Bill > HSB339

This bill appropriates funds for the justice system for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. * **Department of Justice:** * General office of attorney general: $10,693,063 * Victim assistance grants: $5,766,708 * Legal services for persons in poverty grants: $2,634,601 * Cybersecurity and technology infrastructure: $202,060 * From the commerce revolving fund for the office of consumer advocate: $3,763,937 * From the consumer education and litigation fund for farm mediation services, criminal prosecutions, appeals, and duties under chapter 669: $300,000 and $2,000,000 respectively. * **Department of Corrections:** * Operations of various correctional facilities (Fort Madison, Anamosa, Oakdale, Newton, Mount Pleasant, Rockwell City, Clarinda, Mitchellville, Fort Dodge): Approximately $313,000,000 in total. * Reimbursement of counties for temporary prisoner confinement: $1,345,319 * Federal prison reimbursement and out-of-state placements: $234,411 * General administration: $8,165,695 * Inmate educational programs: $3,108,109 * Iowa Corrections Offender Network (ICON) data system: $2,000,000 * Offender mental health and substance abuse treatment: $28,065 * Department-wide duties: $5,905,778 * Judicial District Departments of Correctional Services (total for all eight districts): Approximately $102,000,000. * Proceeds from real estate sales for capital improvements or upgrades to the Iowa Corrections Offender Network system are appropriated from the corrections capital reinvestment fund. * A new federal receipts fund is established for federal moneys received by the department, which are appropriated for department operations. * **Iowa Law Enforcement Academy:** * Salaries, support, maintenance, and training: $2,908,138 * **Office of the State Public Defender:** * Salaries, support, maintenance: $36,065,363 * Payments from the indigent defense fund for eligible adults and juveniles: $42,726,374 * **Board of Parole:** * Salaries, support, maintenance: $1,565,782 * **Department of Public Defense:** * Salaries, support, maintenance: $7,398,691 * **Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:** * Salaries, support, maintenance: $2,446,138 * From the 911 emergency communications fund for implementation and audit of the fund: $300,000 * **Department of Public Safety:** * Administrative functions: $7,092,910 * Division of criminal investigation: $21,189,769 * Criminalistics laboratory fund: $650,000 * Division of narcotics enforcement: $10,265,032, plus $209,042 for undercover purchases. * Division of state fire marshal: $3,554,935 * Division of state patrol: $92,232,969 * Sick leave benefits fund: $279,517 * Volunteer firefighter training and equipment: $1,075,520 * Public safety interoperable and broadband communications fund: $115,661 * Office to combat human trafficking: $200,742 * Department-wide duties: $1,944,668 * Public safety equipment fund: $2,500,000 * Office of drug control policy: $249,219 * From the gaming enforcement revolving fund for excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, and racetrack enclosure enforcement: $12,227,940, with additional funds for new licenses. The bill also includes provisions to increase hourly rates for court-appointed counsel for appointments made on or after July 1, 2025, and modifies administrative procedures for law enforcement officer certification and confidentiality of communications with peer support counselors.