Bill Text: IA HF529 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of certain documents. (Formerly HF 4; See HF 753.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Withdrawn. H.J. 922. [HF529 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
4)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
assessment
of
fees
when
a
public
1
defender
or
designee
requests
copies
of
certain
documents.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
815.16
Fees
for
requests
for
copies
1
of
documents.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
3
a.
“Agency”
means
the
judicial
branch,
a
state
department
or
4
agency,
the
office
of
a
county
attorney,
a
criminal
or
juvenile
5
justice
agency,
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state.
6
b.
“Document”
includes
a
copy
of
any
of
the
following:
7
(1)
Police
reports.
8
(2)
Photographs.
9
(3)
Audiotapes.
10
(4)
Videotapes.
11
(5)
Audio
or
video
files
on
storage
systems,
including
12
but
not
limited
to
disk,
tape,
optical,
and
other
structured
13
repositories
for
storing
digital
information.
14
(6)
Reports
prepared
by
the
department
of
human
services.
15
2.
An
agency
shall
furnish
copies
of
any
document
in
the
16
possession
of
the
agency
that
the
agency
has
the
technological
17
capability
to
duplicate,
at
no
cost,
upon
request
of
the
state
18
public
defender,
a
public
defender
office,
or
an
attorney
19
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
appointed
by
the
court
as
a
20
designee
of
the
state
public
defender,
if
the
document
is
21
relevant
to
an
investigation
or
legal
representation
being
22
conducted
by
the
state
public
defender,
a
public
defender
23
office,
or
an
attorney
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
24
appointed
by
the
court
as
a
designee
of
the
state
public
25
defender.
When
a
document
is
provided
on
a
storage
system,
the
26
agency
shall,
upon
request,
include
the
software
necessary
to
27
access
the
storage
system.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
the
assessment
of
fees
when
a
public
32
defender
or
designee
requests
copies
of
certain
documents.
33
The
bill
defines
“agency”
to
mean
the
judicial
branch,
a
34
state
department
or
agency,
the
office
of
a
county
attorney,
a
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criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agency,
or
a
political
subdivision
1
of
the
state.
2
The
bill
requires
that
an
agency
furnish
copies
of
any
3
document
in
the
possession
of
the
agency,
at
no
cost,
upon
4
request
of
the
state
public
defender,
a
public
defender
office,
5
or
an
attorney
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
appointed
by
the
6
court
as
a
designee
of
the
state
public
defender.
7
The
documents
to
be
provided
under
the
bill
includes
copies
8
of
police
reports,
photographs,
audiotapes,
videotapes,
audio
9
or
video
files
on
storage
systems,
and
reports
prepared
by
the
10
department
of
human
services.
11
The
document
requested
must
be
relevant
to
an
investigation
12
or
legal
representation
being
conducted
by
the
public
defender
13
or
designee.
14
Under
the
bill,
when
a
document
is
provided
on
a
storage
15
system,
the
agency
shall,
upon
request,
include
the
software
16
necessary
to
access
the
storage
system.
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