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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 232 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT OF A CRIMINAL 1 5 DEFENDANT JUDGED MENTALLY INCAPABLE OF STANDING TRIAL. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 812.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 812.4 CESSATION OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. 1 12 If, upon hearing conducted by the court, the accused is 1 13 found to be incapacitated in the manner described in section 1 14 812.3, no further proceedings shall be taken under the 1 15 complaint or indictment until the accused's capacity is 1 16 restored, and, if the accused's release will endanger the 1 17 public peace or safety, the court must order the accused 1 18 committed for treatment to the custody of the department of 1 19 human services or to the custody of the department of 1 20 corrections for placement at the Iowa medical and 1 21 classification center. 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 RON J. CORBETT 1 26 Speaker of the House 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 MARY E. KRAMER 1 31 President of the Senate 1 32 1 33 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 1 34 is known as House File 232, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 1 35 2 1 2 2 2 3 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 2 4 Chief Clerk of the House 2 5 Approved , 1997 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 2 10 Governor
Text: HF00231 Text: HF00233 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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