House File 388 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PALMER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act assessing a mediation fee in small claims cases.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2366HH 83
  4 jm/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 602.8105, subsection 1, paragraph d,
  1  2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  For filing and docketing a small claims action and for
  1  4 small claims mediation, the amounts specified in section
  1  5 631.6.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 631.6, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended
  1  7 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  8    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Fees for mediation shall be twenty=five
  1  9 dollars to be collected if a mediator is used.
  1 10    Sec. 3.  Section 631.6, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
  1 11 following new subsection:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  The amount collected for mediation in
  1 13 the action shall be distributed to the mediator used in the
  1 14 action.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill assesses a mediation fee in small claims cases.
  1 17    The bill imposes a $25 mediation fee upon the filing of a
  1 18 small claims case which shall be assessed as a court cost in
  1 19 the case if a mediator is used.  The bill requires the
  1 20 mediation fee be distributed to the mediator used in the case.
  1 21 LSB 2366HH 83
  1 22 jm/nh/8