Bill Text: IA SF2394 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the custody and control of courthouses and to physical facilities provided by a city or county to the district court. (Formerly SSB 3098.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-13 - Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 597. [SF2394 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2394-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3098)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
custody
and
control
of
courthouses
and
1
to
physical
facilities
provided
by
a
city
or
county
to
the
2
district
court.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.382,
subsection
7,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
If
a
law
library
is
provided
in
the
county
courthouse,
3
judges
of
the
district
court
of
the
county
shall
supervise
and
4
control
the
law
library
the
board
shall
supervise
and
control
5
the
law
library
in
a
manner
that
aids
judicial
operations
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
331.502,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
1.
Have
general
custody
and
control
of
the
courthouse,
9
subject
to
the
direction
of
the
board.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
602.1303,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
11
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
12
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
The
physical
facilities
provided
by
a
13
county
or
city
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
remain
the
14
sole
property
of
the
county
or
city,
and
shall
be
subject
15
to
the
exclusive
control
of
the
county
or
city.
The
county
16
or
city
shall
provide
physical
security
for,
and
shall
17
control
physical
access
to,
such
facilities
in
a
manner
that
18
aids
judicial
operations.
The
county
board
of
supervisors
19
or
the
city
council’s
determination
of
the
adequacy
and
20
reasonableness
of
the
security
and
accessibility
of
the
21
physical
facilities
shall
be
nonjusticiable,
and
a
court
shall
22
not
have
jurisdiction
to
adjudicate
such
a
dispute.
23
Sec.
4.
Section
602.1303,
subsection
8,
Code
2020,
is
24
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
8.
If
a
county
board
of
supervisors
,
with
the
approval
26
of
the
supreme
court,
elects
not
to
maintain
space
for
the
27
district
court,
the
county
may
enter
into
an
agreement
with
a
28
contiguous
county
in
the
same
judicial
district
to
share
the
29
costs
under
subsections
1
through
7
.
For
the
purposes
of
this
30
subsection
,
two
counties
are
contiguous
if
they
share
a
common
31
boundary,
including
a
corner.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
relates
to
the
custody
and
control
of
courthouses
1
and
to
physical
facilities
provided
by
a
city
or
county
to
the
2
district
court.
3
Currently,
the
county
auditor
has
general
custody
and
4
control
of
the
courthouse,
subject
to
the
direction
of
the
5
county
board
of
supervisors.
The
bill
strikes
the
“general
6
custody
and
control”
provision
and
makes
the
county
auditor
7
the
person
who
has
custody
and
control
of
a
courthouse,
8
subject
to
the
direction
of
the
county
board
of
supervisors.
9
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
law
library
is
provided
in
the
10
county
courthouse,
the
board
of
supervisors
shall
supervise
11
and
control
the
law
library
in
a
manner
that
aids
judicial
12
operations.
13
Currently,
Code
section
602.1303
provides
that
a
county
or
14
city
shall
provide
for
the
district
court
of
the
county
with
15
physical
facilities,
which
in
the
judgment
of
the
governing
16
body
are
suitable
for
the
district
court.
Furthermore,
the
17
Code
section
provides
that
if
the
county
board
of
supervisors
18
decides
not
to
keep
space
for
the
district
court,
subject
to
19
the
approval
of
the
supreme
court,
the
county
may
enter
into
20
an
agreement
with
a
contiguous
county
in
the
same
judicial
21
district
to
share
costs
in
providing
physical
facilities
for
22
a
district
court.
23
The
bill
provides
that
the
physical
facilities
remain
the
24
sole
property
of
the
county
or
city
and
shall
be
subject
to
25
the
exclusive
control
of
the
county
or
city,
and
that
the
26
county
or
city
shall
provide
physical
security
for,
and
shall
27
control
physical
access
to,
such
facilities
in
a
manner
that
28
aids
judicial
operations.
The
bill
provides
that
the
county
29
board
of
supervisors
or
the
city
council’s
determination
of
the
30
adequacy
and
reasonableness
of
the
security
and
accessibility
31
of
the
physical
facilities
shall
be
nonjusticiable,
and
that
a
32
court
does
not
have
jurisdiction
to
hear
a
matter
involving
the
33
adequacy
or
reasonableness
of
the
facilities.
34
The
bill
provides
that
a
county
board
of
supervisors
does
not
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