House File 663 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  KAUFMANN, ARNOLD, GRASSLEY,
                                      ALONS, DE BOEF, MAY, BAUDLER,
                                      PETTENGILL, HEATON, HORBACH,
                                      LUKAN, SCHUELLER, SCHULTZ,
                                      and DRAKE


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the location of a civil jury trial.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2456HH 83
  4 jm/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  602.1219  CIVIL TRIAL == PROPER
  1  2 JURISDICTION.
  1  3    A civil jury trial shall be held in a county with proper
  1  4 jurisdiction over the proceeding, unless there are grounds for
  1  5 a change of venue.  Venue for a civil jury trial shall not be
  1  6 determined based upon the residency of the judicial officer
  1  7 presiding over the trial.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill relates to the location of a civil jury trial.
  1 10 The bill provides that a civil jury trial shall be held in a
  1 11 county with proper jurisdiction over the proceeding, unless
  1 12 there are grounds for a change of venue.  A civil jury trial
  1 13 shall not be held in a county based upon the residency of the
  1 14 judicial officer presiding over the trial.
  1 15 LSB 2456HH 83
  1 16 jm/rj/14