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1 1 Amend House File 578, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 7 and
1 4 inserting the following: "subsection 5, to the
1 5 department of corrections for the fiscal year
1 6 beginning July 1,".
1 7 #2. Page 1, line 9, by inserting after the word
1 8 "used" the following: ", in consultation with the
1 9 Iowa telecommunications and technology commission,".
1 10 #3. Page 1, line 12, by inserting after the word
1 11 "users" the following: "that are public school
1 12 districts and accredited nonpublic schools".
1 13 #4. By striking page 1, line 19, through page 2,
1 14 line 7, and inserting the following: "communicated to
1 15 the general assembly. Notwithstanding chapter 8D, the
1 16 commission shall provide that the connections be
1 17 completed as follows:
1 18 (1) That a fiber optic cable facility be connected
1 19 to each school within a school district and each
1 20 accredited nonpublic school, including each high
1 21 school, junior high school or middle school, and grade
1 22 school, to the extent permitted by the funds
1 23 appropriated in this subsection.
1 24 (2) That the connection to each high school
1 25 facility include the necessary optronics.
1 26 b. The commission shall reject all remaining
1 27 proposals submitted in response to the request for
1 28 proposals associated with Part III sites that are not
1 29 connected pursuant to paragraph "a", and shall develop
1 30 a new request for proposals for the completion of Part
1 31 III during the fiscal years 1996-1997, 1997-1998, and
1 32 1998-1999. The request for proposals shall be for the
1 33 connection of all remaining public school districts
1 34 and accredited nonpublic schools in the same manner as
1 35 provided in paragraph "a"."
1 36 #5. Page 4, by inserting after line 18 the
1 37 following:
1 38 "Sec. . It is the intent of the general
1 39 assembly that rules adopted by the department of
1 40 corrections pursuant to section 904.701 and relating
1 41 to inmate employment programs for inmates performing
1 42 hard labor pursuant to section 904.701 shall provide
1 43 for the use of inmate labor in connecting the Iowa
1 44 communications network to schools. Employment by
1 45 inmates in connecting the Iowa communications network
1 46 is permissible, notwithstanding any requirements
1 47 concerning displacement of employed workers, the
1 48 existence of a local surplus of non-inmate labor, or
1 49 the impairment of existing contracts for employment or
1 50 services, as provided in section 904.701, subsection
2 1 1, and any contrary requirements provided in chapter
2 2 23A. The department shall also adopt rules providing
2 3 that an inmate performing hard labor on a chain gang
2 4 involved in the connecting of schools to the Iowa
2 5 communications network is eligible for one day of good
2 6 conduct time for each mile of cable laid by the chain
2 7 gang and one day of good conduct time for each school
2 8 connected to the network by the chain gang, consistent
2 9 with the requirements of section 903A.2.
2 10 Sec. 101. Section 903A.2, unnumbered paragraph 1,
2 11 Code 1995, as amended by 1995 Iowa Acts, House File
2 12 471, is amended to read as follows:
2 13 Unless an inmate is sentenced pursuant to section
2 14 902.12, subsection 2, an inmate of an institution
2 15 under the Iowa department of corrections, is eligible
2 16 for a reduction of sentence of one day for each day of
2 17 good conduct of the inmate while committed to one of
2 18 the department's institutions. Unless an inmate is
2 19 sentenced pursuant to section 902.12, subsection 2, in
2 20 addition to the sentence reduction of one day for each
2 21 day of good conduct, each inmate is eligible for an
2 22 additional reduction of sentence of up to five days a
2 23 month if the inmate participates satisfactorily in
2 24 employment in the institution, in Iowa state
2 25 industries, in an inmate employment program
2 26 established by the director, in a treatment program
2 27 established by the director, or in an inmate
2 28 educational program approved by the director, and for
2 29 additional good conduct time for work performed on
2 30 chain gangs concerning the Iowa communications network
2 31 in the manner and amount provided for under rules
2 32 adopted by the department. Inmates who are sentenced
2 33 pursuant to section 902.12, subsection 2, are eligible
2 34 for a reduction of sentence of up to one day a month
2 35 for good conduct while committed to one of the
2 36 department's institutions. However, inmates who are
2 37 sentenced pursuant to section 902.12, subsection 2,
2 38 who perform work on chain gangs concerning the Iowa
2 39 communications network are eligible for an additional
2 40 reduction of sentence of up to one day a month for
2 41 good conduct as provided for under rules adopted by
2 42 the department. Reduction of sentence pursuant to
2 43 this section may be subject to forfeiture pursuant to
2 44 section 903A.3. Computation of good conduct time is
2 45 subject to the following conditions:
2 46 Sec. 102. Section 903A.2, unnumbered paragraph 1,
2 47 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
2 48 Each inmate of an institution under the Iowa
2 49 department of corrections, is eligible for a reduction
2 50 of sentence of one day for each day of good conduct of
3 1 the inmate while committed to one of the department's
3 2 institutions. In addition to the sentence reduction
3 3 of one day for each day of good conduct, each inmate
3 4 is eligible for an additional reduction of sentence of
3 5 up to five days a month if the inmate participates
3 6 satisfactorily in employment in the institution, in
3 7 Iowa state industries, in an inmate employment program
3 8 established by the director, in a treatment program
3 9 established by the director, or in an inmate
3 10 educational program approved by the director, and for
3 11 additional good conduct time for work performed on
3 12 chain gangs concerning the Iowa communications network
3 13 in the manner and amount provided for under rules
3 14 adopted by the department. Reduction of sentence
3 15 pursuant to this section may be subject to forfeiture
3 16 pursuant to section 903A.3. Computation of good
3 17 conduct time is subject to the following conditions:
3 18 Sec. . CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. If House
3 19 File 471 is enacted into law, section 102 shall not
3 20 take effect and shall be void. If House File 471 is
3 21 not enacted into law, section 101 shall not take
3 22 effect and shall be void."
3 23 #6. By renumbering as necessary.
3 24
3 25
3 26
3 27 RANDAL J. GIANNETTO
3 28 TONY BISIGNANO
3 29 HF 578.306 76
3 30 mj/cf
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