Senate File 2436 - Enrolled
Senate File 2436
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH,
INCLUDING BY MODIFYING THE JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUND, AND
INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 DIVISION I
2 FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS
3 Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH.
4 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
5 to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
6 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or so
7 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
8 designated:
9 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court
10 judges, district court judges, district associate judges,
11 associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial
12 magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of
13 the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of
14 the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law
15 examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and
16 commission on judicial qualifications; receipt and disbursement
17 of child support payments; reimbursement of the auditor
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18 of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the
19 offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal
20 year beginning July 1, 2024; and maintenance, equipment, and
21 miscellaneous purposes:
22 .................................................. $201,018,878
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:
28 .................................................. $ 3,600,000
29 c. For payment of expenses for court-ordered services
30 provided to juveniles who are under the supervision of juvenile
31 court services, which expenses are a charge upon the state
32 pursuant to section 232.141, subsection 4:
33 .................................................. $ 3,290,000
34 (1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
35 no more than $1,556,000 is allocated to provide school-based
1 supervision of children under chapter 232, of which no more
2 than $25,000 may be used for purposes of training.
3 (2) Notwithstanding section 232.141 or any other provision
4 of law to the contrary, the moneys appropriated in this
5 lettered paragraph shall be distributed to the judicial
6 districts as determined by the state court administrator. The
7 state court administrator shall make the determination of the
8 distribution amounts within thirty days of the date on which
9 the annual census data is released.
10 (3) Notwithstanding chapter 232 or any other provision of
11 law to the contrary, a district or juvenile court shall not
12 order any service which is a charge upon the state pursuant
13 to section 232.141 if there are insufficient court-ordered
14 services moneys available in the district court distribution
15 amounts to pay for the service. The chief juvenile court
16 officer shall encourage use of the moneys appropriated in this
17 lettered paragraph such that there are sufficient moneys to pay
18 for all court-ordered services during the entire fiscal year.
19 The chief juvenile court officer shall attempt to anticipate
20 potential surpluses and shortfalls in the distribution amounts
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21 and shall cooperatively request the state court administrator
22 to transfer moneys between the judicial districts’ distribution
23 amounts as prudent.
24 (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
25 a district or juvenile court shall not order a county to pay
26 for any service provided to a juvenile pursuant to an order
27 entered under chapter 232 which is a charge upon the state
28 under section 232.141, subsection 4.
29 (5) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
30 no more than $83,000 may be used by the judicial branch
31 for administration of the requirements under this lettered
32 paragraph.
33 (6) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
34 an amount not to exceed the actual cost of the annual
35 membership fee is allocated to the judicial branch to support
1 the interstate commission for juveniles in accordance with
2 the interstate compact for juveniles as provided in section
3 232.173.
4 (7) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
5 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated
6 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
7 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
8 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2027.
9 d. For juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services
10 pursuant to section 232.192:
11 .................................................. $ 12,253,000
12 (1) Any state moneys saved as a result of efforts by
13 juvenile court services to earn a federal fund match pursuant
14 to Tit. IV-E of the federal Family First Prevention Services
15 Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-123, for juvenile court services
16 administration is appropriated to the judicial branch for
17 purposes of this lettered paragraph.
18 (2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
19 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated
20 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
21 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
22 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2027.
23 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal
24 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the
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25 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting
26 system in administration of programs and payments for services,
27 and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and
28 budgeting systems.
29 3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial
30 statements to the legislative services agency and the
31 department of management containing all appropriated accounts
32 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status
33 reports and personal services usage reports of the department
34 of administrative services. The monthly financial statements
35 shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage
1 spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on
2 a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and
3 dollars.
4 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the
5 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees,
6 surcharges, or similar amounts.
7 5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices
8 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties
9 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably
10 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens
11 of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court
12 shall be open regular courthouse hours.
13 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under
14 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the
15 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial
16 branch in this division of this Act, unless notice of the
17 revisions is given to the legislative services agency prior
18 to the effective date. The notice shall include information
19 on the judicial branch’s rationale for making the changes and
20 details concerning the workload and performance measures upon
21 which the changes are based.
22 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update to
23 the legislative services agency and department of management
24 specifying the amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs
25 collected using the Iowa court information system since the
26 last report. The judicial branch shall continue to facilitate
27 the sharing of vital sentencing and other information with
28 other state departments and governmental agencies involved in
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29 the criminal justice system through the Iowa court information
30 system.
31 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general
32 assembly and department of management by January 1, 2025,
33 concerning the amounts received and expended from the court
34 technology and modernization fund created in section 602.8108,
35 subsection 7, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023,
1 and ending June 30, 2024, and the plans for expenditures from
2 each fund during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
3 ending June 30, 2025.
4 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any
5 provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July
6 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, if all parties in a case
7 agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a
8 county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even
9 if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial
10 district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved
11 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case
12 as if a change of venue occurred.
13 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding section
14 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
15 ending June 30, 2025, a judicial officer may waive travel
16 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s
17 county of residence to conduct official judicial business.
18 Sec. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding
19 the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by
20 this division of this Act for the fiscal year beginning July
21 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the supreme court may by
22 order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave status on any
23 day employees of the judicial branch are placed on temporary
24 layoff status. The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall
25 be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid
26 leave date occurred in the same manner as for noncontract
27 employees of the judicial branch. Through the course of the
28 fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an amount equal to
29 the aggregate amount of salary reductions due to the judicial
30 officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other than for
31 judicial salaries.
32 Sec. 5. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the intent
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33 of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize
34 the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic
35 communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year
1 beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.
2 Sec. 6. SALARIES —— STATE COURT JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND
3 MAGISTRATES.
4 1. The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the
5 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, effective for the pay
6 period beginning June 21, 2024, and for subsequent fiscal
7 years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The
8 salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys
9 appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this division
10 of this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
11 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the
12 persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the
13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, effective with the pay
14 period beginning June 21, 2024, and for subsequent pay periods:
15 a. Chief justice of the supreme court:
16 .................................................. $ 205,911
17 b. Each justice of the supreme court:
18 .................................................. $ 196,692
19 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals:
20 .................................................. $ 184,400
21 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals:
22 .................................................. $ 178,253
23 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district:
24 .................................................. $ 172,106
25 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial
26 district:
27 .................................................. $ 165,959
28 g. Each district associate judge:
29 .................................................. $ 147,520
30 h. Each associate juvenile judge:
31 .................................................. $ 147,520
32 i. Each associate probate judge:
33 .................................................. $ 147,520
34 j. Each judicial magistrate:
35 .................................................. $ 45,484
1 k. Each senior judge:
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2 .................................................. $ 9,834
3 3. Persons receiving salary rates established under this
4 section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments
5 provided by this division of this Act or any other Act of the
6 general assembly.
7 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this division of
8 this Act enacting salaries for state court justices, judges,
9 and magistrates takes effect June 21, 2024.
10 DIVISION II
11 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUND
12 Sec. 8. Section 602.9104, Code 2024, is amended by adding
13 the following new subsection:
14 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. Any change to the required contribution
15 rate shall be shared between judges and the state in the same
16 proportion as the required contribution rate.
17 Sec. 9. Section 602.9104, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
18 amended to read as follows:
19 4. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
20 requires:
21 a. “Actuarial valuation” means an actuarial valuation of the
22 judicial retirement system or an annual actuarial update of an
23 actuarial valuation, as required pursuant to section 602.9116.
24 b. “Fully funded status” means that the most recent
25 actuarial valuation reflects that the funded status of the
26 system is at least one hundred percent, based upon the benefits
27 provided for judges through the judicial retirement system as
28 of July 1, 2006.
29 c. “Judge’s required contribution” means an amount equal
30 to the basic salary of the judge multiplied by the following
31 applicable percentage:
32 (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
33 June 30, 2009, seven and seven-tenths percent.
34 (2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending
35 June 30, 2010, eight and seven-tenths percent.
1 (3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and for each
2 subsequent fiscal year until the system attains fully funded
3 status, nine and thirty-five hundredths percent.
4 (4) Commencing with the first fiscal year in which the
5 system attains fully funded status, and for each subsequent
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6 fiscal year, the percentage rate equal to forty percent of the
7 required contribution percentage rate equal to thirty-five
8 percent of the required contribution rate.
9 d. b. “Required contribution rate” means that percentage
10 of the basic salary of all judges covered under this article
11 equal to the actuarially required contribution rate determined
12 by the actuary pursuant to section 602.9116. The required
13 contribution rate shall not vary by more than one percentage
14 point from the required contribution rate for the prior fiscal
15 year.
16 e. c. “State’s required contribution” means an amount equal
17 to the basic salary of all judges covered under this article
18 multiplied by the following applicable percentage:
19 (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and for each
20 subsequent fiscal year until the system attains fully funded
21 status, thirty and six-tenths percent.
22 (2) Commencing with the first fiscal year in which the
23 system attains fully funded status, and for each subsequent
24 fiscal year, the percentage rate equal to sixty percent of
25 the required contribution percentage rate equal to sixty-five
26 percent of the required contribution rate.
______________________________ ______________________________
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2436, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 815.11, 46.3, 46.5, 46.6
Reprinted: 602.1302, 602.9104
Enrolled: 602.1302, 602.9104