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HOUSE
FILE
2558
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
LSB
5006HB)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
22,
2022
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A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
appropriations
to
the
judicial
branch.
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ENACTED
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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
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023,
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,
2022;
and
maintenance,
equipment,
and
18
miscellaneous
purposes:
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$197,000,550
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From
the
moneys
appropriated
in
this
paragraph,
the
21
judicial
branch
shall
fund
the
appointment
of
four
new
district
22
associate
judge
positions
and
the
associated
support
staff.
23
b.
For
deposit
in
the
revolving
fund
created
pursuant
to
24
section
602.1302,
subsection
3,
for
jury
and
witness
fees,
25
mileage,
costs
related
to
summoning
jurors,
costs
and
fees
for
26
interpreters
and
translators,
and
reimbursement
of
attorney
27
fees
paid
by
the
state
public
defender:
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$
3,600,000
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2.
The
judicial
branch,
except
for
purposes
of
internal
30
processing,
shall
use
the
current
state
budget
system,
the
31
state
payroll
system,
and
the
Iowa
finance
and
accounting
32
system
in
administration
of
programs
and
payments
for
services,
33
and
shall
not
duplicate
the
state
payroll,
accounting,
and
34
budgeting
systems.
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3.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
monthly
financial
1
statements
to
the
legislative
services
agency
and
the
2
department
of
management
containing
all
appropriated
accounts
3
in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
the
monthly
financial
status
4
reports
and
personal
services
usage
reports
of
the
department
5
of
administrative
services.
The
monthly
financial
statements
6
shall
include
a
comparison
of
the
dollars
and
percentage
7
spent
of
budgeted
versus
actual
revenues
and
expenditures
on
8
a
cumulative
basis
for
full-time
equivalent
positions
and
9
dollars.
10
4.
The
judicial
branch
shall
focus
efforts
upon
the
11
collection
of
delinquent
fines,
penalties,
court
costs,
fees,
12
surcharges,
or
similar
amounts.
13
5.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
offices
14
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
operate
in
all
99
counties
15
and
be
accessible
to
the
public
as
much
as
is
reasonably
16
possible
in
order
to
address
the
relative
needs
of
the
citizens
17
of
each
county.
An
office
of
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
18
shall
be
open
regular
courthouse
hours.
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
Act,
unless
notice
of
the
revisions
is
given
to
23
the
legislative
services
agency
prior
to
the
effective
date.
24
The
notice
shall
include
information
on
the
judicial
branch’s
25
rationale
for
making
the
changes
and
details
concerning
the
26
workload
and
performance
measures
upon
which
the
changes
are
27
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.
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8.
The
judicial
branch
shall
provide
a
report
to
the
general
2
assembly
by
January
1,
2023,
concerning
the
amounts
received
3
and
expended
from
the
court
technology
and
modernization
fund
4
created
in
section
602.8108,
subsection
7,
during
the
fiscal
5
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
June
30,
2022,
and
the
6
plans
for
expenditures
from
each
fund
during
the
fiscal
year
7
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023.
8
Sec.
2.
CIVIL
TRIALS
——
LOCATION.
Notwithstanding
any
9
provision
to
the
contrary,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
10
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023,
if
all
parties
in
a
case
11
agree,
a
civil
trial
including
a
jury
trial
may
take
place
in
a
12
county
contiguous
to
the
county
with
proper
jurisdiction,
even
13
if
the
contiguous
county
is
located
in
an
adjacent
judicial
14
district
or
judicial
election
district.
If
the
trial
is
moved
15
pursuant
to
this
section,
court
personnel
shall
treat
the
case
16
as
if
a
change
of
venue
occurred.
17
Sec.
3.
TRAVEL
REIMBURSEMENT.
Notwithstanding
section
18
602.1509,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
19
ending
June
30,
2023,
a
judicial
officer
may
waive
travel
20
reimbursement
for
any
travel
outside
the
judicial
officer’s
21
county
of
residence
to
conduct
official
judicial
business.
22
Sec.
4.
JUDICIAL
OFFICER
——
UNPAID
LEAVE.
Notwithstanding
23
the
annual
salary
rates
for
judicial
officers
established
by
24
2021
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
168,
section
6,
for
the
fiscal
year
25
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023,
the
supreme
26
court
may
by
order
place
all
judicial
officers
on
unpaid
leave
27
status
on
any
day
employees
of
the
judicial
branch
are
placed
28
on
temporary
layoff
status.
The
biweekly
pay
of
the
judicial
29
officers
shall
be
reduced
accordingly
for
the
pay
period
in
30
which
the
unpaid
leave
date
occurred
in
the
same
manner
as
31
for
noncontract
employees
of
the
judicial
branch.
Through
32
the
course
of
the
fiscal
year,
the
judicial
branch
may
use
an
33
amount
equal
to
the
aggregate
amount
of
salary
reductions
due
34
to
the
judicial
officer
unpaid
leave
days
for
any
purpose
other
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than
for
judicial
salaries.
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Sec.
5.
IOWA
COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK.
It
is
the
intent
2
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
judicial
branch
utilize
3
the
Iowa
communications
network
or
other
secure
electronic
4
communications
in
lieu
of
traveling
for
the
fiscal
year
5
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023.
6
Sec.
6.
STATE
COURT
——
JUSTICES,
JUDGES,
AND
MAGISTRATES.
7
1.
The
salary
rates
specified
in
subsection
2
are
for
the
8
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
effective
for
the
pay
9
period
beginning
June
24,
2022,
and
for
subsequent
fiscal
10
years
until
otherwise
provided
by
the
general
assembly.
The
11
salaries
provided
for
in
this
section
shall
be
paid
from
moneys
12
allocated
to
the
judicial
branch
from
the
salary
adjustment
13
fund,
or
if
the
allocation
is
not
sufficient,
from
moneys
14
appropriated
to
the
judicial
branch
pursuant
to
this
Act
or
any
15
other
Act
of
the
general
assembly.
16
2.
The
following
annual
salary
rates
shall
be
paid
to
the
17
persons
holding
the
judicial
positions
indicated
during
the
18
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
effective
with
the
pay
19
period
beginning
June
24,
2022,
and
for
subsequent
pay
periods:
20
a.
Chief
justice
of
the
supreme
court:
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$
203,604
22
b.
Each
justice
of
the
supreme
court:
23
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$
194,489
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c.
Chief
judge
of
the
court
of
appeals:
25
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$
182,333
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d.
Each
associate
judge
of
the
court
of
appeals:
27
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$
176,256
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e.
Each
chief
judge
of
a
judicial
district:
29
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$
170,177
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f.
Each
district
judge
except
the
chief
judge
of
a
judicial
31
district:
32
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$
164,099
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g.
Each
district
associate
judge:
34
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$
145,867
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Each
associate
juvenile
judge:
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$
145,867
2
i.
Each
associate
probate
judge:
3
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$
145,867
4
j.
Each
judicial
magistrate:
5
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$
44,975
6
k.
Each
senior
judge:
7
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$
9,724
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3.
Persons
receiving
the
salary
rates
established
9
under
this
section
shall
not
receive
any
additional
salary
10
adjustments
provided
by
this
Act
or
any
other
Act
of
the
11
general
assembly.
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Sec.
7.
Section
602.9116,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
13
the
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
The
court
administrator
shall
submit
15
to
the
general
assembly
a
copy
of
each
actuarial
valuation
and
16
annual
actuarial
update.
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