House Journal: Page 688: Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Mascher of Johnson offered amendment H-1066 filed by her as
follows:
H-1066
1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
3 following:
4 "Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 12, Code
5 2003, is amended by adding the following new
6 paragraph:
7 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. The violation of section 299.6
8 by a child twelve years of age or older.
9 Sec. . Section 232.22, subsection 8, Code 2003,
10 is amended to read as follows:
11 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code
12 to the contrary, a child shall not be placed in
13 detention for a violation of section 123.47 or 299.6,
14 or for failure to comply with a dispositional order
15 which provides for performance of community service
16 for a violation of section 123.47 or 299.6."
17 2. Page 18, by inserting after line 24 the
18 following:
19 "Sec. . Section 299.5A, unnumbered paragraph 4,
20 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
21 The school district shall be responsible for
22 monitoring any agreements arrived at through
23 mediation. If a parent, guardian, or legal or actual
24 custodian, or the child if the child is twelve years
25 of age or older, refuses to engage in mediation or
26 violates a term of the agreement, the matter shall be
27 rereferred to the county attorney for prosecution
28 under section 299.6. The county attorney's office or
29 the mediation service shall require the parent,
30 guardian, or legal or actual custodian and the school
31 to pay a fee to help defray the administrative cost of
32 mediation services. The county attorney's office or
33 the mediation service shall establish a sliding scale
34 of fees to be charged parents, guardians, and legal or
35 actual custodians based upon ability to pay. A
36 parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian shall
37 not be denied the services of a mediator solely
38 because of inability to pay the fee.
39 Sec. . Section 299.6, unnumbered paragraph 1,
40 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
41 Any person who violates a mediation agreement under
42 section 299.5A, who is referred for prosecution under
43 section 299.5A and is convicted of a violation of any
44 of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5, who
45 violates any of the provisions of sections 299.1
46 through 299.5, or who refuses to participate in
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