HF 604 (LSB 2382YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 604

BY  BODEN

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing an automated data exchange system for court filings, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  602.1615  Automated data exchange system.
   1.  The judicial branch shall establish an automated data exchange system between the electronic document management system of the judicial branch and the case management systems used by county attorneys. The judicial branch shall use moneys appropriated annually by the general assembly for the operation of the judicial branch to implement this section.
   2.  The judicial branch shall have a fully functional automated data exchange system within nine months of the effective date of this Act. The judicial branch shall provide to county attorneys any information necessary for the county attorneys to update their case management systems to connect to the automated data exchange system.
   3.  The judicial branch shall submit a progress report to the general assembly on the implementation of the automated data exchange system within six months of the completion of the system.
   4.  This section is repealed July 1, 2028.
    Sec. 2.  APPROPRIATION —— COUNTY ATTORNEY REIMBURSEMENT.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For reimbursement to county attorneys for costs incurred by a county attorney associated with conforming the county attorney’s case management system to the automated data exchange system:
   ...................................................................... $     50,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the judicial branch to create an automated data exchange system between the electronic document management system of the judicial branch and the electronic case management systems used by county attorneys for court filings. The judicial branch is required to create the automated data exchanged system within nine months of the effective date of the bill. The bill directs the judicial branch to submit a progress report to the general assembly within six months of completing the automated data exchange system.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to the judicial branch for FY 2025-2026 for reimbursement to county attorneys for costs incurred for updating a case management system to be compatible with the automated data exchange system.