SF 648 — A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions.

SSenate TFile A648 T- EEnrolled OSenate FFile I648 OAN WACT ARELATING KTO IAND MMAKING RAPPROPRIATIONS ETO YTHE NJUDICIAL OBRANCH LINCLUDING DJUDICIAL SOFFICER GSALARIES OAND VINTERPRETER EOR RTRANSLATOR NFEES, OAND RINCLUDING June11,2025EFFECTIVE TheDATE HonorablePROVISIONS. PaulPate SecretaryofStateofIowa StateCapitol DesMoines,Iowa50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit;

SenateFile648,anActrelatingtoandmakingappropriationstothejudicialbranchBE ncudngudcalofceraaiesandtrpeerorrnlaoree,andnluingffciveIT dateprovisions.ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveSenateFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.DIVISION I FY 2025-2026 APPROPRIATIONS Section 1.

Sincerely,JUDICIAL KuA&e^oldsBRANCH. Governor ofIowa cc:

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J U D I C I A L B R A N C H .

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The state court administrator shall make the determination of the distribution amounts within thirty days of the date on which tthe hannual ecensus adata nis nreleased. u a l c e n s ur e l e a s e d .

The chief juvenile court officer shall attempt to anticipate potential surpluses and shortfalls in the distribution amounts and shall cooperatively request the state court administrator to transfer moneys between the judicial districts'districts’ distribution amounts as prudent.

(6) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, aan namount anot mto oexceed unthe oactual tcost tof othe eannual x t h e a c t u a l c t h e a n n u a l membership fee is allocated to the judicial branch to support the interstate commission for juveniles in accordance with the interstate compact for juveniles as provided in section 3232.173. 2 .

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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 ddollars. o l l a r s .

The notice shall include information on the judicial branch'sbranch’s rationale for making the changes and details concerning the workload and performance measures upon which the changes are bbased. a s e d .

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 system through the Iowa court information ssystem. y s t e m .

CIVIL TRIALS ——— LOCATION.

Notwithstanding section 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, a judicial officer may waive travel reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer'sofficer’s county of residence to conduct official judicial business.

JUDICIAL OFFICER ——— UNPAID LEAVE.

The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid leave date occurred in the same manner aas s for noncontract employees of the judicial branch.

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55. I O W A C O M M U N I C A T I OI t i t h e i n t e n t of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year Senate File 648, p.

IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

It is the intent of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year Senate File 648, p.

SALARIES ——— STATE COURT JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND MMAGISTRATES. A G I S T R A T E S .

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Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial ddistrict: i s t r i c t :

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