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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 281 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION. 1 5 1 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 7 1 8 Section 1. Section 602.5203, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 9 as follows: 1 10 602.5203 LAW CLERKS. 1 11 The court of appeals may employnot more than sixattorneys 1 12 or graduates of a reputable law school to act as legal 1 13 assistants to the court. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 602.8103, subsection 4, paragraph i, Code 1 15 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 i. Court files, as provided by rules prescribed by the 1 17 supreme court, ten years after final disposition in civil 1 18 cases, or ten years after expiration of all sentences in 1 19 criminal cases. For purposes of this paragraph, "purging" 1 20 means the removal and destruction of documents in the court 1 21 file which have no legal, administrative, or historical value. 1 22 Purging shall be done without reproduction of the removed 1 23 documents. For purposes of this paragraph, "civil cases" does 1 24 not includedivorce, dissolution of marriage, child support,1 25or paternity cases, orjuvenile, mental health, probate, or 1 26 adoption proceedings. 1 27 Sec. 3. Section 602.8107, subsection 5, unnumbered 1 28 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 29 If a county attorney does not file the notice and list of 1 30 cases required in section 331.756, subsection 5, the judicial 1 31 department may assignobligationscases to the centralized 1 32 collection unit of the department of revenue and finance or 1 33 its designee to collectdelinquentdebts owed to the clerk of 1 34 the district court. 1 35 Sec. 4. Section 692A.5, Code 1997, is amended by adding 2 1 the following new subsection: 2 2 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The court may order an appropriate law 2 3 enforcement agency or the county attorney to assist the court 2 4 in performing the requirements of subsection 1. 2 5 Sec. 5. Section 907.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as 2 6 follows: 2 7 907.4 DEFERRED JUDGMENT DOCKET. 2 8 A deferment of judgment under section 907.3 shall be 2 9 reported promptly by the clerk of the district court, or the 2 10 clerk's designee, to the state court administratorwho shall2 11maintainfor entry in the deferred judgment docket. The 2 12 docket shall contain a permanent record of the deferred 2 13 judgment including the name and date of birth of the 2 14 defendant, the district court docket number, the nature of the 2 15 offense, and the date of the deferred judgment. Before 2 16 granting deferred judgment in any case, the court shall 2 17 request of the state court administrator a search of the 2 18 deferred judgment docket and shall consider any prior record 2 19 of a deferred judgment against the defendant. The permanent 2 20 record provided for in this section is a confidential record 2 21 exempted from public access under section 22.7 and shall be 2 22 available only to justices of the supreme court, judges of the 2 23 court of appeals, district judges, district associate judges, 2 24 judicial magistrates, clerks of the district court, and county 2 25 attorneys requesting information pursuant to this section, or 2 26 the designee of a justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, or county 2 27 attorney. 2 28 2 29 2 30 2 31 MARY E. KRAMER 2 32 President of the Senate 2 33 2 34 2 35 3 1 RON J. CORBETT 3 2 Speaker of the House 3 3 3 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 5 is known as Senate File 281, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 10 Secretary of the Senate 3 11 Approved , 1997 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 16 Governor
Text: SF00280 Text: SF00282 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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