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  1  1    Section 1.  TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
  1  2    1.  The supreme court shall assemble a task force on
  1  3 domestic violence to identify and discuss domestic violence
  1  4 issues related to the criminal justice system, including, but
  1  5 not limited to, training and promotion of methods to address
  1  6 needs identified by the task force.
  1  7    2.  The task force shall be composed of, but not limited
  1  8 to, representatives of the following:  law enforcement
  1  9 organizations, the department of public safety, the Iowa law
  1 10 enforcement academy, and organizations that assist victims of
  1 11 domestic violence.
  1 12    3.  The task force members shall be selected by the supreme
  1 13 court.  A supreme court justice or a designee of the supreme
  1 14 court shall chair the task force.
  1 15    4.  The task force may hold meetings, take testimony, and
  1 16 receive evidence as it considers appropriate.  Meetings of the
  1 17 task force shall be subject to chapters 21 and 22 of the Iowa
  1 18 Code.  The task force may secure directly from any agency or
  1 19 department such information as the task force considers
  1 20 necessary, and the department or agency shall furnish such
  1 21 information to the task force.
  1 22    5.  The task force shall submit a report to the general
  1 23 assembly no later than January 15, 1998.
  1 24    6.  The task force shall terminate two months after
  1 25 submission of its report to the general assembly.  
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill requires the supreme court to establish a task
  1 28 force on domestic violence, to address issues relating to the
  1 29 criminal justice system.  The task force is directed to submit
  1 30 a report to the legislature no later than January 15, 1998.  
  1 31 LSB 1333SV 77
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