SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____
BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR TO )


A BILL FOR

An Act relating to maintaining a magistrate court in a city other than the county seat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 602.6105, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION  2A.  The court shall maintain a magistrate
court in a city that is not the county seat if a magistrate
court existed in that city as of July 1, 2001, and if the city
requests a magistrate. Any additional costs to the judicial
branch for maintaining a magistrate in the city other than the
county seat shall be paid by the city requesting the
magistrate.
    Sec. 2.  Section 602.6401, subsection 2, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH  f.  The existence of a city in the county
other than the county seat that maintained a magistrate court
as of July 1, 2001.