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House Study Bill 256

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 803.3, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  If a simple misdemeanor is committed
  1  4 in a city which is located in two or more counties, venue
  1  5 shall be in the county where the seat of government of the
  1  6 city is located.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 805.13, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  8 amended to read as follows:
  1  9    1.  Traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and all
  1 10 other scheduled violations may be tried before the nearest
  1 11 magistrate in the judicial district in which the offense is
  1 12 committed, or if the offense occurred in a city which is
  1 13 located in two counties, the violation shall be tried in the
  1 14 county where the seat of government of the city is located.  
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill relates to the prosecution of certain criminal
  1 17 offenses committed in a city located in two or more counties.
  1 18    The bill provides that a simple misdemeanor offense
  1 19 committed in a city which is located in two or more counties
  1 20 shall be prosecuted in the county where the seat of government
  1 21 of the city is located.  Current law provides that the
  1 22 prosecution of the offense be in the county where the offense
  1 23 occurred.  
  1 24 LSB 2917HC 80
  1 25 jm/cl/14
     

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