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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2235, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Section 101. Section 2B.5, subsection 2, Code 1 6 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 2. Cause the Iowa court rules to be published, as 1 8 directed by the supreme court after consultation with 1 9 the legislative council. The Iowa court rules shall 1 10 consist of all rules prescribed by the supreme court. 1 11 The court rules shall be published in loose-leaf form, 1 12appropriately indexed,and supplements shall be 1 13 prepared and distributed as directed by the supreme 1 14 court. The Iowa court rules and supplements to the 1 15 court rules shall be priced as provided in section 1 16 7A.22. 1 17 Sec. 102. Section 2B.10, subsection 3, Code 1997, 1 18 is amended by striking the subsection." 1 19 #2. Page 2, by inserting after line 30 the 1 20 following: 1 21 "Sec. 103. Section 602.4102, subsections 3 and 5, 1 22 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 1 23 3. The supreme court shall prescribe rules for the 1 24 transfer of matters to the court of appeals. These 1 25 rules may provide for the selective transfer of 1 26 individual cases and may provide for the transfer of 1 27 cases according to subject matter or other general 1 28 criteria.Rules relating to the transfer of cases are1 29subject to section 602.4202.A rule shall not provide 1 30 for the transfer of a matter other than by an order of 1 31 transfer under subsection 2. 1 32 5. The supreme court shall prescribe rules of 1 33 appellate procedure which shall govern further review 1 34 by the supreme court of decisions of the court of 1 35 appeals. These rules shall contain, but need not be 1 36 limited to, a specification of the grounds upon which 1 37 further review may, in the discretion of the supreme 1 38 court, be granted.These rules are subject to section1 39602.4202.1 40 Sec. 104. Section 602.4201, Code 1997, is amended 1 41 to read as follows: 1 42 602.4201 RULES GOVERNING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 1 43 1. The supreme court may prescribe all rules of 1 44 pleading, practice, evidence, and procedure, and the 1 45 forms of process, writs, and notices, for all 1 46 proceedings in all courts of this state, for the 1 47 purposes of simplifying the proceedings and promoting 1 48 the speedy determination of litigation upon its 1 49 merits.Rules are subject to section 602.4202.1 50 2. Rules of appellate procedure relating to 2 1 appeals to and review by the supreme court, 2 2 discretionary review by the courts of small claims 2 3 actions, review by the supreme court by writ of 2 4 certiorari to inferior courts, appeal to or review by 2 5 the court of appeals of a matter transferred to that 2 6 court by the supreme court, and further review by the 2 7 supreme court of decisions of the court of appeals, 2 8 shall be known as "Rules of Appellate Procedure", and 2 9 shall be published as provided in section 2B.5. 2 10 3. The following rules are subject to section 2 11 602.4202: 2 12 a. Rules of civil procedure. 2 13 b. Rules of criminal procedure. 2 14 c. Rules of evidence. 2 15 d. Rules of appellate procedure 1 through 9. 2 16 e. Rules of probate procedure. 2 17 f. Juvenile procedure. 2 18 g. Involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill. 2 19 h. Involuntary commitment or treatment of 2 20 substance abusers. 2 21 Sec. 105. Section 602.4202, Code 1997, is amended 2 22 to read as follows: 2 23 602.4202 RULEMAKING PROCEDURE. 2 24 1. The supreme court shall submit a rule or form 2 25 prescribed by the supreme court under section 2 26 602.4201, subsection 3, or pursuant to any other 2 27 rulemaking authority specifically made subject to this 2 28 section to the legislative council and shall at the 2 29 same time report the rule or form to the chairpersons 2 30 and ranking members of the senate and house committees 2 31 on judiciary. The legislative service bureau shall 2 32 make recommendations to the supreme court on the 2 33 proper style and format of rules and forms required to 2 34 be submitted to the legislative council under this 2 35 subsection. 2 36 2. A rule or form submitted as required under 2 37 subsection 1 takes effect sixty days after submission 2 38 to the legislative council, or at a later date 2 39 specified by the supreme court, unless the legislative 2 40 council, within sixty days after submission and by a 2 41 majority vote of its members, delays the effective 2 42 date of the rule or form to a date as provided in 2 43 subsection 3. 2 44 3. The effective date of a rule or form submitted 2 45 during the period of time beginning February 15 and 2 46 ending February 14 of the next calendar year may be 2 47 delayed by the legislative council until May 1 of that 2 48 next calendar year. 2 494. A rule or form submitted as required under2 50subsection 1 and effective on or before July 1 shall3 1be bound with the Acts of the general assembly meeting3 2in regular session in the calendar year in which the3 3July 1 falls.3 45.4. If the general assembly enacts a bill 3 5 changing a rule or form, the general assembly's 3 6 enactment supersedes a conflicting provision in the 3 7 rule or form as submitted by the supreme court. 3 8 Sec. 106. Section 602.4303, subsection 2, Code 3 9 1997, is amended by striking the subsection." 3 10 #3. Page 4, by inserting after line 32 the 3 11 following: 3 12 "Sec. ___. Section 804.21, subsection 3, Code 3 13 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 14 3. If the magistrate who issued the warrant is 3 15 absent or unable to act, the arrested person shall be 3 16 taken to the nearest or most accessible magistrate in 3 17 the judicial district where the offense occurred or a 3 18 magistrate in an approved judicial district, and all 3 19 documents on which the warrant was issued must be sent 3 20 to such magistrate, or if they cannot be procured, the 3 21 informant and the informant's witnesses must be 3 22 subpoenaed to make new affidavits. For purposes of 3 23 this subsection, an "approved judicial district" 3 24 means, as to any particular arrest of a person 3 25 described in this subsection, any judicial district in 3 26 this state in which the chief judge of that judicial 3 27 district and the chief judge of the judicial district 3 28 in which the offense occurred have previously entered 3 29 an order permitting a person arrested or described in 3 30 this subsection to be taken to a magistrate from any 3 31 judicial district subject to the order. 3 32 Sec. ___. Section 804.22, unnumbered paragraph 1, 3 33 Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 34 When an arrest is made without a warrant, the 3 35 person arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be 3 36 taken before the nearest or most accessible magistrate 3 37 in the judicial district in which such arrest was made 3 38 or before a magistrate in an approved judicial 3 39 district, and the grounds on which the arrest was made 3 40 shall be stated to the magistrate by complaint, 3 41 subscribed and sworn to by the complainant, or 3 42 supported by the complainant's affirmation, and such 3 43 magistrate shall proceed as follows: 3 44 Sec. ___. Section 804.22, Code 1997, is amended by 3 45 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 3 46 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. For purposes of this 3 47 section, an "approved judicial district" means, as to 3 48 any particular arrest of a person made without a 3 49 warrant, any judicial district in this state in which 3 50 the chief judge of that judicial district and the 4 1 chief judge of the judicial district in which the 4 2 arrest was made have previously entered an order 4 3 permitting a person arrested without warrant to be 4 4 taken to a magistrate from any judicial district 4 5 subject to the order." 4 6 #4. Page 4, by inserting after line 32 the 4 7 following: 4 8 "Sec. 107. Section 684A.6, Code 1997, is amended 4 9 to read as follows: 4 10 684A.6 PROCEDURE. 4 11 The supreme court may prescribe rules of procedure 4 12 concerning the answering and certification of 4 13 questions of law under this chapter, subject to4 14section 602.4202. 4 15 Sec. 108. Section 101 through 108 of this Act, 4 16 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon 4 17 enactment." 4 18 #5. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 4 19 word "administration" the following: "and providing 4 20 an effective date". 4 21 #6. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating 4 22 and correcting internal references as necessary. 4 23 SF 2235H 4 24 mh/pk/25
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