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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-3109, to House File 2 as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 9, by inserting after line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. 101. NEW SECTION. 902.1A CLASS "A" FELONY.
1 6 Upon a plea of guilty, a verdict of guilty, or a
1 7 special verdict upon which a judgment of conviction of
1 8 a class "A" felony may be rendered, the court shall
1 9 enter a judgment of conviction and shall commit the
1 10 defendant into the custody of the director of the Iowa
1 11 department of corrections until the defendant's death.
1 12 Nothing in the Iowa corrections code pertaining to
1 13 deferred judgment, deferred sentence, suspended
1 14 sentence, or reconsideration of sentence applies to a
1 15 class "A" felony, and a person convicted of a class
1 16 "A" felony shall not be released on parole unless the
1 17 governor commutes the sentence to a term of years."
1 18 #2. Page 9, by inserting after line 13 the
1 19 following:
1 20 "Sec. 102. NEW SECTION. 902.2A RECORD OF CLASS
1 21 "A" FELON REVIEWED.
1 22 The board shall interview a class "A" felon within
1 23 five years of the felon's confinement and regularly
1 24 thereafter. If, in the opinion of the board, the
1 25 person should be considered for release on parole, the
1 26 board shall recommend to the governor that the
1 27 person's sentence be commuted to a term of years. If
1 28 the person's sentence is so commuted, the person shall
1 29 be eligible for parole as provided in chapter 906."
1 30 #3. Page 16, by inserting after line 3 the
1 31 following:
1 32 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE &endash; REPEAL &endash; TRANSITION.
1 33 1. Sections 101 and 102 of this Act take effect
1 34 July 1, 2000.
1 35 2. Sections 1 through 18 of this Act, and sections
1 36 902.1 and 902.2, are repealed effective June 30, 2000.
1 37 3. Persons who have been convicted and sentenced
1 38 to death, but who have not been executed before July
1 39 1, 2000, shall not be executed and the sentences
1 40 imposed shall automatically be commuted to a term of
1 41 imprisonment until death on that date. Persons who
1 42 have been charged or indicted with an offense which
1 43 may be punishable by a sentence of death before July
1 44 1, 2000, under the provisions of this Act shall not be
1 45 sentenced to death upon conviction of the offense in
1 46 any proceeding which takes place on or after July 1,
1 47 2000, but shall be sentenced in accordance with
1 48 section 101 of this Act."
1 49 #4. By designating, redesignating, and correcting
1 50 internal references as necessary.
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2 4 BRAND of Benton
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2 8 MAY of Worth
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2 12 WISE of Lee
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2 16 SHOULTZ of Black HAwk
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2 20 FALLON of Polk
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2 24 BURNETT of Story
2 25 HF 2.247 76
2 26 lh/jj
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