Bill Text: IA HF10 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the court's discretion to require conservators to post bond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-12 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 50. [HF10 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF10-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
court’s
discretion
to
require
1
conservators
to
post
bond.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
633.174,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
633.174
Guardians
and
conservators
——
bond.
3
1.
When
the
guardian
appointed
for
a
person
is
not
the
4
conservator
of
the
property
of
that
person,
no
A
bond
shall
not
5
be
required
of
the
appointed
guardian
or
appointed
conservator
,
6
unless
the
court
for
good
cause
finds
it
proper
to
require
one.
7
If
no
bond
is
initially
required,
the
court
may,
nevertheless,
8
for
good
cause,
at
any
subsequent
time,
require
that
a
bond
be
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given.
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2.
Every
conservator
shall
execute
and
file
with
the
clerk
11
a
bond
with
sufficient
surety
or
sureties
except
as
provided
12
in
section
633.175
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
633.175,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
14
by
striking
the
subsection.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
a
court’s
ability
to
waive
the
19
requirement
of
conservators
to
post
bond.
The
bill
provides
20
the
court
discretion
as
to
whether
a
bond
is
required
for
21
a
conservator.
Under
current
law,
courts
do
not
have
the
22
discretion
to
waive
bond
for
a
conservator,
other
than
a
23
financial
institution
with
Iowa
trust
powers,
unless
the
court
24
finds
an
alternative
to
bond
that
would
protect
the
protected
25
person’s
assets.
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