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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 910A.2, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    910A.2  REGISTRATION – RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AT PUBLIC
  1  4 PROCEEDINGS.
  1  5    1.  The county attorney shall be the sole registrar of
  1  6 victims under this chapter.  A victim may register by filing a
  1  7 written request-for-registration form with the county
  1  8 attorney.
  1  9    2.  A victim has the right to be present at all public
  1 10 proceedings where the accused or convicted person has a right
  1 11 to be present, with regard to any criminal case relating to
  1 12 the crime for which the victim is registered.
  1 13    3.  The county attorney shall notify the victims in writing
  1 14 and advise them of their registration and rights under this
  1 15 chapter.  The county attorney shall provide the appropriate
  1 16 offices, agencies, and departments with a registered victim
  1 17 list for notification purposes.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 910A.6, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1 19 amended to read as follows:
  1 20    1.  With regard to any criminal case relating to the crime
  1 21 for which the victim is registered:
  1 22    a.  The victim's right to be present at all public
  1 23 proceedings where the accused or convicted person has a right
  1 24 to be present.
  1 25    b.  The scheduled date, time, and place of trial any public
  1 26 proceeding where the accused or convicted person has a right
  1 27 to be present, and the cancellation or postponement of a court
  1 28 proceeding that was expected to require the victim's
  1 29 attendance, in any criminal case relating to the crime for
  1 30 which the person is a registered victim.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  1 32 3, shall not apply to this Act.  
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill amends chapter 910A to provide an express right
  1 35 for a crime victim to be present at all public proceedings
  2  1 where the accused or convicted person has the right to be
  2  2 present.  The county attorney must notify a crime victim of
  2  3 this right in conjunction with established notification
  2  4 procedures under the chapter, and must notify the victim of
  2  5 the scheduled time, date, and place of such public
  2  6 proceedings.
  2  7    This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  2  8 section 25B.3.  This bill makes inapplicable Code section
  2  9 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
  2 10 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
  2 11 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
  2 12 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
  2 13 any state mandate included in this bill.  
  2 14 LSB 2576SV 77
  2 15 jls/jj/8
     
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