Revision: March 5, 2025, 11:35 a.m.
Rep. Manos, Rock. 12
February 24, 2025
2025-0576h
11/08
Amendment to HB 762-FN-A
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Judicial Branch; New Independent Contractor Position; Appropriation.
I. One independent contractor position is created in the judicial branch. The independent contractor shall conduct a manual review of domestic violence and stalking cases and related criminal cases in order to compile and collate data for analysis for the judicial branch, the governor’s commission on domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, and other interested persons or organizations. The analysis shall include, but is not limited to, court-ordered programs, firearm relinquishment, service of temporary orders, relief granted to petitioners, and other specific data that may be determined from existing information available in currently maintained judicial branch records. The independent contractor shall not report any personal information that identifies any party.
II. The amount of $30,000 for the position established in paragraph I is hereby appropriated to the judicial branch from state general funds for the biennium ending June 30, 2027. If funds from other sources, including but not limited to federal or state matching funds or grants become available, the judicial branch shall expend those funds prior to appropriated funds. If federal funds become available and the federal grant prohibits supplantation of funds, the judicial branch may use those funds to supplement but not supplant state funds. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.