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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 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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