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PAG LIN 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,andfelony violations of section 1 9 321J.2, and felony arraignments, jurisdiction to enter a 1 10 temporary or emergency order of protection under chapter 236, 1 11 and to make court appointments and set hearings in criminal 1 12 matters, jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not 1 13 require notice and hearing and to set hearings in actions 1 14 under chapter 633, and the jurisdiction provided in section 1 15 602.7101 when designated as a judge of the juvenile court. 1 16 While presiding in these subject matters a district associate 1 17 judge 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 an arraignment involving a felony. 1 22 Current law provides that in criminal proceedings, a district 1 23 associate judge has jurisdiction over indictable misdemeanors 1 24 and felony offenses involving operating while intoxicated. 1 25 An arraignment is generally defined as a proceeding where 1 26 the criminal charge is read to the defendant and the defendant 1 27 enters a plea of "guilty" or "not guilty" to the charge. 1 28 LSB 2489XS 79 1 29 jm/gg/8
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