House Journal: Page 750: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
H-8298
1 Amend House File 2366 as follows:
H-8298A
2 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 229.7, Code 1999, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 229.7 SERVICE OF NOTICE UPON RESPONDENT.
7 Upon the filing of an application for involuntary
8 hospitalization, the clerk shall docket the case and
9 immediately notify a district court judge, district
10 associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted to the
11 practice of law in this state, who shall review the
12 application and accompanying documentation. If the
13 application is adequate as to form, the court may set
14 a time and place for a hearing on the application, if
15 feasible, but the hearing shall not be held less than
16 forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent
17 unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice
18 requirement. The court shall direct the clerk to send
19 copies of the application and supporting
20 documentation, together with a notice informing the
21 respondent of the procedures required by this chapter,
22 to the sheriff or the sheriff's deputy for immediate
23 service upon the respondent. If the respondent is
24 taken into custody under section 229.11, service of
25 the application, documentation and notice upon the
26 respondent shall be made at the time the respondent is
27 taken into custody. The process server shall serve
28 the respondent in plain clothes via an unmarked
29 vehicle, if the judge, magistrate, or referee so
30 requires, unless the sheriff's department does not
31 have access to an unmarked vehicle."
32 2. Page 5, line 3, by inserting after the word
33 "requires" the following: ", unless the process
34 server does not have an unmarked vehicle".
H-8298B
35 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
36 word "treatment" the following: ", and making certain
37 related changes to inpatient commitment procedures".
38 4. By renumbering as necessary.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-8311, to
amendment H-8298A, filed by Kreiman, et al., and moved its
adoption:
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