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House Journal: Page 1369: Monday, April 21, 1997

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33   "destroys" the following:  "knowingly".
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35   "destroys" the following:  "knowingly".
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40     11.  Page 16, by inserting after line 5 the
41   following:
42     "Sec. ___.  Section 235A.20, Code 1997, as amended
43   by this Act, is amended to read as follows:
44     235A.20  CIVIL REMEDY.
45     Any aggrieved person may institute a civil action
46   for damages under chapter 669 or 670 or to restrain
47   the dissemination of child abuse information in
48   violation of this chapter, and any person, agency or
49   other recipient proven to have disseminated or to have
50   requested and received child abuse information in

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 1   violation of this chapter, or any employee of the
 2   department who knowingly destroys investigation or
 3   assessment data except in accordance with rule as
 4   established by the department for retention of child
 5   abuse information under section 235A.18 shall be
 6   liable for actual damages and exemplary damages for
 7   each violation and shall be liable for court costs,
 8   expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
 9   the party bringing the action.  In no case shall the
10   award for damages be less than one hundred dollars.
11     Sec. ___.  Section 235A.21, subsection 1, Code
12   1997, as amended by this Act, is amended to read as
13   follows:
14     1.  Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or
15   seeks to obtain child abuse information under false
16   pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to
17   communicate child abuse information to any agency or
18   person except in accordance with sections 235A.15 and

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Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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