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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
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1 48
1 49 LARSON of Linn
1 50 SF 189.702 78
2 1 jm/sc
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