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House Amendment 5738

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2269, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  Section 331.756, subsection 4, Code
  1  6 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    4.  Prosecute misdemeanors under chapter 236.  The
  1  8 county attorney shall prosecute other misdemeanors
  1  9 when not otherwise engaged in the performance of other
  1 10 official duties.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 602.6306, subsection 2, Code 1995,
  1 12 is amended to read as follows:
  1 13    2.  District associate judges also have
  1 14 jurisdiction in civil actions for money judgment where
  1 15 the amount in controversy does not exceed ten thousand
  1 16 dollars, jurisdiction over involuntary commitment,
  1 17 treatment, or hospitalization proceedings under
  1 18 chapters 125 and 229, jurisdiction of indictable
  1 19 misdemeanors, and felony violations of section 321J.2,
  1 20 jurisdiction to enter a temporary or emergency order
  1 21 of protection under chapter 236, and to make court
  1 22 appointments and set hearings in criminal matters,
  1 23 jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not
  1 24 require notice and hearing and to set hearings in
  1 25 actions under chapter 633, and the jurisdiction
  1 26 provided in section 602.7101 when designated as a
  1 27 judge of the juvenile court.  While presiding in these
  1 28 subject matters a district associate judge shall
  1 29 employ district judges' practice and procedure."
  1 30    #2.  Page 4, by inserting after line 15 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "Sec.    .  DOMESTIC ABUSE TREATMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
  1 33 Notwithstanding section 708.2A, a court, located in a
  1 34 county which has been designated by the supreme court
  1 35 as a county establishing an alternative batterers'
  1 36 treatment pilot program, shall sentence a person who
  1 37 pleads guilty to or is convicted of domestic abuse
  1 38 assault under section 708.2A to either a batterers'
  1 39 treatment program under section 708.2B or the
  1 40 alternative batterers' pilot program established in
  1 41 the county.
  1 42    The judicial district in which the county is
  1 43 located shall report to the general assembly not later
  1 44 than January 15 of each year regarding the alternative
  1 45 batterers' pilot program.  The judicial district shall
  1 46 submit a final report not later than August 1, 1998,
  1 47 regarding the pilot program.
  1 48    This section is repealed effective June 30, 1998,
  1 49 except that the date for submission of the final
  1 50 report shall remain August 1, 1998."
  2  1    #3.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word
  2  2 "assault." and inserting the following:  "assault,
  2  3 requiring county attorneys to prosecute certain
  2  4 domestic abuse misdemeanors, giving district associate
  2  5 judges jurisdiction to enter orders of protection in
  2  6 certain domestic abuse matters, and establishing a
  2  7 pilot program for domestic abuse."
  2  8    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2  9 
  2 10 
  2 11                              
  2 12 KREIMAN of Davis
  2 13 
  2 14 
  2 15                              
  2 16 GREINER of Washington
  2 17 SF 2269.501 76
  2 18 jls/jw
     

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