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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.8, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Violations by a child, age sixteen or older, which
  1  4 subject the child to the provisions of section 124.401,
  1  5 subsection 1, paragraph "e" or "f", or violations of section
  1  6 723A.2 which involve a violation of chapter 724, or violation
  1  7 of chapter 724 which constitutes a felony, or violations which
  1  8 constitute a forcible felony are excluded from the
  1  9 jurisdiction of the juvenile court and shall be prosecuted as
  1 10 otherwise provided by law unless the court transfers
  1 11 jurisdiction of the child to the juvenile court upon motion
  1 12 and for good cause.  A child over whom jurisdiction has not
  1 13 been transferred to the juvenile court, and who is convicted
  1 14 of a violation excluded from the jurisdiction of the juvenile
  1 15 court under this paragraph, shall be sentenced pursuant to
  1 16 section 124.401B, 902.9, or 903.1.  Notwithstanding any other
  1 17 provision of the Code to the contrary, the court may accept
  1 18 from a child a plea of guilty, or may instruct the jury on a
  1 19 lesser included offense to the offense excluded from the
  1 20 jurisdiction of the juvenile court under this section in the
  1 21 same manner as regarding an adult.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
  1 23 Supplement 1995, is amended by adding the following new
  1 24 subparagraph:
  1 25    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  The chief juvenile court officer or
  1 26 the officer's designee for placement in a program under
  1 27 section 232.191, subsection 4.  The chief juvenile court
  1 28 officer or the officer's designee may place a child in group
  1 29 foster care for failure to comply with the terms and
  1 30 conditions of the supervised community treatment program for
  1 31 up to seventy-two hours without notice to the court or for
  1 32 more than seventy-two hours if the court is notified of the
  1 33 placement within seventy-two hours of placement, subject to a
  1 34 hearing before the court on the placement within ten days.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  Section 236.8, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to
  2  1 read as follows:
  2  2    236.8  VIOLATION OF ORDER – CONTEMPT – PENALTIES –
  2  3 HEARINGS.
  2  4    A person commits a simple misdemeanor or the court may hold
  2  5 a person in contempt for a violation of an order or court-
  2  6 approved consent agreement entered under this chapter, for
  2  7 violation of a temporary or permanent protective order or
  2  8 order to vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or for
  2  9 violation of any order that establishes conditions of release
  2 10 or is a protective order or sentencing order in a criminal
  2 11 prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault, or for
  2 12 violation by an adult of a protective order under chapter 232.
  2 13 If convicted or held in contempt, the defendant shall serve a
  2 14 jail sentence.  Any jail sentence of more than one day imposed
  2 15 under this section shall be served on consecutive days.  A
  2 16 defendant who is held in contempt or convicted may be ordered
  2 17 by the court to pay the plaintiff's attorneys fees and court
  2 18 costs incurred in the proceedings under this section.
  2 19    A hearing in a contempt proceeding brought pursuant to this
  2 20 section shall be held not less than five and not more than
  2 21 fifteen days after the issuance of a rule to show cause, as
  2 22 set by the court.
  2 23    A person shall not be convicted of and held in contempt for
  2 24 the same violation of an order or court-approved consent
  2 25 agreement entered under this chapter, for the same violation
  2 26 of a temporary or permanent protective order or order to
  2 27 vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or for violation of
  2 28 any order that establishes conditions of release or is a
  2 29 protective order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution
  2 30 arising from a domestic abuse assault, or for violation of a
  2 31 protective order under chapter 232.
  2 32    Sec. 4.  Section 236.11, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2,
  2 33 Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  2 34    A peace officer shall use every reasonable means to enforce
  2 35 an order or court-approved consent agreement entered under
  3  1 this chapter, a temporary or permanent protective order or
  3  2 order to vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or any an
  3  3 order that establishes conditions of release or is a
  3  4 protective order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution
  3  5 arising from a domestic abuse assault, or a protective order
  3  6 under chapter 232.  If a peace officer has reason to believe
  3  7 that domestic abuse has occurred, the peace officer shall ask
  3  8 the abused person if any prior orders exist, and shall contact
  3  9 the twenty-four hour dispatcher to inquire if any prior orders
  3 10 exist.  If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that
  3 11 a person has violated an order or approved consent agreement
  3 12 entered under this chapter, a temporary or permanent
  3 13 protective order or order to vacate the homestead under
  3 14 chapter 598, or any an order establishing conditions of
  3 15 release or a protective or sentencing order in a criminal
  3 16 prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault, or, if the
  3 17 person is an adult, a violation of a protective order under
  3 18 chapter 232, the peace officer shall take the person into
  3 19 custody and shall take the person without unnecessary delay
  3 20 before the nearest or most accessible magistrate in the
  3 21 judicial district in which the person was taken into custody.
  3 22 The magistrate shall make an initial preliminary determination
  3 23 whether there is probable cause to believe that an order or
  3 24 consent agreement existed and that the person taken into
  3 25 custody has violated its terms.  The magistrate's decision
  3 26 shall be entered in the record.
  3 27    If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that a
  3 28 person has violated an order or approved consent agreement
  3 29 entered under this chapter, a temporary or permanent
  3 30 protective order or order to vacate the homestead under
  3 31 chapter 598, or any an order establishing conditions of
  3 32 release or a protective or sentencing order in a criminal
  3 33 prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault, or a
  3 34 protective order under chapter 232, and the peace officer is
  3 35 unable to take the person into custody within twenty-four
  4  1 hours of making the probable cause determination, the peace
  4  2 officer shall either request a magistrate to make a
  4  3 determination as to whether a rule to show cause or arrest
  4  4 warrant should be issued, or refer the matter to the county
  4  5 attorney.
  4  6    Sec. 5.  Section 602.7103, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  4  7 amended to read as follows:
  4  8    2.  The associate juvenile judge shall have the same
  4  9 jurisdiction to conduct juvenile court proceedings, to issue
  4 10 warrants, nontestimonial identification orders, and contempt
  4 11 arrest warrants for adults in juvenile court proceedings, and
  4 12 to issue orders, findings, and decisions as the judge of the
  4 13 juvenile court, except that the associate juvenile judge shall
  4 14 not issue warrants.  However, the appointing judge may limit
  4 15 the exercise of juvenile court jurisdiction by the associate
  4 16 juvenile judge.
  4 17    Sec. 6.  Section 665.4, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1995, are
  4 18 amended to read as follows:
  4 19    2.  Before district judges, and district associate judges,
  4 20 and associate juvenile judges by a fine not exceeding five
  4 21 hundred dollars or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding
  4 22 six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
  4 23    3.  Before judicial magistrates and juvenile court
  4 24 referees, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or
  4 25 imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding thirty days.
  4 26    Sec. 7.  Section 692A.2, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  4 27 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4 28    1.  A person who has been convicted of either a criminal
  4 29 offense against a minor, sexual exploitation, or a sexually
  4 30 violent offense shall register as provided in this chapter for
  4 31 a period of ten years commencing from the date of placement on
  4 32 probation, parole, work release, release from foster care or
  4 33 residential treatment, or other release from custody.  A
  4 34 person is not required to register while incarcerated, in
  4 35 foster care, or in a residential treatment program.  A person
  5  1 who is convicted, as defined in section 692A.1, of either a
  5  2 criminal offense against a minor or a sexually violent offense
  5  3 as a result of adjudication of delinquency in juvenile court
  5  4 shall not be required to register as required in this chapter
  5  5 if the juvenile court finds that the person should not be
  5  6 required to register under this chapter.  If a person is
  5  7 placed on probation, parole, or work release and the
  5  8 probation, parole, or work release is revoked, the ten years
  5  9 shall commence anew upon release from custody.
  5 10    Sec. 8.  Section 692A.5, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  5 11 1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5 12    When a person who is required to register under this
  5 13 chapter is released from confinement from a jail, prison,
  5 14 juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or
  5 15 facility, or when such a person is convicted but not
  5 16 incarcerated, the sheriff, warden, or superintendent or, in
  5 17 the case of release from foster care or residential treatment
  5 18 or conviction without incarceration, the court shall do the
  5 19 following prior to release or sentencing of the convicted
  5 20 person:
  5 21    Sec. 9.  Section 692A.5, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  5 22 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5 23    2.  When a person who is required to register under this
  5 24 chapter is released from confinement from a jail, prison,
  5 25 juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or
  5 26 facility, or when such a person is convicted but not
  5 27 incarcerated, the sheriff, warden, or superintendent or, in
  5 28 the case of release from foster care or residential treatment
  5 29 or conviction without incarceration, the court shall verify
  5 30 that the person has completed initial registration forms, and
  5 31 accept the forms on behalf of the sheriff of the county of
  5 32 registration.  The sheriff, warden, superintendent, or the
  5 33 court shall send the initial registration information to the
  5 34 department within three working days of completion of the
  5 35 registration.  Probation, parole, work release, or any other
  6  1 form of release after conviction shall not be granted unless
  6  2 the person has registered as required under this chapter.
  6  3    Sec. 10.  Section 723A.1, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  6  4 1995, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  6  5    NEW PARAGRAPH.  h.  Brandishing a dangerous weapon.  For
  6  6 purposes of this paragraph:
  6  7    (1)  "Brandishing a dangerous weapon" means the display or
  6  8 exhibition of a dangerous weapon, with the intent to use,
  6  9 intimidate, or threaten another person without justification,
  6 10 or the actual use of the dangerous weapon in a manner which is
  6 11 intended to or does cause serious injury or death without
  6 12 justification.
  6 13    (2)  "Dangerous weapon" means either of the following:
  6 14    (a)  An instrument or device designed primarily for use in
  6 15 inflicting death or injury upon a human being or animal, and
  6 16 that is capable of inflicting death upon a human being when
  6 17 used in the manner for which it was designed.
  6 18    (b)  An instrument or device of any sort whatsoever that is
  6 19 actually used in a manner that indicates the defendant intends
  6 20 to inflict death or serious injury upon another person without
  6 21 justification, and that, when so used, is capable of
  6 22 inflicting death or serious injury upon a human being.  
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