Bill Text: IA HF2146 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the supervisory custody and control of a county courthouse. (See HF 2310.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-06 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2146 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2146-Introduced.html

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House File 2146 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  WINDSCHITL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the supervisory custody and control of a
  2    county courthouse.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.502, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Have general custody and control of the courthouse, and
  1  4 shall have supervisory custody and control of areas of the
  1  5 courthouse not occupied by the judicial branch, subject to the
  1  6 direction of the board.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  602.1303A  Supervision and control.
  1  8    1.  For purposes of this section "occupied" means
  1  9 courtrooms, offices, and other physical facilities used
  1 10 exclusively by officers and employees of the judicial branch.
  1 11    2.  The judicial branch shall have supervisory custody and
  1 12 control of only the areas occupied by the judicial branch in
  1 13 facilities provided by a county or city pursuant to section
  1 14 602.1303.
  1 15    3.  The county or city shall have supervisory custody and
  1 16 control of all other areas in facilities not occupied by the
  1 17 judicial branch.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 21    This bill relates to the supervisory custody and control of a
  1 22 county courthouse.
  1 23    Currently, the county auditor has general custody and
  1 24 control of the courthouse, subject to the direction of the
  1 25 board of supervisors.  The bill specifies that the county
  1 26 auditor shall have supervisory custody and control of areas of
  1 27 the courthouse not occupied by the judicial branch, subject to
  1 28 the direction of the board of supervisors.
  1 29    The bill creates new Code section 602.1303A specifying that
  1 30 the judicial branch shall have supervisory custody and control
  1 31 of only the areas occupied by the judicial branch in facilities
  1 32 provided by a county or city pursuant to Code section 602.1303.
  1 33 The county or city shall have supervisory custody and control
  1 34 of all other areas in facilities not occupied by the judicial
  1 35 branch.
  2  1 The bill defines "occupied" to mean courtrooms, offices,
  2  2 and other physical facilities used exclusively by officers and
  2  3 employees of the judicial branch.
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