SSB 1255

The bill appropriates moneys from the department of commerce revolving fund to the office of consumer advocate of the department of justice for fiscal year 2019-2020. The bill also appropriates moneys from the gaming enforcement revolving fund to the department of public safety for fiscal year 2019-2020. The bill appropriates moneys from the wireless E911 emergency communications fund to the department of homeland security and emergency management for fiscal year 2019-2020. The bill appropriates moneys from the consumer education and litigation fund to the department of justice for farm mediation services and salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes for criminal prosecuting, criminal appeals, and performing duties for fiscal year 2019-2020. SUPPLEMENTAL AND MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS. The bill appropriates moneys to the state public defender and the Iowa law enforcement academy for the fiscal year 2018-2019. The division is effective upon enactment. ATTORNEY GENERAL. _____ money awards which were awarded to the state of Iowa. The bill provides that the attorney general shall report which funds are designated to receive the moneys and under what legal authority the designation is being made. FIRE SERVICE TRAINING REVOLVING FUND. The bill creates a fire service training revolving fund and appropriates moneys in the fund to the department of public safety and provides that the moneys shall be under the control of the state fire marshal. The division is effective upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. The bill provides that the department of corrections may use general fund resources appropriated to the department for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the resolution of the settlement agreement with the division of labor services to remedy the citation by providing adequate means of communication for employees to summon assistance during violent attacks. The division is effective upon enactment. INDIGENT DEFENSE. The bill provides for the extension of the state public defender pilot project allowing an indigent person to choose an eligible attorney to represent the person in the person’s case that requires such representation, extending the completion date of that project from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2022. The division is effective upon enactment.