House File 215 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of a commission to review
  2    the implementation of the Iowa supreme court's equality in the
  3    courts task force and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2195HH 82
  6 ec/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  EQUALITY IN THE COURTS COMMISSION.  The
  1  2 executive director of the commission on the status of women
  1  3 shall convene a commission to review the implementation of
  1  4 recommendations made by the Iowa supreme court's equality in
  1  5 the courts task force.  The membership of the commission shall
  1  6 include the executive director of the commission on the status
  1  7 of women, the state court administrator, one member appointed
  1  8 by the Iowa judges association, one member appointed by the
  1  9 county attorneys association, one member appointed by the dean
  1 10 of the university of Iowa college of law, one member appointed
  1 11 by the dean of the Drake university law school, one member
  1 12 representing defense attorneys appointed by a statewide
  1 13 association representing defense attorneys, one member
  1 14 appointed by a statewide victims' group, and the director of
  1 15 the department of human rights or the director's designee.
  1 16 The commission shall report its findings and recommendations
  1 17 to the general assembly on or before December 15, 2007.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill directs the executive director of the commission
  1 22 on the status of women to convene a commission to review the
  1 23 implementation of the recommendations made by the Iowa supreme
  1 24 court's equality in the courts task force.  The bill
  1 25 establishes the membership of the commission and directs the
  1 26 commission to report on its findings by December 15, 2007.
  1 27    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 28 LSB 2195HH 82
  1 29 ec:rj/gg/14