Bill Text: IA HF2693 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, and including effective date provisions. Effective date: 05/09/2024, 07/01/2024.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-09 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 940. [HF2693 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2693-Enrolled.html

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House File 2693 - Enrolled
House File 2693
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND
INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of justice for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. For the general office of attorney general for
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes,
including the prosecuting attorneys training program, matching
funds for federal violence against women grant programs,
victim assistance grants, the office of drug control policy
prosecuting attorney program, and odometer fraud enforcement,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,539,176
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 234.00
As a condition of receiving the appropriation provided
in this lettered paragraph, the department of justice shall
maintain a record of the estimated time incurred representing
each agency or department.

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The general office of attorney general may temporarily
exceed and draw more than the amount appropriated in this
lettered paragraph and incur a negative cash balance as long
as there are receivables equal to or greater than the negative
balances and the amount appropriated in this lettered paragraph
is not exceeded at the close of the fiscal year.
b. For victim assistance grants:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,016,708
The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to provide grants to care providers providing services to
crime victims of human trafficking, domestic abuse, rape, or
sexual assault.
The balance of the victim compensation fund established
in section 915.94 may be used to provide salary and support
of not more than 24.00 full-time equivalent positions and to
provide maintenance for the victim compensation functions
of the department of justice. In addition to the full-time
equivalent positions authorized pursuant to this paragraph,
7.00 full-time equivalent positions are authorized and shall
be used by the department of justice to employ one accountant
and four program planners. The department of justice may
employ the additional 7.00 full-time equivalent positions
authorized pursuant to this paragraph that are in excess of the
number of full-time equivalent positions authorized only if
the department of justice receives sufficient federal moneys
to maintain employment for the additional full-time equivalent
positions during the current fiscal year. The department
of justice shall only employ the additional 7.00 full-time
equivalent positions in succeeding fiscal years if sufficient
federal moneys are received during each of those succeeding
fiscal years.
The department of justice shall transfer at least $150,000
from the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94
to the victim assistance grant program established in section
13.31.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the

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close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. For legal services for persons in poverty grants as
provided in section 13.34:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,634,601
d. To improve the department of justice’s cybersecurity and
technology infrastructure:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 202,060
2. a. The department of justice, in submitting budget
estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, pursuant
to section 8.23, shall include a report of funding from sources
other than amounts appropriated directly from the general fund
of the state to the department of justice or to the office of
consumer advocate. These funding sources shall include but
are not limited to reimbursements from other state agencies,
commissions, boards, or similar entities, and reimbursements
from special funds or internal accounts within the department
of justice. The department of justice shall also report actual
reimbursements for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023,
and actual and expected reimbursements for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024.
b. The department of justice shall include the report
required under paragraph “a”, as well as information regarding
any revisions occurring as a result of reimbursements actually
received or expected at a later date, in a report to the
general assembly. The department of justice shall submit the
report on or before January 15, 2025.
3. a. The department of justice shall fully reimburse
the costs and necessary related expenses incurred by the Iowa
law enforcement academy to continue to employ one additional
instructor position who shall provide training for human
trafficking-related issues throughout the state.
b. The department of justice shall obtain the moneys
necessary to reimburse the Iowa law enforcement academy to
employ such an instructor from unrestricted moneys from either
the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94 or
the human trafficking victim fund established in section 915.95
or the human trafficking enforcement fund established in 2015
Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 141.
Sec. 2. OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE. There is appropriated

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from the commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 to
the office of consumer advocate of the department of justice
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30,
2025, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,450,713
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 18.00
The office of consumer advocate shall include in its charges
assessed or revenues generated an amount sufficient to cover
the amount stated in its appropriation and any state-assessed
indirect costs determined by the department of administrative
services.
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS —— FACILITIES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. For the operation of the Fort Madison correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 45,522,762
b. For the operation of the Anamosa correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,887,065
c. For the operation of the Oakdale correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 57,703,792
d. For the Oakdale correctional facility for
department-wide institutional pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,925,417
e. For the operation of the Newton correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous

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purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,522,181
f. For the operation of the Mount Pleasant correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,729,489
g. For the operation of the Rockwell City correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,364,524
h. For the operation of the Clarinda correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,625,610
Moneys received by the department of corrections as
reimbursement for services provided to the Clarinda youth
corporation are appropriated to the department and shall be
used for the purpose of operating the Clarinda correctional
facility.
i. For the operation of the Mitchellville correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,512,183
j. For the operation of the Fort Dodge correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,279,423
k. For reimbursement of counties for temporary confinement
of prisoners, as provided in sections 901.7, 904.908, and
906.17, and for offenders confined pursuant to section 904.513:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,345,319
l. For federal prison reimbursement, reimbursements for
out-of-state placements, and miscellaneous contracts:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 234,411
2. The department of corrections shall use moneys
appropriated in subsection 1 to continue to contract for the
services of a Muslim imam and a Native American spiritual
leader.
Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS —— ADMINISTRATION.

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There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
1. For general administration, including salaries and the
adjustment of salaries throughout the department, support,
maintenance, employment of an education director to administer
a centralized education program for the correctional system,
and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,662,297
a. It is the intent of the general assembly that each
lease negotiated by the department of corrections with a
private corporation for the purpose of providing private
industry employment of inmates in a correctional institution
shall prohibit the private corporation from utilizing inmate
labor for partisan political purposes for any person seeking
election to public office in this state and that a violation
of this requirement shall result in a termination of the lease
agreement.
b. It is the intent of the general assembly that as a
condition of receiving the appropriation provided in this
subsection the department of corrections shall not enter into
a lease or contractual agreement pursuant to section 904.809
with a private corporation for the use of building space for
the purpose of providing inmate employment without providing
that the terms of the lease or contract establish safeguards to
restrict, to the greatest extent feasible, access by inmates
working for the private corporation to personal identifying
information of citizens.
c. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $586,966
is allocated to employ 5.00 additional full-time equivalent
positions to improve the management and oversight of the
department of corrections’ central office.
2. For educational programs for inmates at state penal
institutions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,608,109
a. To maximize the funding for educational programs,
the department shall establish guidelines and procedures to

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prioritize the availability of educational and vocational
training for inmates based upon the goal of facilitating an
inmate’s successful release from the correctional institution.
b. The director of the department of corrections may
transfer moneys from Iowa prison industries and the canteen
operating funds established pursuant to section 904.310, for
use in educational programs for inmates.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available to be used only for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
3. For the development and operation of the Iowa corrections
offender network (ICON) data system:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
4. For offender mental health and substance abuse
treatment:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,065
5. For department-wide duties, including operations, costs,
and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,654,633
Sec. 5. JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, for salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. For the first judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,826,981
It is the intent of the general assembly that the first
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug courts operated by the district department.
b. For the second judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,637,109
It is the intent of the general assembly that the second

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judicial district department of correctional services maintains
two drug courts to be operated by the district department.
c. For the third judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,615,128
d. For the fourth judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,465,898
e. For the fifth judicial district department of
correctional services, including funding for electronic
monitoring devices for use on a statewide basis:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24,328,291
It is the intent of the general assembly that the fifth
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
f. For the sixth judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,128,661
It is the intent of the general assembly that the sixth
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
g. For the seventh judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,671,655
It is the intent of the general assembly that the seventh
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
h. For the eighth judicial district department of
correctional services:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,001,148
2. Each judicial district department of correctional
services, within the moneys available, shall continue programs
and plans established within that district to provide for
intensive supervision, sex offender treatment, diversion of
low-risk offenders to the least restrictive sanction available,
job development, and expanded use of intermediate criminal
sanctions.
3. Each judicial district department of correctional
services shall provide alternatives to prison consistent with

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chapter 901B. The alternatives to prison shall ensure public
safety while providing maximum rehabilitation to the offender.
A judicial district department of correctional services may
also establish a day program.
4. The office of drug control policy of the department
of public safety shall consider federal grants made to the
department of corrections for the benefit of each of the eight
judicial district departments of correctional services as local
government grants, as defined pursuant to federal regulations.
5. The department of corrections shall continue to contract
with a judicial district department of correctional services to
provide for the rental of electronic monitoring equipment which
shall be available statewide.
6. The public safety assessment shall not be utilized in
pretrial hearings when determining whether to detain or release
a defendant before trial until such time the use of the public
safety assessment has been specifically authorized by the
general assembly.
Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS —— REALLOCATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS. Notwithstanding section 8.39, within the
moneys appropriated in this division of this Act to the
department of corrections, the department may reallocate the
moneys appropriated and allocated as necessary to best fulfill
the needs of the correctional institutions, administration
of the department, and the judicial district departments of
correctional services. However, in addition to complying with
the requirements of sections 904.116 and 905.8 and providing
notice to the legislative services agency, the department
of corrections shall also provide notice to the department
of management, prior to the effective date of the revision
or reallocation of an appropriation made pursuant to this
section. The department of corrections shall not reallocate an
appropriation or allocation for the purpose of eliminating any
program.
Sec. 7. INTENT —— REPORTS.
1. The department of corrections, in cooperation with
townships, the Iowa cemetery associations, and other nonprofit
or governmental entities, may use inmate labor during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, to restore or preserve

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rural cemeteries and historical landmarks. The department, in
cooperation with the counties, may also use inmate labor to
clean up roads, major water sources, and other water sources
around the state.
2. By January 15, 2025, the department shall provide an
annual status report regarding private-sector employment to
the general assembly. The report shall include the number
of offenders employed in the private sector, the combined
number of hours worked by the offenders, the total amount of
allowances, and the distribution of allowances pursuant to
section 904.702, including any moneys deposited in the general
fund of the state.
Sec. 8. ELECTRONIC MONITORING REPORT. The department of
corrections shall submit a report on electronic monitoring
to the general assembly by January 15, 2025. The report
shall specifically address the number of persons being
electronically monitored and break down the number of persons
being electronically monitored by offense committed. The
report shall also include a comparison of any data from the
prior fiscal year with the current fiscal year.
Sec. 9. STATE AGENCY PURCHASES FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires, “state agency” means the government of the state
of Iowa, including but not limited to all executive branch
departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions, the
judicial branch, the general assembly and all legislative
agencies, institutions within the purview of the state board of
regents, and any corporation whose primary function is to act
as an instrumentality of the state.
2. State agencies are encouraged to purchase products from
Iowa state industries, as defined in section 904.802, when
purchases are required and the products are available from
Iowa state industries. State agencies shall obtain bids from
Iowa state industries for purchases of office furniture during
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, exceeding $5,000 or
in accordance with applicable administrative rules related to
purchases for the agency.
Sec. 10. IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the

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state to the Iowa law enforcement academy for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, including jailer training and technical assistance,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,904,407
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 30.25
b. The Iowa law enforcement academy may temporarily exceed
and draw more than the amount appropriated in this subsection
and incur a negative cash balance as long as there are
receivables equal to or greater than the negative balance and
the amount appropriated in this subsection is not exceeded at
the close of the fiscal year.
2. The Iowa law enforcement academy may select at least
five automobiles of the department of public safety, division
of state patrol, prior to turning over the automobiles to
the department of administrative services to be disposed
of by public auction, and the Iowa law enforcement academy
may exchange any automobile owned by the academy for each
automobile selected if the selected automobile is used in
training law enforcement officers at the academy. However, any
automobile exchanged by the academy shall be substituted for
the selected vehicle of the department of public safety and
sold by public auction with the receipts being deposited in the
depreciation fund maintained pursuant to section 8A.365 to the
credit of the department of public safety, division of state
patrol.
3. The Iowa law enforcement academy shall provide training
for domestic abuse and human trafficking-related issues
throughout the state. The training shall be offered at no
cost to the attendees and the training shall not replace any
existing domestic abuse or human trafficking training offered
by the academy.
Sec. 11. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the office of the state public defender of the department

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of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,477,894
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 253.00
b. For payments on behalf of eligible adults and juveniles
from the indigent defense fund, in accordance with section
815.11:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,606,374
2. Moneys received by the office of the state public
defender pursuant to Tit. IV-E of the federal Social Security
Act remaining unencumbered and unobligated at the end of the
fiscal year shall not revert but shall be transferred to the
Tit. IV-E juvenile justice improvement fund created in 2022
Iowa Acts, chapter 1146, section 11, subsection 3, to remain
available for expenditure by the office of the state public
defender in succeeding fiscal years for the purposes allowed by
Tit. IV-E of the federal Social Security Act.
Sec. 12. BOARD OF PAROLE. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the board of parole for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,545,114
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 11.00
Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of public defense, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous

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purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,211,221
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 248.00
2. The department of public defense may temporarily exceed
and draw more than the amount appropriated in this section and
incur a negative cash balance as long as there are receivables
of federal funds equal to or greater than the negative balance
and the amount appropriated in this section is not exceeded at
the close of the fiscal year.
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of homeland security and emergency management
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30,
2025, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,442,595
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 25.44
2. The department of homeland security and emergency
management may temporarily exceed and draw more than the amount
appropriated in this section and incur a negative cash balance
as long as there are receivables of federal funds equal to or
greater than the negative balance and the amount appropriated
in this section is not exceeded at the close of the fiscal
year.
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of public
safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending
June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For administrative functions, including salaries and the
adjustment of salaries throughout the department, the criminal
justice information system, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,092,910

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 48.00
2. For the division of criminal investigation, including
the state’s contribution to the peace officers’ retirement,
accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
amount of the state’s normal contribution rate, as defined in
section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for which the moneys
are appropriated, to meet federal fund matching requirements,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,189,769
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 180.00
3. For the criminalistics laboratory fund created in
section 691.9:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 650,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
4. a. For the division of narcotics enforcement, including
the state’s contribution to the peace officers’ retirement,
accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
amount of the state’s normal contribution rate, as defined in
section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for which the moneys
are appropriated, to meet federal fund matching requirements,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,243,545
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 67.00
The division of narcotics enforcement is authorized an
additional 1.00 full-time equivalent position pursuant to
this lettered paragraph that is in excess of the number of
full-time equivalent positions authorized for the previous
fiscal year only if the division of narcotics enforcement
receives sufficient federal moneys to maintain employment
for the additional full-time equivalent position during the
current fiscal year. The division of narcotics enforcement
shall only employ the additional full-time equivalent position
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received during each of those succeeding fiscal years.
b. For the division of narcotics enforcement for undercover
purchases:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 209,042
5. For the division of state fire marshal, for fire
protection services as provided through the state fire service
and emergency response council as created in the department,
and for the state’s contribution to the peace officers’
retirement, accident, and disability system provided in chapter
97A in the amount of the state’s normal contribution rate,
as defined in section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for
which the moneys are appropriated, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,418,466
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 21.00
6. For the division of state patrol, for salaries, support,
maintenance, workers’ compensation costs, and miscellaneous
purposes, including the state’s contribution to the peace
officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system provided
in chapter 97A in the amount of the state’s normal contribution
rate, as defined in section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries
for which the moneys are appropriated, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,056,257
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 613.00
It is the intent of the general assembly that members of the
state patrol be assigned to patrol the highways and roads in
lieu of assignments for inspecting school buses for the school
districts.
7. For deposit in the sick leave benefits fund established
in section 80.42 for all departmental employees eligible to
receive benefits for accrued sick leave under the collective
bargaining agreement:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 279,517
8. For costs associated with the training and equipment
needs of volunteer fire fighters:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,075,520
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
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of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated in this subsection
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
9. For the public safety interoperable and broadband
communications fund established in section 80.44:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 115,661
10. For the office to combat human trafficking established
pursuant to section 80.45, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,742
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
11. For department-wide duties, including operations,
costs, and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,149,789
12. For deposit in the public safety equipment fund
established in section 80.48 for the purchase, maintenance, and
replacement of equipment used by the department:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000
13. For the office of drug control policy, for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, including
statewide coordination of the drug abuse resistance education
(D.A.R.E) programs or other similar programs, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 249,219
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 4.00
Notwithstanding section 8.39, the department of public
safety may reallocate moneys appropriated in this section
as necessary to best fulfill the needs provided for in the
appropriation. However, the department shall not reallocate
moneys appropriated to the department in this section unless
notice of the reallocation is given to the legislative services
agency and the department of management prior to the effective
date of the reallocation. The notice shall include information
regarding the rationale for reallocating the moneys. The
department shall not reallocate moneys appropriated in this
section for the purpose of eliminating any program.
Sec. 16. GAMING ENFORCEMENT.
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revolving fund created in section 80.43 to the department of
public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
ending June 30, 2025, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For any direct support costs for agents and officers of
the division of criminal investigation’s excursion gambling
boat, gambling structure, and racetrack enclosure enforcement
activities, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,442,487
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 65.00
2. For each additional license to conduct gambling games on
an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack
enclosure issued during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024,
there is appropriated from the gaming enforcement revolving
fund to the department of public safety for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, an additional
amount of not more than $300,000 to be used for full-time
equivalent positions.
3. The department of public safety, with the approval of the
department of management, may employ no more than three special
agents for each additional riverboat or gambling structure
regulated after July 1, 2025, and three special agents for
each racing facility which becomes operational during the
fiscal year which begins July 1, 2025. Positions authorized
in this subsection are in addition to the full-time equivalent
positions otherwise authorized in this section.
Sec. 17. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated from the 911 emergency
communications fund created in section 34A.7A to the department
of homeland security and emergency management for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For implementation, support, and maintenance of the
functions of the administrator and program manager under
chapter 34A and to employ the auditor of the state to perform
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
Sec. 18. CONSUMER EDUCATION AND LITIGATION —— FARM
MEDIATION AND PROSECUTIONS, APPEALS, AND CLAIMS.
Notwithstanding section 714.16C , there is appropriated from the
consumer education and litigation fund to the department of
justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending
June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For farm mediation services as specified in section
13.13, subsection 2 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for criminal prosecutions, criminal appeals, and
performing duties pursuant to chapter 669 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
DIVISION II
IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
Sec. 19. Section 80B.11B, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
c. For a candidate sponsored by a political subdivision
and hired by the political subdivision, to the political
subdivision, one-third of the total cost , ; to the candidate,
one-third of the total cost; and to the state, the remainder of
the total cost. The political subdivision may pay for all or a
portion of the candidate’s share of the costs.
DIVISION III
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Sec. 20. Section 815.7, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
8. For appointments made on or after July 1, 2023, through
June 30, 2024, the reasonable compensation shall be calculated
on the basis of eighty-three dollars per hour for class
“A” felonies, seventy-eight dollars per hour for class “B”
felonies, and seventy-three dollars per hour for all other
cases.
Sec. 21. Section 815.7, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 8A. For appointments made on or after
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on the basis of eighty-six dollars per hour for class “A”
felonies, eighty-one dollars per hour for class “B” felonies,
and seventy-six dollars per hour for all other cases.
Sec. 22. Section 815.7A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Compensation for time spent by an attorney or guardian
ad litem traveling outside of the attorney’s or guardian ad
litem’s county of domicile is payable when the travel is
reasonable and necessary to represent the indigent client and
shall be calculated at a rate of thirty-five dollars per hour.
Compensation for travel for a court proceeding other than a
trial or other contested proceeding shall only be paid if the
attorney or guardian ad litem files a motion for a remote
hearing and the motion is denied. This section does not affect
any allowable compensation for time spent traveling already
compensated pursuant to any other applicable provision of law.
The hours compensated for travel outside the county of domicile
shall not apply to a cap on the maximum work hours to which the
attorney or guardian ad litem may be subject.
DIVISION IV
ATTORNEY GENERAL —— ANTITRUST FUND —— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
LITIGATION
Sec. 23. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LITIGATION
FUNDS. Notwithstanding sections 553.19 and 714.16C,
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30,
2025, any moneys not otherwise appropriated from the antitrust
fund created in section 553.19 and the consumer education and
litigation fund created in section 714.16C are appropriated to
the department of justice for salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes necessary to perform the duties
described in section 13.2.
Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION V
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sec. 25. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS —— SALARY COMPACTION
STUDY AND REPORT. The department of corrections is directed
to conduct a study on the salaries of corrections officers of
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new corrections officers does not cause a compaction of the
salaries of current corrections officers. The department shall
produce a report and submit the report to the general assembly
on or before December 15, 2024.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2693, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor