{"content":[{"text":"EXECUTIVE SUMMARY \n JUDICIAL BRANCH APPROPRIATION BILL","bbox":{"left":0.022727,"top":0.032197,"width":0.295864,"height":0.051989999999999995}},{"text":"HOUSE FILE 864","bbox":{"left":0.838876,"top":0.032197,"width":0.13839800000000002,"height":0.031659999999999994}},{"text":"FUNDING SUMMARY","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.125501,"width":0.142204,"height":0.024871000000000004}},{"text":"General Fund FY 2022: Appropriates a total of $193.6 million from the General Fund to the Judicial \n Branch for FY 2022. This appropriation includes: \n $190.0 million to the Judicial Branch for operations. This is an increase of $8.9 million compared to \n estimated FY 2021. \n $3.6 million to the Jury and Witness Fee Revolving Fund. This is an increase of $500,000 compared to \n estimated FY 2021.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.168994,"width":0.661576,"height":0.13553599999999996}},{"text":"MAJOR INCREASES/DECREASES/TRANSFERS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.323295,"width":0.4857099999999999,"height":0.024870999999999976}},{"text":"Requires the Judicial Branch to increase the annual salary rates of the Supreme Court Justices to the amounts \n specified in the Bill starting in FY 2022. Requires that the salaries be paid from funds allocated to the \n Judicial Branch from the Salary Adjustment Fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from funds \n appropriated to the Judicial Branch pursuant to this Bill, or any other Act of the General Assembly.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.366052,"width":0.66109,"height":0.09179500000000002}},{"text":"Page 4, Line 9","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.366052,"width":0.08753000000000011,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"STUDIES AND INTENT","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.476596,"width":0.149573,"height":0.024870999999999976}},{"text":"Requires the Judicial Branch to focus efforts on collecting delinquent fines and fees.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.519369,"width":0.5112730000000001,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Page 2, Line 8","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.519369,"width":0.08753000000000011,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Specifies that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the offices of the clerks of the district court \n operate in all 99 counties and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably possible in order to \n address the relative needs of the citizens of each county. Requires that an office of the clerk of the district \n court be open during regular courthouse hours.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.563177,"width":0.639576,"height":0.091777}},{"text":"Page 2, Line 11","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.563177,"width":0.0951050000000001,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Requires the Judicial Branch to provide a semiannual report to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) \n specifying the amount of fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa Court Information \n System (ICIS). Requires the Judicial Branch to continue to share vital sentencing and other information with \n other State departments and government agencies involved with the criminal justice system through the \n ICIS.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.672621,"width":0.6581810000000001,"height":0.11365700000000001}},{"text":"Page 2, Line 26","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.672621,"width":0.0951050000000001,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Requires the Judicial Branch to report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2022, regarding the revenues \n and expenditures of the Enhanced Court Collections Fund and the Court Technology and Modernization \n Fund for FY 2021 and planned expenditures for FY 2022. The Judicial Branch is required to provide a copy \n of this report to the LSA.","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.803928,"width":0.654363,"height":0.09177800000000003}},{"text":"Page 2, Line 34","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.803928,"width":0.0951050000000001,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Permits parties to a civil case, including a jury trial, to move the case to a contiguous county during","bbox":{"left":0.030303,"top":0.913356,"width":0.602637,"height":0.026156999999999986}},{"text":"Page 3, Line 7","bbox":{"left":0.780303,"top":0.913356,"width":0.08753000000000011,"height":0.026156999999999986}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}