7, during the fiscal 2 year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, and the 3 plans for expenditures from each fund during the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. 5 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any 6 provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 7 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, if all parties in a case 8 agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a 9 county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even 10 if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial 11 district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved 12 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case 13 as if a change of venue occurred. 14 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding section 15 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and 16 ending June 30, 2024, a judicial officer may waive travel 17 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 18 county of residence to conduct official judicial business. 19 Sec. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding 20 the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by 21 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1145, section 6, for the fiscal year 22 beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the supreme 23 court may by order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave 24 status on any day employees of the judicial branch are placed 25 on temporary layoff status. The biweekly pay of the judicial 26 officers shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in 27 which the unpaid leave date occurred in the same manner as 28 for noncontract employees of the judicial branch. Through 29 the course of the fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an 30 amount equal to the aggregate amount of salary reductions due 31 to the judicial officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other 32 than for judicial salaries. 33 Sec. 5. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the intent 34 of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize 35 -3- LSB 1006XC (2) 90 cm/ns 3/ 5

S.F. _____ the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic 1 communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year 2 beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill makes appropriations to the judicial branch. 7 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state 8 for FY 2023-2024 to the judicial branch for salaries, receipt 9 and disbursement of child support payments, reimbursement of 10 the auditor of state, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous 11 purposes, and for deposit in the revolving fund created 12 pursuant to Code section 602.1302(3) for certain purposes. 13 The bill provides that a civil trial including a jury trial 14 may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper 15 jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an 16 adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, if 17 all the parties in a case agree. If a trial is moved to another 18 county that is located in another judicial district or judicial 19 election district, the judicial officers serving the judicial 20 district or judicial election district receiving the case shall 21 preside over the case. 22 The bill permits a judicial officer to waive travel 23 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 24 county of residence to conduct official business. 25 The bill allows a judicial officer to be placed on unpaid 26 leave on any day a court employee is required to furlough. 27 The bill provides that if a judicial officer is placed on 28 unpaid leave, the salary of the judicial officer shall be 29 reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid 30 leave occurred. The bill provides that the judicial branch 31 may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the salary 32 reductions due to judicial officer unpaid leave for any purpose 33 other than judicial salaries. 34 The bill states legislative intent that the judicial 35 -4- LSB 1006XC (2) 90 cm/ns 4/ 5