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House File 2149

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 170.2
Committee Report Issued: S.J. 701.2
Passed House: H.J. 215.2
Passed Senate: S.J. 755.2
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 2149
  1  2  
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 
  1  5 RELATING TO THE PROSECUTION OF CERTAIN SIMPLE MISDEMEANORS
  1  6    COMMITTED IN A CITY LOCATED IN TWO OR MORE COUNTIES.
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 803.3, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  1 11 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    5.  If a simple misdemeanor is committed in a city which is
  1 13 located in two or more counties, venue shall be in the county
  1 14 in which the seat of government of the city is located.
  1 15 However, if the simple misdemeanor is committed in conjunction
  1 16 with an offense greater than a simple misdemeanor, the trial
  1 17 of the simple misdemeanor shall be in the county where the
  1 18 greater offense was committed as provided in section 803.2.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 805.13, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1 20 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 21    1.  Traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and all
  1 22 other scheduled violations may be tried before the nearest
  1 23 magistrate in the judicial district in which the offense is
  1 24 committed, or if the offense occurred in a city which is
  1 25 located in two counties, the violation shall be tried in the
  1 26 county in which the seat of government of the city is located
  1 27 as provided in section 803.3, subsection 5.  
  1 28 
  1 29 
  1 30                                                             
  1 31                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  1 32                               Speaker of the House
  1 33 
  1 34 
  1 35                                                             
  2  1                               JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
  2  2                               President of the Senate
  2  3 
  2  4    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2  5 is known as House File 2149, Eightieth General Assembly.
  2  6 
  2  7 
  2  8                                                             
  2  9                               MARGARET THOMSON
  2 10                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 11 Approved                , 2004
  2 12 
  2 13 
  2 14                            
  2 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 16 Governor

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