Bill Text: IA SF52 | 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-23 - Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. [SF52 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF52-Introduced.html
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BY
WHITING
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
but
is
not
limited
to
a
copy
of
the
7
following:
8
(1)
Police
reports.
9
(2)
Photographs.
10
(3)
Grand
jury
transcripts.
11
(4)
Audiotapes.
12
(5)
Videotapes.
13
(6)
Transcripts
of
audiotapes
or
videotapes.
14
(7)
Audio
or
video
files
on
storage
systems,
including
15
but
not
limited
to
disk,
tape,
optical,
and
other
structured
16
repositories
for
storing
digital
information.
17
(8)
Transcripts
of
audio
or
video
files
on
storage
systems.
18
(9)
Reports
prepared
by
the
department
of
human
services.
19
2.
An
agency
shall
furnish
copies
of
any
document
in
the
20
possession
of
the
agency,
at
no
cost,
upon
request
of
the
state
21
public
defender,
a
public
defender
office,
or
an
attorney
22
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
appointed
by
the
court
as
a
23
designee
of
the
state
public
defender,
if
the
document
is
24
relevant
to
an
investigation
or
legal
representation
being
25
conducted
by
the
state
public
defender,
a
public
defender
26
office,
or
an
attorney
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
27
appointed
by
the
court
as
a
designee
of
the
state
public
28
defender.
When
a
document
is
provided
on
a
storage
system,
the
29
agency
shall,
upon
request,
include
the
software
necessary
to
30
access
the
storage
system.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
the
assessment
of
fees
when
a
public
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defender
or
designee
requests
copies
of
certain
documents.
1
The
bill
defines
“agency”
to
mean
the
judicial
branch,
a
2
state
department
or
agency,
the
office
of
a
county
attorney,
a
3
criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agency,
or
a
political
subdivision
4
of
the
state.
5
The
bill
requires
that
an
agency
furnish
copies
of
any
6
document
in
the
possession
of
the
agency,
at
no
cost,
upon
7
request
of
the
state
public
defender,
a
public
defender
office,
8
or
an
attorney
or
nonprofit
legal
organization
appointed
by
the
9
court
as
a
designee
of
the
state
public
defender.
10
The
documents
to
be
provided
under
the
bill
include
but
11
are
not
limited
to
copies
of
police
reports,
photographs,
12
grand
jury
transcripts,
audiotapes,
videotapes,
transcripts
13
of
audiotapes
or
videotapes,
audio
or
video
files
on
storage
14
systems,
transcripts
of
such
audio
or
video
files
on
storage
15
systems,
and
reports
prepared
by
the
department
of
human
16
services.
17
The
document
requested
must
be
relevant
to
an
investigation
18
or
legal
representation
being
conducted
by
the
public
defender
19
or
designee.
20
Under
the
bill,
when
a
document
is
provided
on
a
storage
21
system,
the
agency
shall,
upon
request,
include
the
software
22
necessary
to
access
the
storage
system.
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