Bill > SF644

This bill appropriates funds to the justice system for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, with some provisions applying retroactively to July 1, 2023, and effective dates of June 11, 2025, and July 1, 2025. * **Department of Justice:** * General office of attorney general: $10,913,246 from the General Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes, including training programs and victim assistance grants. * Victim assistance grants: $5,166,708 from the General Fund, with $150,000 specifically for human trafficking victim services. * Legal services for persons in poverty grants: $2,634,601 from the General Fund. * Cybersecurity and technology infrastructure: $202,060 from the General Fund. * Antitrust fund and consumer education and litigation fund: Appropriated to the department for its duties. * **Office of Consumer Advocate:** $3,763,937 from the Commerce Revolving Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes. * **Department of Corrections - Facilities:** * Fort Madison correctional facility: $46,561,722 from the General Fund. * Anamosa correctional facility: $39,358,974 from the General Fund. * Oakdale correctional facility: $58,954,020 from the General Fund for operations and $10,175,417 for pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous purposes. * Newton correctional facility: $32,279,092 from the General Fund. * Mount Pleasant correctional facility: $30,356,297 from the General Fund. * Rockwell City correctional facility: $11,721,579 from the General Fund. * Clarinda correctional facility: $29,252,380 from the General Fund. * Mitchellville correctional facility: $26,082,539 from the General Fund. * Fort Dodge correctional facility: $34,085,251 from the General Fund. * Reimbursement of counties for prisoner confinement and offenders confined: $1,345,319 from the General Fund. * Federal prison reimbursement and out-of-state placements: $234,411 from the General Fund. * **Department of Corrections - Administration:** * General administration: $8,165,695 from the General Fund. * Educational programs for inmates: $3,108,109 from the General Fund, with unexpended funds not reverting. * Iowa Corrections Offender Network (ICON) data system: $2,000,000 from the General Fund. * Offender mental health and substance abuse treatment: $28,065 from the General Fund. * Department-wide duties: $5,905,778 from the General Fund. * **Judicial District Departments of Correctional Services:** Various amounts totaling over $100 million from the General Fund for operations across eight judicial districts, with specific mentions of maintaining drug courts and funding for electronic monitoring devices. * **Iowa Law Enforcement Academy:** $2,964,407 from the General Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes, including jailer training. * **State Public Defender:** * Salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes: $35,527,894 from the General Fund. * Indigent defense fund payments for adults and juveniles: $42,726,374 from the General Fund. * **Board of Parole:** $1,545,114 from the General Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes. * **Department of Public Defense:** $7,267,855 from the General Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes. * **Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:** $2,446,138 from the General Fund for salaries, support, and miscellaneous purposes. * **Department of Public Safety:** * Administrative functions: $7,095,906 from the General Fund. * Division of criminal investigation: $22,805,958 from the General Fund. * Criminalistics laboratory fund: $650,000 from the General Fund, with unexpended funds not reverting. * Division of narcotics enforcement: $10,265,032 from the General Fund for operations and $209,042 for undercover purchases. * Division of state fire marshal: $3,554,935 from the General Fund. * Division of state patrol: $92,232,969 from the General Fund. * Sick leave benefits fund: $279,517 from the General Fund. * Volunteer firefighter training and equipment: $1,075,520 from the General Fund, with unexpended funds not reverting. * Public safety interoperable and broadband communications fund: $115,661 from the General Fund. * Office to combat human trafficking: $200,742 from the General Fund. * Department-wide duties: $3,058,667 from the General Fund. * Office of drug control policy: $249,219 from the General Fund. * **Gaming Enforcement:** $12,227,940 from the Gaming Enforcement Revolving Fund for enforcement activities related to gambling. * **Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (911 Fund):** $300,000 from the 911 Emergency Communications Fund for implementation and audits. * **Department of Justice (Consumer Education and Litigation Fund):** $300,000 for farm mediation services and $2,000,000 for criminal prosecutions, appeals, and claims. * **Indigent Defense Hourly Rates:** Increases are specified for attorney compensation for indigent defense cases, with different rates for appointments made before and after July 1, 2025. * **Consumer Education and Litigation Fund Cap:** The annual appropriation cap for consumer fraud education and enforcement is increased. * **Corrections Capital Reinvestment Fund:** Proceeds from real estate sales can be used for capital improvements or upgrades to the Iowa Corrections Offender Network system. * **Corrections Federal Receipts Fund:** A new fund is established to receive and appropriate federal moneys for departmental operations.