Bill Text: IA HF2449 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to appropriations to the judicial branch. Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-30 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 896. [HF2449 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2449-Enrolled.html
House
File
2449
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
APPROPRIATIONS
TO
THE
JUDICIAL
BRANCH.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
133,
section
7,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
SEC.
7.
JUDICIAL
BRANCH.
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
judicial
branch
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
2015,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
a.
For
salaries
of
supreme
court
justices,
appellate
court
judges,
district
court
judges,
district
associate
judges,
associate
juvenile
judges,
associate
probate
judges,
judicial
magistrates
and
staff,
state
court
administrator,
clerk
of
the
supreme
court,
district
court
administrators,
clerks
of
the
district
court,
juvenile
court
officers,
board
of
law
examiners
and
board
of
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters
and
judicial
qualifications
commission;
receipt
and
disbursement
of
child
support
payments;
reimbursement
of
the
auditor
of
state
for
expenses
incurred
in
completing
audits
of
the
offices
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014;
and
maintenance,
equipment,
and
miscellaneous
purposes:
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$
82,299,684
171,486,612
b.
For
deposit
in
the
revolving
fund
created
pursuant
to
section
602.1302,
subsection
3
,
for
jury
and
witness
fees,
mileage,
costs
related
to
summoning
jurors,
fees
for
interpreters,
and
reimbursement
of
attorney
fees
paid
by
the
House
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2449,
p.
2
state
public
defender:
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$
1,550,000
3,100,000
2.
The
judicial
branch,
except
for
purposes
of
internal
processing,
shall
use
the
current
state
budget
system,
the
state
payroll
system,
and
the
Iowa
finance
and
accounting
system
in
administration
of
programs
and
payments
for
services,
and
shall
not
duplicate
the
state
payroll,
accounting,
and
budgeting
systems.
3.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
monthly
financial
statements
to
the
legislative
services
agency
and
the
department
of
management
containing
all
appropriated
accounts
in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
the
monthly
financial
status
reports
and
personal
services
usage
reports
of
the
department
of
administrative
services.
The
monthly
financial
statements
shall
include
a
comparison
of
the
dollars
and
percentage
spent
of
budgeted
versus
actual
revenues
and
expenditures
on
a
cumulative
basis
for
full-time
equivalent
positions
and
dollars.
4.
The
judicial
branch
shall
focus
efforts
upon
the
collection
of
delinquent
fines,
penalties,
court
costs,
fees,
surcharges,
or
similar
amounts.
5.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
offices
of
the
clerks
of
the
district
court
operate
in
all
99
counties
and
be
accessible
to
the
public
as
much
as
is
reasonably
possible
in
order
to
address
the
relative
needs
of
the
citizens
of
each
county.
6.
In
addition
to
the
requirements
for
transfers
under
section
8.39
,
the
judicial
branch
shall
not
change
the
appropriations
from
the
amounts
appropriated
to
the
judicial
branch
in
this
division
of
this
Act,
unless
notice
of
the
revisions
is
given
prior
to
their
effective
date
to
the
legislative
services
agency.
The
notice
shall
include
information
on
the
branch’s
rationale
for
making
the
changes
and
details
concerning
the
workload
and
performance
measures
upon
which
the
changes
are
based.
7.
The
judicial
branch
shall
submit
a
semiannual
update
to
the
legislative
services
agency
specifying
the
amounts
of
fines,
surcharges,
and
court
costs
collected
using
the
Iowa
court
information
system
since
the
last
report.
The
judicial
branch
shall
continue
to
facilitate
the
sharing
of
vital
sentencing
and
other
information
with
other
state
departments
and
governmental
agencies
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
House
File
2449,
p.
3
system
through
the
Iowa
court
information
system.
8.
The
judicial
branch
shall
provide
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2015,
concerning
the
amounts
received
and
expended
from
the
enhanced
court
collections
fund
created
in
section
602.1304
and
the
court
technology
and
modernization
fund
created
in
section
602.8108,
subsection
7
,
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
and
ending
June
30,
2014,
and
the
plans
for
expenditures
from
each
fund
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
2015.
A
copy
of
the
report
shall
be
provided
to
the
legislative
services
agency.
9.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
judicial
branch
emphasize
the
expansion
of
family
treatment
courts
on
a
statewide
basis.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2449,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
