House File 140

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  EICHHORN, MANTERNACH, LALK,
                                           BOGGESS, KUHN, D. OLSON, and
                                           GRANZOW


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to maintaining a magistrate court in a city other
  2    than the county seat.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1295YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 602.6105, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The court shall maintain a magistrate
  1  4 court in a city that is not the county seat if a magistrate
  1  5 court existed in that city as of July 1, 2001.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 602.6401, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1  7 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  8    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The existence of a city in the county
  1  9 other than the county seat that maintained a magistrate court
  1 10 as of July 1, 2001.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill relates to maintaining a magistrate court in a
  1 13 city other than the county seat.
  1 14    The bill provides that a magistrate court shall be
  1 15 maintained in a city other than the county seat if a
  1 16 magistrate court existed in that city as of July 1, 2001.
  1 17 LSB 1295YH 80
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