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Senate Amendment 3558

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  1  1    Amend the House amendment, S-3501, to Senate File
  1  2 208, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
  1  3 as follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "#   .  Page 1, by inserting after line 18 the
  1  7 following:
  1  8    "Sec.    .  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, Code
  1  9 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 10    1.  a.  Minimum entrance requirements, course of
  1 11 study, attendance requirements, and equipment and
  1 12 facilities required at approved law enforcement
  1 13 training schools.  Minimum age requirements for
  1 14 entrance to approved law enforcement training schools
  1 15 shall be eighteen years of age.
  1 16    b.  Minimum course of study requirements shall
  1 17 include a separate domestic abuse curriculum, which
  1 18 may shall include, but is not limited to, a minimum of
  1 19 twelve hours of instruction on domestic abuse dynamics
  1 20 and domestic abuse law which may include outside
  1 21 speakers from domestic abuse shelters and crime victim
  1 22 assistance organizations.
  1 23    Sec.    .  Section 80B.11, subsection 3, Code 1995,
  1 24 is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  1 25 paragraph:
  1 26    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  In-service training
  1 27 under this subsection shall also include at least four
  1 28 hours of instruction per year on domestic abuse
  1 29 dynamics and domestic abuse law.""
  1 30    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 11 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "#   .  Page 4, by inserting after line 5 the
  1 33 following:
  1 34    "Sec.    .  Section 232.8, subsection 1, Code 1995,
  1 35 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 36    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The juvenile court shall have
  1 37 jurisdiction in proceedings commenced against a child
  1 38 pursuant to section 236.3 over which the district
  1 39 court has waived its jurisdiction.  The juvenile court
  1 40 shall hear the action in the manner of an adjudicatory
  1 41 hearing under section 232.47, subject to the
  1 42 following:
  1 43    (1)  The juvenile court shall abide by the
  1 44 provisions of sections 236.4 and 236.6 in holding
  1 45 hearings and making a disposition.
  1 46    (2)  The plaintiff is entitled to proceed pro se
  1 47 under sections 236.3A and 236.3B.
  1 48    Sec.    .  Section 232.22, subsection 1, Code 1995,
  1 49 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 50    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  There is probable cause to
  2  1 believe that the child has committed a delinquent act
  2  2 which would be domestic abuse under chapter 236 or a
  2  3 domestic abuse assault under section 708.2A if
  2  4 committed by an adult.
  2  5    Sec.    .  Section 232.29, Code 1995, is amended by
  2  6 adding the following new subsection:
  2  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  An informal adjustment
  2  8 agreement regarding a child who has been placed in
  2  9 detention under section 232.22, subsection 1,
  2 10 paragraph "f", may include a provision that the child
  2 11 voluntarily participate in a batterers' treatment
  2 12 program under section 708.2B.
  2 13    Sec.    .  Section 232.46, Code 1995, is amended by
  2 14 adding the following new subsection:
  2 15    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  A consent decree entered
  2 16 regarding a child placed in detention under section
  2 17 232.22, subsection 1, paragraph "f", shall require the
  2 18 child to attend a batterers' treatment program under
  2 19 section 708.2B.  The second time the child fails to
  2 20 attend the batterers' treatment as required by the
  2 21 consent decree shall result in the decree being
  2 22 vacated and proceedings commenced under section
  2 23 232.47.
  2 24    Sec.    .  Section 232.52, subsection 2, Code 1995,
  2 25 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  2 26    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  In the case of a child
  2 27 adjudicated delinquent for an act which would be a
  2 28 violation of chapter 236 or section 708.2A if
  2 29 committed by an adult, an order requiring the child to
  2 30 attend a batterers' treatment program under section
  2 31 708.2B.""
  2 32    #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 41 the
  2 33 following:
  2 34    "#   .  Page 7, by inserting after line 26 the
  2 35 following:
  2 36    "Sec.    .  Section 236.2, subsection 4, Code 1995,
  2 37 is amended to read as follows:
  2 38    4.  a.  "Family or household members" means
  2 39 spouses, persons cohabiting, parents, or other persons
  2 40 related by consanguinity or affinity, except children
  2 41 under eighteen.
  2 42    b.  "Family or household members" does not include
  2 43 children under age eighteen of persons listed in
  2 44 paragraph "a".
  2 45    Sec.    .  Section 236.3, Code 1995, is amended by
  2 46 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  2 47    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If the person against
  2 48 whom relief from domestic abuse is being sought is
  2 49 seventeen years of age or younger, the district court
  2 50 shall waive its jurisdiction over the action to the
  3  1 juvenile court.
  3  2    Sec.    .  Section 236.3B, Code 1995, is amended by
  3  3 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  3  4    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The county attorney may
  3  5 use the fees distributed to the county treasurer in
  3  6 section 602.8105, subsection 2, paragraph "a", to
  3  7 defray the costs of the assistance authorized in this
  3  8 section.
  3  9    Sec.    .  Section 236.5, Code 1995, is amended by
  3 10 adding the following new subsection:
  3 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The court may order that the
  3 12 defendant pay the plaintiff's attorneys fees and court
  3 13 costs.
  3 14    Sec. 101.  Section 236.5, subsection 4, Code 1995,
  3 15 is amended to read as follows:
  3 16    4.  A certified copy of any order or approved
  3 17 consent agreement shall be issued to the plaintiff,
  3 18 the defendant, and the county sheriff having
  3 19 jurisdiction to enforce the order or consent
  3 20 agreement, and the twenty-four hour dispatcher for the
  3 21 county sheriff, and the statewide protective order
  3 22 registry established in section 236.19.  Any
  3 23 subsequent amendment or revocation of an order or
  3 24 consent agreement shall be forwarded by the clerk to
  3 25 all individuals, and the county sheriff, and the
  3 26 statewide registry previously notified.  The clerk
  3 27 shall notify the county sheriff and the twenty-four
  3 28 hour dispatcher for the county sheriff in writing so
  3 29 that the county sheriff and the county sheriff's
  3 30 dispatcher receive written notice within six hours of
  3 31 filing the order, approved consent agreement,
  3 32 amendment, or revocation.  The clerk may fulfill this
  3 33 requirement by sending the notice by facsimile or
  3 34 other electronic transmission which reproduces the
  3 35 notice in writing within six hours of filing the
  3 36 order.  The county sheriff's dispatcher shall notify
  3 37 all law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over
  3 38 the matter and the twenty-four hour dispatcher for the
  3 39 law enforcement agencies upon notification by the
  3 40 clerk.  The clerk shall send or deliver a written copy
  3 41 of any such document to the law enforcement agencies
  3 42 and the twenty-four hour dispatcher within twenty-four
  3 43 hours of filing the document.
  3 44    Sec.    .  Section 236.8, Code 1995, is amended to
  3 45 read as follows:
  3 46    236.8  CONTEMPT &endash; HEARINGS.
  3 47    The A person commits a simple misdemeanor or the
  3 48 court may hold a party person in contempt for a
  3 49 violation of an order or court-approved consent
  3 50 agreement entered under this chapter, for violation of
  4  1 a temporary or permanent protective order or order to
  4  2 vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or for
  4  3 violation of any order that establishes conditions of
  4  4 release or is a protective order or sentencing order
  4  5 in a criminal prosecution arising from a domestic
  4  6 abuse assault.  If convicted or held in contempt, the
  4  7 defendant shall serve a jail sentence.  Any jail
  4  8 sentence of more than one day imposed under this
  4  9 section shall be served on consecutive days.  A
  4 10 defendant who is held in contempt or convicted may be
  4 11 ordered by the court to pay the plaintiff's attorneys
  4 12 fees and court costs incurred in the proceedings under
  4 13 this section.
  4 14    A hearing in a contempt proceeding brought pursuant
  4 15 to this section shall be held not less than five and
  4 16 not more than fifteen days after the issuance of a
  4 17 rule to show cause, as set by the court.
  4 18    A person shall not be convicted of and held in
  4 19 contempt for the same violation of an order or court-
  4 20 approved consent agreement entered under this chapter,
  4 21 for the same violation of a temporary or permanent
  4 22 protective order or order to vacate the homestead
  4 23 under chapter 598, or for violation of any order that
  4 24 establishes conditions of release or is a protective
  4 25 order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution
  4 26 arising from a domestic abuse assault.
  4 27    Sec.    .  Section 236.10, Code 1995, is amended to
  4 28 read as follows:
  4 29    236.10  CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.
  4 30    The file in a domestic abuse case shall be sealed
  4 31 by the clerk of court only upon the application of the
  4 32 petitioner when it is complete and after the time for
  4 33 appeal has expired.  However, the clerk shall open the
  4 34 file upon application to and order of the court for
  4 35 good cause shown.
  4 36    Sec.    .  Section 236.12, Code 1995, is amended by
  4 37 adding the following new subsection:
  4 38    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  A peace officer shall seize a
  4 39 dangerous weapon displayed or used in an assault when
  4 40 arresting a person under subsection 2, paragraph "d",
  4 41 and any firearms owned or possessed by the person.  A
  4 42 law enforcement agency or peace officer shall not
  4 43 return possession of the dangerous weapon or firearms
  4 44 to the person arrested if the person is subject to an
  4 45 order or approved consent agreement entered under this
  4 46 chapter, a temporary or permanent protective order or
  4 47 order to vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or an
  4 48 order establishing conditions of release or a
  4 49 protective or sentencing order in a criminal
  4 50 prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault.
  5  1    Sec. 102.  Section 236.14, subsection 2, unnumbered
  5  2 paragraph 4, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5  3    The clerk of the district court shall also provide
  5  4 notice and copies of the no-contact order to the
  5  5 applicable law enforcement agencies and the twenty-
  5  6 four hour dispatcher for the law enforcement agencies,
  5  7 and the statewide protective order registry
  5  8 established in section 236.19, in the manner provided
  5  9 for protective orders under section 236.5.  The clerk
  5 10 shall provide notice and copies of modifications or
  5 11 vacations of these orders in the same manner.
  5 12    Sec. 103.  NEW SECTION.  236.19  STATEWIDE
  5 13 PROTECTIVE ORDER REGISTRY.
  5 14    A central registry of protective orders is
  5 15 established in the department of public safety.  The
  5 16 registry shall be staffed and accessible on a
  5 17 continuous basis for use by law enforcement agencies
  5 18 and peace officers.  The registry shall contain the
  5 19 following:
  5 20    1.  Orders and court-approved consent agreements
  5 21 entered under this chapter.
  5 22    2.  Temporary and permanent protective orders and
  5 23 orders to vacate the homestead entered under chapter
  5 24 598.
  5 25    3.  Orders establishing conditions of release,
  5 26 protective orders, and sentencing orders in criminal
  5 27 prosecutions arising from a domestic abuse assault.
  5 28    The registry may be colocated with another
  5 29 department of public safety facility which operates
  5 30 twenty-four hours a day on a year-round basis.
  5 31    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  236.20  FOREIGN PROTECTIVE
  5 32 ORDERS &endash; REGISTRATION &endash; ENFORCEMENT.
  5 33    1.  As used in this section, "foreign protective
  5 34 order" means a protective order entered in a state
  5 35 other than Iowa which would be an order or court-
  5 36 approved consent agreement entered under this chapter,
  5 37 a temporary or permanent protective order or order to
  5 38 vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or an order
  5 39 that establishes conditions of release or is a
  5 40 protective order or sentencing order in a criminal
  5 41 prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault if
  5 42 it had been entered in Iowa.
  5 43    2.  A copy of a foreign protective order
  5 44 authenticated in accordance with the statutes of this
  5 45 state may be filed with the clerk of the district
  5 46 court of the county in which the person in whose favor
  5 47 the order was entered resides.  The clerk shall
  5 48 provide copies of the order as required by section
  5 49 236.5.
  5 50    3.  A foreign protective order so filed has the
  6  1 same effect and shall be enforced in the same manner
  6  2 as a protective order issued in this state.
  6  3    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  236.21  MUTUAL PROTECTIVE
  6  4 ORDERS PROHIBITED &endash; EXCEPTIONS.
  6  5    A court in an action under this chapter shall not
  6  6 issue mutual protective orders against the victim and
  6  7 the abuser unless both file a petition requesting a
  6  8 protective order.
  6  9    Sec.    .  Section 331.756, subsection 4, Code
  6 10 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  6 11    4.  Prosecute misdemeanors when not otherwise
  6 12 engaged in the performance of other official duties.
  6 13 However, the county attorney shall not decline to
  6 14 prosecute misdemeanors under chapter 236.
  6 15    Sec.    .  Section 331.756, Code 1995, is amended
  6 16 by adding the following new subsection:
  6 17    NEW SUBSECTION.  48A.  Develop written procedures
  6 18 and policies to be followed in the prosecution of
  6 19 domestic abuse cases under chapters 236 and 708.
  6 20    Sec. 104.  Section 598.42, Code 1995, is amended to
  6 21 read as follows:
  6 22    598.42  NOTICE OF CERTAIN ORDERS BY CLERK OF COURT.
  6 23    The clerk of the district court shall provide
  6 24 notice and copies of temporary or permanent protective
  6 25 orders and orders to vacate the homestead entered
  6 26 pursuant to this chapter to the applicable law
  6 27 enforcement agencies, and the twenty-four hour
  6 28 dispatcher for the law enforcement agencies, and the
  6 29 statewide protective order registry established in
  6 30 section 236.19 in the manner provided for protective
  6 31 orders under section 236.5.  The clerk shall provide
  6 32 notice and copies of modifications or vacations of
  6 33 these orders in the same manner.
  6 34    Sec.    .  Section 602.6306, subsection 2, Code
  6 35 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  6 36    2.  District associate judges also have
  6 37 jurisdiction in civil actions for money judgment where
  6 38 the amount in controversy does not exceed ten thousand
  6 39 dollars, jurisdiction over involuntary commitment,
  6 40 treatment, or hospitalization proceedings under
  6 41 chapters 125 and 229, jurisdiction of indictable
  6 42 misdemeanors, and felony violations of section 321J.2,
  6 43 jurisdiction to enter a temporary or emergency order
  6 44 of protection under chapter 236, and to make court
  6 45 appointments and set hearings in criminal matters,
  6 46 jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not
  6 47 require notice and hearing and to set hearings in
  6 48 actions under chapter 633, and the jurisdiction
  6 49 provided in section 602.7101 when designated as a
  6 50 judge of the juvenile court.  While presiding in these
  7  1 subject matters a district associate judge shall
  7  2 employ district judges' practice and procedure.
  7  3    Sec.    .  Section 602.8105, subsection 1,
  7  4 paragraph c, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7  5    c.  For entering a final decree of dissolution of
  7  6 marriage, thirty forty dollars.  It is the intent of
  7  7 the general assembly that the funds generated from
  7  8 thirty dollars of the dissolution fees fee be
  7  9 appropriated and used for sexual assault and domestic
  7 10 violence centers.
  7 11    Notwithstanding section 602.8108 or any other
  7 12 provision of law to the contrary, ten dollars of the
  7 13 dissolution fee shall be distributed by the clerk of
  7 14 the district court to the county treasurer for use by
  7 15 the county attorney in providing legal assistance to
  7 16 pro se plaintiffs in domestic abuse actions under
  7 17 section 236.3 or in contempt actions under section
  7 18 236.8.
  7 19    Sec. 105.  Section 708.2A, subsection 6, Code 1995,
  7 20 is amended to read as follows:
  7 21    6.  The clerk of the district court shall provide
  7 22 notice and copies of a judgment entered under this
  7 23 section to the applicable law enforcement agencies,
  7 24 and the twenty-four hour dispatcher for the law
  7 25 enforcement agencies, and the statewide protective
  7 26 order registry established in section 236.19 in the
  7 27 manner provided for protective orders under section
  7 28 236.5.  The clerk shall provide notice and copies of
  7 29 modifications of the judgment in the same manner.
  7 30    Sec.    .  Section 708.2B, Code 1995, is amended by
  7 31 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  7 32    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  District departments or
  7 33 contract service providers shall receive upon request
  7 34 peace officers' investigative reports regarding
  7 35 persons participating in programs under this section.
  7 36 The receipt of reports under this section shall not
  7 37 waive the confidentiality of the reports under section
  7 38 22.7.
  7 39    Sec.    .  Section 907.3, subsection, 1, paragraph
  7 40 i, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7 41    i.  The offense is a conviction for or plea of
  7 42 guilty to a violation of section 236.8 or a finding of
  7 43 contempt pursuant to section 236.8 or 236.14.
  7 44    Sec.    .  Section 907.3, subsection 2, Code 1995,
  7 45 is amended to read as follows:
  7 46    2.  At the time of or after pronouncing judgment
  7 47 and with the consent of the defendant, the court may
  7 48 defer the sentence and assign the defendant to the
  7 49 judicial district department of correctional services.
  7 50 However, the court shall not defer the sentence for a
  8  1 violation of section 708.2A if the defendant has
  8  2 previously received a deferred judgment or sentence
  8  3 for a violation of section 708.2 or 708.2A which was
  8  4 issued on a domestic abuse assault, or if similar
  8  5 relief was granted anywhere in the United States
  8  6 concerning that jurisdiction's statutes which
  8  7 substantially correspond to domestic abuse assault as
  8  8 provided in section 708.2A.  In addition, the court
  8  9 shall not defer a sentence if it is imposed for a
  8 10 conviction for or plea of guilty to a violation of
  8 11 section 236.8 or for contempt pursuant to section
  8 12 236.8 or 236.14.  Upon a showing that the defendant is
  8 13 not fulfilling the conditions of probation, the court
  8 14 may revoke probation and impose any sentence
  8 15 authorized by law.  Before taking such action, the
  8 16 court shall give the defendant an opportunity to be
  8 17 heard on any matter relevant to the proposed action.
  8 18 Upon violation of the conditions of probation, the
  8 19 court may proceed as provided in chapter 908.
  8 20    Sec. 106.  Section 910A.11, subsection 5, Code
  8 21 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  8 22    5.  The clerk of the district court shall provide
  8 23 notice and copies of restraining orders issued
  8 24 pursuant to this section in a criminal case involving
  8 25 an alleged violation of section 708.2A to the
  8 26 applicable law enforcement agencies, and the twenty-
  8 27 four hour dispatcher for the law enforcement agencies,
  8 28 and the statewide protective order registry
  8 29 established in section 236.19, in the manner provided
  8 30 for protective orders under section 236.5.  The clerk
  8 31 shall provide notice and copies of modifications or
  8 32 vacations of these orders in the same manner.
  8 33    Sec.    .  The commissioner of insurance shall
  8 34 evaluate model legislation which will be proposed by
  8 35 the national association of insurance commissioners
  8 36 regarding using domestic abuse as a factor in
  8 37 determining whether a person shall be offered
  8 38 insurance coverage and make recommendations to the
  8 39 general assembly regarding adopting the model
  8 40 legislation.""
  8 41    #4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 16 the
  8 42 following:
  8 43    "#   .  Page 8, by inserting after line 17 the
  8 44 following:
  8 45    "Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Sections 101, 102,
  8 46 103, 104, 105, and 106 of this Act take effect July 1,
  8 47 1996.
  8 48    Sec.    .  CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PROVISION.  A
  8 49 state mandate contained within this Act shall not take
  8 50 effect unless an appropriation is made which complies
  9  1 with section 25B.2, subsection 3.""
  9  2    #5.  Page 2, by inserting before line 17 the
  9  3 following:
  9  4    "#   .  Title page, line 2, by striking the words
  9  5 "and providing an effective date" and inserting the
  9  6 following:  "domestic abuse and victim protection, and
  9  7 providing a conditional effective date and other
  9  8 effective dates"." 
  9  9 
  9 10 
  9 11                              
  9 12 ELAINE SZYMONIAK
  9 13 SF 208.505 76
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