Bill Text: IA SF2411 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to appropriations to the judicial branch. (Formerly SSB 3215.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - Withdrawn. S.J. 1010. [SF2411 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2411-Introduced.html
Senate File 2411 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3215) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to appropriations to the judicial branch. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5033SV (1) 87 jm/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 166, section 9, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 SEC. 9. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 1 4 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 1 5 to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1 6 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amounts, or so 1 7 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 1 8 designated: 1 9 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court 1 10 judges, district court judges, district associate judges, 1 11 associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial 1 12 magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of the 1 13 supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of the 1 14 district court, juvenile court officers, board of law examiners 1 15 and board of examiners of shorthand reporters and judicial 1 16 qualifications commission; receipt and disbursement of child 1 17 support payments; reimbursement of the auditor of state for 1 18 expenses incurred in completing audits of the offices of the 1 19 clerks of the district court during the fiscal year beginning 1 20 July 1, 2018; and maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous 1 21 purposes: 1 22 .................................................. $87,843,3061 23 176,341,120 1 24 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to 1 25 section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees, 1 26 mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for 1 27 interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney 1 28 fees paid by the state public defender: 1 29 .................................................. $1,550,0001 30 3,100,000 1 31 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal 1 32 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the 1 33 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting 1 34 system in administration of programs and payments for services, 1 35 and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and 2 1 budgeting systems. 2 2 3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial 2 3 statements to the legislative services agency and the 2 4 department of management containing all appropriated accounts 2 5 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status 2 6 reports and personal services usage reports of the department 2 7 of administrative services. The monthly financial statements 2 8 shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage 2 9 spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on 2 10 a cumulative basis for full=time equivalent positions and 2 11 dollars. 2 12 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 2 13 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, 2 14 surcharges, or similar amounts. 2 15 5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices 2 16 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties 2 17 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably 2 18 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens 2 19 of each county. 2 20 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 2 21 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 2 22 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial 2 23 branch in this division of this Act, unless notice of the 2 24 revisions is given prior to their effective date to the 2 25 legislative services agency. The notice shall include 2 26 information on the branch's rationale for making the changes 2 27 and details concerning the workload and performance measures 2 28 upon which the changes are based. 2 29 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update 2 30 to the legislative services agency specifying the amounts of 2 31 fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa 2 32 court information system since the last report. The judicial 2 33 branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of vital 2 34 sentencing and other information with other state departments 2 35 and governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice 3 1 system through the Iowa court information system. 3 2 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general 3 3 assembly by January 1, 2019, concerning the amounts received 3 4 and expended from the enhanced court collections fund created 3 5 in section 602.1304 and the court technology and modernization 3 6 fund created in section 602.8108, subsection 9, during the 3 7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, 3 8 and the plans for expenditures from each fund during the fiscal 3 9 year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019. A copy 3 10 of the report shall be provided to the legislative services 3 11 agency. 3 12 9. The judicial branch in cooperation with the department 3 13 of corrections, the division of criminal and juvenile justice 3 14 planning of the department of human rights, and the judicial 3 15 district departments of correctional services, shall study the 3 16 effectiveness and recidivism rates of persons assigned to the 3 17 specialty courts of the judicial branch. The judicial branch 3 18 shall file a report detailing the cost=effectiveness of the 3 19 specialty courts including any recommendations with the general 3 20 assembly and the fiscal services division of the legislative 3 21 services agency by January 15, 2019. 3 22 10. The judicial branch shall install and maintain a 3 23 flagpole on the grounds of the Iowa judicial branch building so 3 24 the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa 3 25 may be raised in compliance with section 1B.3. 3 26 EXPLANATION 3 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 29 This bill makes appropriations to the judicial branch. 3 30 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state for 3 31 FY 2018=2019 to the judicial branch for salaries, maintenance, 3 32 equipment, and miscellaneous purposes. 3 33 The bill appropriates from the general fund to a revolving 3 34 fund for the payment of jury and witness fees, mileage, and 3 35 costs related to summoning jurors. 4 1 The bill specifies that it is the intent of the general 4 2 assembly that the offices of the clerks of the district court 4 3 operate in all 99 counties and be accessible to the public as 4 4 is reasonably possible. 4 5 The bill requires the judicial branch in cooperation with 4 6 the department of corrections, the division of criminal and 4 7 juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights, 4 8 and the judicial district departments of correctional services, 4 9 to study the effectiveness and recidivism rates of persons 4 10 assigned to the specialty courts of the judicial branch. The 4 11 judicial branch is required to file a report detailing the 4 12 cost=effectiveness of the specialty courts including any 4 13 recommendations with the general assembly and the fiscal 4 14 services division of the legislative services agency by January 4 15 15, 2019. 4 16 The bill requires the judicial branch to install and 4 17 maintain a flagpole on the grounds of the Iowa judicial branch 4 18 building so the flags of the United States of America and the 4 19 state of Iowa may be raised in compliance with Code section 4 20 1B.3. LSB 5033SV (1) 87 jm/rn
