House File 655 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 655 BY BODEN A BILL FOR An Act establishing an electronic payment system for court 1 payments by county attorneys, making appropriations, and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2384YH (2) 91 cm/ns
H.F. 655 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 602.1615 Electronic payment system. 1 1. The judicial branch shall establish an electronic 2 payment system for the transfer of payments between the 3 electronic document management system of the judicial branch 4 and the case management systems used by county attorneys. The 5 judicial branch shall use moneys appropriated annually by the 6 general assembly for the operation of the judicial branch to 7 implement this section. 8 2. The judicial branch shall have a fully functional 9 electronic payment system within nine months of the effective 10 date of this Act. The judicial branch shall provide to county 11 attorneys any information necessary for the county attorneys 12 to update their case management systems to connect to the 13 electronic payment system. 14 3. The judicial branch shall submit a progress report to 15 the general assembly on the implementation of the electronic 16 payment system within six months of the completion of the 17 system. 18 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2028. 19 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION COUNTY ATTORNEY 20 REIMBURSEMENT. There is appropriated from the general 21 fund of the state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year 22 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following 23 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 24 purposes designated: 25 For reimbursement to county attorneys for costs incurred 26 by a county attorney associated with conforming the county 27 attorneys case management system to the electronic payment 28 system: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000 30 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 31 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of 32 the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 33 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the 34 fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028. 35 -1- LSB 2384YH (2) 91 cm/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 655 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 1 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 EXPLANATION 3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 This bill requires the judicial branch to create an 6 electronic payment system for the transfer of payments between 7 the electronic document management system of the judicial 8 branch and the electronic case management systems used by 9 county attorneys. The judicial branch is required to create 10 the system within nine months of the effective date of the 11 bill. The bill directs the judicial branch to submit a 12 progress report to the general assembly within six months of 13 completing the system. 14 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to the 15 judicial branch for FY 2025-2026 for reimbursement to county 16 attorneys for costs incurred for updating a case management 17 system to be compatible with the electronic payment system. 18 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 19 -2- LSB 2384YH (2) 91 cm/ns 2/ 2