House File 430

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ALONS, BAUDLER, and HORBACH


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the residency requirements of a sex offender.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2788YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.2A, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  aa.  The person resides at a hospital as
  1  4 defined in section 135B.1, a health care facility as defined
  1  5 in section 135C.1, or the Iowa veterans home.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7    This bill relates to the residency requirements of a sex
  1  8 offender.
  1  9    The bill provides that a sex offender may reside within
  1 10 2,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school, or day care
  1 11 facility, if the person resides at a hospital as defined in
  1 12 Code section 135B.1, a health care facility as defined in Code
  1 13 section 135C.1, or the Iowa veterans home.
  1 14    Current law provides that a sex offender may only reside
  1 15 within 2,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school, or day
  1 16 care facility, if the person is required to serve a sentence
  1 17 at a jail or prison, or the person is subject to an order of
  1 18 commitment under Code chapter 229A, or the person has
  1 19 established a residence prior to July 1, 2002, or a school or
  1 20 child care facility is newly located on or after July 1, 2002,
  1 21 or the person is a minor or a ward under a guardianship.
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