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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  902.12  MINIMUM SENTENCE –
  1  2 COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS – REPEAT SEX OFFENDERS.
  1  3    1.  A person serving a sentence for a conviction of a
  1  4 violation of section 709.3, 709.4, 709.7, 709.8, a felony
  1  5 violation of section 709.11, or a violation punishable under
  1  6 section 709.15, subsection 2, shall be denied parole unless
  1  7 the person has served at least eighty-five percent of the
  1  8 maximum term of the person's sentence.
  1  9    2.  A person who has completed at least eighty-five percent
  1 10 of the person's sentence under subsection 1, and who is
  1 11 released on parole, shall be assigned to the judicial district
  1 12 department of correctional services for the district in which
  1 13 the person will reside for the remaining term of the person's
  1 14 sentence while on parole.
  1 15    3.  A person who is convicted for a second or subsequent
  1 16 felony violation of chapter 709 shall be sentenced to life in
  1 17 prison on the same terms as a class "A" felon under section
  1 18 902.1, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the
  1 19 contrary.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill provides that a person who commits a felony
  1 22 violation of chapter 709 (sexual abuse and related provisions)
  1 23 is required to serve at least 85 percent of the person's
  1 24 sentence prior to parole.  Upon parole, the person is required
  1 25 to be assigned to the judicial district department of
  1 26 correctional services for the remainder of the person's term
  1 27 of sentence.
  1 28    The bill also provides that a person who is convicted of a
  1 29 second or subsequent felony violation of chapter 709 shall be
  1 30 sentenced to life in prison.  
  1 31 LSB 3044YH 76
  1 32 mk/jw/5.1
     

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