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1 1 Amend House File 2366 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . Section 229.7, Code 1999, is amended to
1 5 read as follows:
1 6 229.7 SERVICE OF NOTICE UPON RESPONDENT.
1 7 Upon the filing of an application for involuntary
1 8 hospitalization, the clerk shall docket the case and
1 9 immediately notify a district court judge, district
1 10 associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted to the
1 11 practice of law in this state, who shall review the
1 12 application and accompanying documentation. If the
1 13 application is adequate as to form, the court may set
1 14 a time and place for a hearing on the application, if
1 15 feasible, but the hearing shall not be held less than
1 16 forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent
1 17 unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice
1 18 requirement. The court shall direct the clerk to send
1 19 copies of the application and supporting
1 20 documentation, together with a notice informing the
1 21 respondent of the procedures required by this chapter,
1 22 to the sheriff or the sheriff's deputy for immediate
1 23 service upon the respondent. If the respondent is
1 24 taken into custody under section 229.11, service of
1 25 the application, documentation and notice upon the
1 26 respondent shall be made at the time the respondent is
1 27 taken into custody. The process server shall serve
1 28 the respondent in plain clothes via an unmarked
1 29 vehicle, if the judge, magistrate, or referee so
1 30 requires, unless the sheriff's department does not
1 31 have access to an unmarked vehicle."
1 32 #2. Page 5, line 3, by inserting after the word
1 33 "requires" the following: ", unless the process
1 34 server does not have an unmarked vehicle".
1 35 #3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
1 36 word "treatment" the following: ", and making certain
1 37 related changes to inpatient commitment procedures".
1 38 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
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1 42 KREIMAN of Davis
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1 46 GRUNDBERG of Polk
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1 50 RAECKER of Polk
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2 4 KETTERING of Sac
2 5 HF 2366.202 78
2 6 jj/gg
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