Text: HF02374 Text: HF02376 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 602.8104A PRETRIAL RELEASE 1 2 INFORMATION. 1 3 1. The clerk of the district court shall compile the 1 4 following information regarding persons, who shall only be 1 5 identified by case number, accused of a public offense who are 1 6 released from custody while awaiting trial under chapter 811: 1 7 a. The offense with which the person is charged. 1 8 b. The date of any court appearances scheduled in the case 1 9 which the accused did not attend. 1 10 c. Whether a warrant has been issued for the person's 1 11 arrest for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of 1 12 the person's pretrial release. 1 13 d. Whether the person has failed to comply with a 1 14 condition of pretrial release imposed under chapter 811. 1 15 e. The magistrate or judge who ordered the pretrial 1 16 release. 1 17 2. This information shall be updated on a monthly basis 1 18 and shall be a public record. 1 19 3. Not later than March 15 of each year, the clerk shall 1 20 prepare a report to the chief judge of the judicial district 1 21 containing the following information for the previous calendar 1 22 year: 1 23 a. The number of accused persons who failed to attend a 1 24 scheduled court appearance. 1 25 b. The number of accused persons for whom a warrant for 1 26 the person's arrest was issued for failure to appear. 1 27 c. The number of accused persons who were arrested for 1 28 another offense while on pretrial release and the offense for 1 29 which they were arrested. 1 30 d. The number of persons who were convicted of the same 1 31 offense or of a felony within the six years previous to the 1 32 date upon which charges were filed in the case for which the 1 33 person was on pretrial release. 1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 This bill provides that the clerk of the district court 2 1 shall keep a record of persons released from custody while 2 2 awaiting trial. The record shall only identify the person by 2 3 case number and shall be a public record. 2 4 The record shall contain information regarding the offense 2 5 with which the person released is accused, whether the person 2 6 has failed to appear for scheduled court dates or violated a 2 7 condition of pretrial release, and the judge or magistrate 2 8 which issued the pretrial release order. 2 9 The clerk shall make a report to the chief judge of the 2 10 judicial district by March 15 of each year including 2 11 information on the number of persons placed on pretrial 2 12 release, the number who failed to appear, the number who were 2 13 arrested while on pretrial release and their offense, the 2 14 number who were subject to an arrest warrant for failure to 2 15 appear, and the number of persons convicted of the same 2 16 offense or a felony within the previous six years. 2 17 LSB 4000YH 76 2 18 mk/jw/5
Text: HF02374 Text: HF02376 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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