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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 602.5203, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 602.5203 LAW CLERKS. 1 4 The court of appeals may employnot more than sixattorneys 1 5 or graduates of a reputable law school to act as legal 1 6 assistants to the court. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 602.6301, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 8 follows: 1 9 602.6301 NUMBER AND APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT ASSOCIATE 1 10 JUDGES. 1 11 There shall be one district associate judge in counties 1 12 having a population, according to the most recent federal1 13decennial census,of more than thirty-five thousand and less 1 14 than eighty thousand; two in counties having a population of 1 15 eighty thousand or more and less than one hundred twenty-five 1 16 thousand; three in counties having a population of one hundred 1 17 twenty-five thousand or more and less than two hundred 1 18 thousand; four in counties having a population of two hundred 1 19 thousand or more and less than two hundred thirty-five 1 20 thousand; five in counties having a population of two hundred 1 21 thirty-five thousand or more and less than two hundred seventy 1 22 thousand; six in counties having a population of two hundred 1 23 seventy thousand or more and less than three hundred five 1 24 thousand; and seven in counties having a population of three 1 25 hundred five thousand or more. However, a county shall not 1 26 lose a district associate judgeship solely because of a 1 27 reduction in the county's population. If the formula provided 1 28 in this section results in the allocation of an additional 1 29 district associate judgeship to a county, implementation of 1 30 the allocation shall be subject to prior approval of the 1 31 supreme court and availability of funds to the judicial 1 32 department. A district associate judge appointed pursuant to 1 33 section 602.6302 or 602.6303 shall not be counted for purposes 1 34 of this section. 1 35 Sec. 3. Section 602.8107, subsection 5, unnumbered 2 1 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 2 If a county attorney does not file the notice and list of 2 3 cases required in section 331.756, subsection 5, the judicial 2 4 department may assignobligationscases to the centralized 2 5 collection unit of the department of revenue and finance or 2 6 its designee to collectdelinquentdebts owed to the clerk of 2 7 the district court. 2 8 Sec. 4. Section 692A.5, Code 1997, is amended by adding 2 9 the following new subsection: 2 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The court may order an appropriate law 2 11 enforcement agency or the county attorney to assist the court 2 12 in performing the requirements of subsection 1. 2 13 Sec. 5. Section 907.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as 2 14 follows: 2 15 907.4 DEFERRED JUDGMENT DOCKET. 2 16 A deferment of judgment under section 907.3 shall be 2 17 reported promptly by the clerk of the district court, or the 2 18 clerk's designee, to the state court administratorwho shall2 19maintainfor entry in the deferred judgment docket. The 2 20 docket shall contain a permanent record of the deferred 2 21 judgment including the name and date of birth of the 2 22 defendant, the district court docket number, the nature of the 2 23 offense, and the date of the deferred judgment. Before 2 24 granting deferred judgment in any case, the court shall 2 25 request of the state court administrator a search of the 2 26 deferred judgment docket and shall consider any prior record 2 27 of a deferred judgment against the defendant. The permanent 2 28 record provided for in this section is a confidential record 2 29 exempted from public access under section 22.7 and shall be 2 30 available only to justices of the supreme court, judges of the 2 31 court of appeals, district judges, district associate judges, 2 32 judicial magistrates, clerks of the district court, and county 2 33 attorneys requesting information pursuant to this section, or 2 34 the designee of a justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, or county 2 35 attorney. 3 1 EXPLANATION 3 2 The bill makes changes concerning the operation of the 3 3 judicial department. 3 4 The bill eliminates the limitation on the number of 3 5 attorneys the court of appeals may employee to act as legal 3 6 assistants to the court. 3 7 The bill eliminates the requirement that the most recent 3 8 federal decennial census be used to determine the population 3 9 of a county when determining the county's eligibility for 3 10 district associate judges. 3 11 The bill eliminates the requirement that a debt owed the 3 12 clerk of the district court must be delinquent before the 3 13 judicial department may assign the debt to the department of 3 14 revenue and finance for collection. 3 15 The bill provides that the court can order a law 3 16 enforcement agency or county attorney to assist the court in 3 17 registering a person who is required to register with the sex 3 18 offender registry. 3 19 The bill also provides that the state court administrator 3 20 shall enter deferred judgments in a deferred judgment docket 3 21 and that the information in the docket shall be available to 3 22 clerks of the district court. 3 23 LSB 1330DP 77 3 24 ec/sc/14
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