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House Journal: Page 2167: Tuesday, May 2, 1995

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 1   agreement entered under this chapter, for violation of
 2   a temporary or permanent protective order or order to
 3   vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or for
 4   violation of any order that establishes conditions of
 5   release or is a protective order or sentencing order
 6   in a criminal prosecution arising from a domestic
 7   abuse assault.  If convicted or held in contempt, the
 8   defendant shall serve a jail sentence.  Any jail
 9   sentence of more than one day imposed under this
10   section shall be served on consecutive days.  A
11   defendant who is held in contempt or convicted may be
12   ordered by the court to pay the plaintiff's attorneys
13   fees and court costs incurred in the proceedings under
14   this section.
15     A hearing in a contempt proceeding brought pursuant
16   to this section shall be held not less than five and
17   not more than fifteen days after the issuance of a
18   rule to show cause, as set by the court.
19     A person shall not be convicted of and held in
20   contempt for the same violation of an order or court-
21   approved consent agreement entered under this chapter,
22   for the same violation of a temporary or permanent
23   protective order or order to vacate the homestead
24   under chapter 598, or for violation of any order that
25   establishes conditions of release or is a protective
26   order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution
27   arising from a domestic abuse assault.
28     Sec. 13.  NEW SECTION.  236.20  FOREIGN PROTECTIVE
29   ORDERS -- REGISTRATION -- ENFORCEMENT.
30     1.  As used in this section, "foreign protective
31   order" means a protective order entered in a state
32   other than Iowa which would be an order or court-
33   approved consent agreement entered under this chapter,
34   a temporary or permanent protective order or order to
35   vacate the homestead under chapter 598, or an order
36   that establishes conditions of release or is a
37   protective order or sentencing order in a criminal
38   prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault if
39   it had been entered in Iowa.
40     2.  A copy of a foreign protective order
41   authenticated in accordance with the statutes of this
42   state may be filed with the clerk of the district
43   court of the county in which the person in whose favor
44   the order was entered resides.  The clerk shall
45   provide copies of the order as required by section
46   236.5.
47     3.  A foreign protective order so filed has the
48   same effect and shall be enforced in the same manner
49   as a protective order issued in this state.
50     Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  236.21  MUTUAL PROTECTIVE

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