Bill Text: IA SF2188 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to serving a subpoena on a peace officer or correctional officer. (Formerly SSB 3075.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Referred to Judiciary. S.J. 551. [SF2188 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2188-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2188
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3075)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
serving
a
subpoena
on
a
peace
officer
or
1
correctional
officer.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
622.78A
Serving
a
subpoena
on
a
1
peace
officer
or
correctional
officer.
2
A
subpoena
may
be
served
at
the
principal
place
of
employment
3
of
a
correctional
officer
or
peace
officer,
as
defined
in
4
section
801.4,
if
the
subpoena
is
related
to
the
performance
5
of
any
act
which
is
within
the
scope
of
the
lawful
duty
or
6
authority
of
the
officer.
A
court
shall
not
hold
a
peace
7
officer
or
correctional
officer
in
contempt
for
failure
to
8
obey
the
subpoena
if
the
officer
did
not
actually
receive
the
9
subpoena
or
have
actual
knowledge
of
the
subpoena,
but
may
10
order
other
proper
punishment
as
the
court
determines
to
be
11
just
under
the
circumstances.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
serving
a
subpoena
on
a
peace
officer
16
or
correctional
officer.
17
The
bill
provides
that
a
subpoena
may
be
served
at
18
the
principal
place
of
employment
of
a
peace
officer
or
19
correctional
officer
if
the
subpoena
is
related
to
the
20
performance
of
any
act
which
is
within
the
scope
of
the
21
employment
of
that
officer.
22
The
bill
specifies
that
the
court
shall
not
hold
a
peace
23
officer
or
correctional
officer
in
contempt
for
failure
to
24
obey
the
subpoena
if
the
officer
did
not
actually
receive
25
the
subpoena
or
have
actual
knowledge
of
the
subpoena,
but
26
does
permit
the
court
to
order
other
punishment
as
the
court
27
determines
to
be
just
under
the
circumstances.
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