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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 189, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 7, by inserting after line 15 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 804.21, subsection 4, Code 1 6 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 4. When the court is not in session, a person 1 8 arrested and placed in jail may be released on the 1 9 person's own recognizance with or without other 1 10 conditions, by the verbal or written order of a judge 1 11 or magistrate. The verbal order may be communicated 1 12 by telephone. The judge or magistrate may issue such 1 13 order of release only upon the request of an attorney 1 14 or person believed by the judge or magistrate to be 1 15 reliable. However, this paragraph shall not apply to 1 16 violations of section 321.218, 321.561, 321A.32, and 1 17 321J.21 or for an arrest by warrant for failure to 1 18 appear for such offenses. 1 19 Sec. . Section 805.6, subsection 1, paragraph 1 20 d, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 21 d. The written appearance defined in paragraph "b" 1 22 shall not be used for any offense other than a simple 1 23 misdemeanor and shall not be used for violations of 1 24 sections 321.218, 321.561, 321A.32, and 321J.21. 1 25 Sec. . Section 811.2, subsection 2, Code 1999, 1 26 is amended to read as follows: 1 27 2. DETERMINATION OF CONDITIONS. In determining 1 28 which conditions of release will reasonably assure the 1 29 defendant's appearance and the safety of another 1 30 person or persons, the magistrate shall, on the basis 1 31 of available information, take into account the nature 1 32 and circumstances of the offense charged, the 1 33 defendant's family ties, employment, financial 1 34 resources, character and mental condition, the length 1 35 of the defendant's residence in the community, the 1 36 defendant's record of convictions, and the defendant's 1 37 record of appearance at court proceedings or of flight 1 38 to avoid prosecution or failure to appear at court 1 39 proceedings. A defendant whose driver's license has 1 40 been suspended pursuant to section 321.210A for 1 41 failure to pay a fine, penalty, surcharge, or court 1 42 costs shall be deemed not a good risk to appear and 1 43 the defendant shall be required to execute an 1 44 appearance bond or bail bond." 1 45 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 LARSON of Linn 1 50 SF 189.702 78 2 1 jm/sc
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