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House Study Bill 508

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 803.3, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  If a simple misdemeanor is committed in a city which is
  1  4 located in two or more counties, venue shall be in the county
  1  5 in which the seat of government of the city is located.
  1  6 However, if the simple misdemeanor is committed in conjunction
  1  7 with an offense greater than a simple misdemeanor, the trial
  1  8 of the simple misdemeanor shall be in the county where the
  1  9 offense was committed as provided in section 803.2.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 805.13, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1 11 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    1.  Traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and all
  1 13 other scheduled violations may be tried before the nearest
  1 14 magistrate in the judicial district in which the offense is
  1 15 committed, or if the offense occurred in a city which is
  1 16 located in two counties, the violation shall be tried in the
  1 17 county in which the seat of government of the city is located
  1 18 as provided in section 803.3, subsection 5.  
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill relates to the prosecution of certain simple
  1 21 misdemeanors committed in a city located in two or more
  1 22 counties.
  1 23    The bill makes changes to Code provisions amended by House
  1 24 File 650, sections 2 and 3, from the 2003 legislative session.
  1 25 The bill provides that a simple misdemeanor committed in a
  1 26 city located in two or more counties shall be prosecuted in
  1 27 the county where the offense occurred if the simple
  1 28 misdemeanor is committed in conjunction with an offense
  1 29 greater than a simple misdemeanor.
  1 30    Current law provides that if a simple misdemeanor is
  1 31 committed in a city located in two or more counties, the
  1 32 simple misdemeanor shall be prosecuted in the county in which
  1 33 the seat of government of the city is located.  
  1 34 LSB 5040HC 80
  1 35 jm/pj/5
     

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