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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 602.6306, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  District associate judges also have jurisdiction in
  1  4 civil actions for money judgment where the amount in
  1  5 controversy does not exceed ten thousand dollars, jurisdiction
  1  6 over involuntary commitment, treatment, or hospitalization
  1  7 proceedings under chapters 125 and 229, jurisdiction of
  1  8 indictable misdemeanors, and felony violations of section
  1  9 sections 321J.2 and 321.279, jurisdiction to enter a temporary
  1 10 or emergency order of protection under chapter 236, and to
  1 11 make court appointments and set hearings in criminal matters,
  1 12 jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not require
  1 13 notice and hearing and to set hearings in actions under
  1 14 chapter 633, and the jurisdiction provided in section 602.7101
  1 15 when designated as a judge of the juvenile court.  While
  1 16 presiding in these subject matters a district associate judge
  1 17 shall employ district judges' practice and procedure.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill relates to the jurisdiction of district associate
  1 20 judges.  The bill provides that a district associate judge may
  1 21 exercise jurisdiction over a felony eluding or attempting to
  1 22 elude a law enforcement vehicle offense under Code section
  1 23 321.27.  Generally, a district associate judge has
  1 24 jurisdiction over indictable misdemeanors and felony offenses
  1 25 involving operating while intoxicated.
  1 26    The felony criminal offense of eluding or attempting to
  1 27 elude is classified as a class "D" felony.  A class "D" felony
  1 28 generally is punishable by confinement for no more than five
  1 29 years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.  
  1 30 LSB 2912HV 79
  1 31 jm/cf/24
     

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