1996 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION

CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE

CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE

SENATE FILE 284 - Forgery and Related Matters (full text of bill)

BY HANSEN. This Act creates criminal and civil penalties for persons who possess, or employers who hire or continue to employ persons knowing that the persons possess, forged documents relating to the person's entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States.
The Act adds the knowing possession of a writing that has been forged with the intent to defraud to the grounds upon which the crime of forgery can be charged. The Act also adds documents prescribed by statute, rule or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States to the kinds of forged writings for which a class "D" felony is applicable.
The Act requires an employer who recruits non-English-speaking persons for employment to provide those persons with notice that the possession of forged documentation authorizing the person to stay or be employed in the United States is a class "D" felony.
The Act provides that an employer is subject to a civil penalty if the employer or an agent or employee of the employer either hires a person or continues to employ a person when the employer knows that the document evidencing the person's authorized stay or employment in the United States is forged, or knows that the person is not authorized to be employed in the United States. An employer who complies in good faith with federal requirements regarding the hiring or employment of an alien establishes an affirmative defense to a charge of violating this provision.
An employer who hires persons knowing their employment documents are forged shall pay a penalty of $200 to $2,000 for each unauthorized alien hired or employed for a first offense, pay a penalty of $2,000 to $5,000 for each unauthorized alien hired or employed for a second offense, and pay a penalty of $3,000 to $10,000 for each unauthorized alien hired or employed for a third or subsequent offense. The civil action to enforce this provision may be instituted by the Attorney General or a county attorney. Penalties under this provision shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State.

SENATE FILE 2066 - Assisted Suicide (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act establishes a penalty of a class "C" felony for intentionally or knowingly assisting, soliciting or inciting another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide, or participating in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide. The Act specifies that prescribing or dispensing medications or procedures to relieve pain or discomfort, even if the medications or procedures may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not constitute assisting suicide unless the medications or procedures are intentionally and knowingly administered, prescribed or dispensed with the primary intention of causing death.
The Act also provides that if a licensed health care professional withholds or withdraws life-sustaining procedures in compliance with the Life-Sustaining Procedures Act or with a durable power of attorney for health care provisions, that action does not constitute assisting a suicide. The Act also requires that any mitigating circumstances relating to the offense and the defendant's potential as a candidate for deferred judgment, deferred sentencing, a suspended sentence, or probation be included in a presentence investigation report if the defendant is charged with or convicted of assisting suicide.

SENATE FILE 2087 - Postconviction Proceedings -- Appeals (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act replaces a provision relating to appeals in postconviction proceedings. The replacement reenacts the current Code language, including a change made in 1992 providing that appeals of the forfeiture of a reduction in sentence must be made by writ of certiorari.

SENATE FILE 2088 - Abuse of a Human Corpse (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act establishes the crime of abuse of a human corpse, which is defined as knowingly and intentionally engaging in a sex act with a human corpse. Abuse of a human corpse is a class "D" felony for which the sentence is confinement for not more than five years and a possible fine of at least $500 and not more than $7,500.

SENATE FILE 2114 - Minimum Sentence for Certain Forcible Felons and Related Matters (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act sets mandatory prison sentences for certain forcible felons, requests that a sentencing task force be established, and provides for a departmental risk assessment study.
The Act provides that a person convicted of murder in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, or robbery in the first or second degree shall serve 100 percent of the maximum sentence for the offense and shall not be released on parole or work release. However, a person sentenced for one of these offenses may earn a reduction of sentence of up to 15 percent of the total sentence of confinement.
The Act requests that the Legislative Council establish a sentencing task force to study currently available sentencing and incarceration options and the impact of proposed changes such as split sentencing. The task force is to include representatives of the Board of Parole, the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, the Sheriffs Association, county boards of supervisors, the courts, the Department of Corrections, and members of the General Assembly, who will serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity.
The Act also directs the Department of Corrections to study the risk assessment tolls currently used by the Iowa corrections system. The Department is to consult with persons with expertise in criminology, the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, and the Board of Parole.

SENATE FILE 2153 - Law Enforcement Officer Certification (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act requires the Director of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy to promulgate rules relative to certification through examination for individuals who have successfully completed the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, have corrected 20/20 vision or better, and were employed on or before January 1, 1996, as chief of police of a city in Iowa with a population of 20,000 or more. Rules promulgated by the director are subject to the approval of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council.

SENATE FILE 2154 - Controlled Substances (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act relates to certain drug offenses and penalties by increasing the penalties for certain offenses involving methamphetamine, creating new offenses involving ephedrine, and expanding the types of real property within 1,000 feet of which a person who unlawfully possesses a substance is subject to an increased penalty.
The Act increases the penalties for the manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver certain amounts of methamphetamine or any compound, mixture or preparation containing methamphetamine, as well as the penalties for conspiracy to commit these offenses. Under current law, the offenses are class "C" felonies punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 10 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $50,000, regardless of the amount of methamphetamine involved in the offense.
The Act provides that an offense involving more than five kilograms of methamphetamine or a compound containing methamphetamine is a class "B" felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 50 years and a fine of not more than $1 million. Because the offense is created in Section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph "a," defendants awaiting judgment and sentencing following a plea or verdict and defendants appealing a conviction for this offense shall not be admitted to bail pursuant to Section 811.1.
The Act provides that an offense involving more than five grams but not more than five kilograms of methamphetamine or a compound containing methamphetamine is a class "B" felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 25 years and a fine of not less than $5,000 or more than $100,000.
The Act provides that an offense involving five grams or less of methamphetamine or a compound containing methamphetamine is a class "C" felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 10 years and fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $50,000. This is the current penalty for the offense, regardless of the amount of methamphetamine involved.
The Act makes a corresponding change to reflect the new offenses in a provision pertaining to placement in juvenile detention.
The Act creates new offenses involving ephedrine. The Act provides that a person commits a serious misdemeanor if the person sells, distributes or makes available any product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine if the person knows, or should know, that the product may be used as a precursor to any illegal substance or an intermediary to any controlled substance.
The Act provides that a person commits a class "D" felony if the person possesses any product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with the intent to use the product as a precursor to any illegal substance or an intermediary to any controlled substance.
The Act directs the Board of Pharmacy Examiners and the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study and report to the General Assembly on ephedrine and pseudoephedrine uses not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Act expands the types of real property within 1,000 feet of which a person who unlawfully possesses a substance is subject to an increased penalty, to include public parks, public swimming pools, public recreation centers, and marked school buses.

SENATE FILE 2167 - Assaults Against Health Care Providers (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act establishes penalties for the assault of a health care provider. A health care provider is defined as an emergency medical care provider or a licensed physician or surgeon, physician assistant, resident physician, osteopath, osteopathic physician or surgeon, or nurse who is providing or who is attempting to provide emergency medical services, or who is providing or attempting to provide health services in a hospital.
If the person committing the assault commits the assault with the knowledge that the person against whom the assault is committed is a health care provider and either has the intent of inflicting serious injury or uses or displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault, the person is guilty of a class "D" felony, which carries a maximum sentence of confinement of not more than five years and in addition a possible fine of at least $500 but not more than $7,500. If the person committing the assault commits the assault with the knowledge that the person against whom the assault is committed is a health care provider and causes bodily injury or a disabling mental illness, the person is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor, which carries a maximum sentence of imprisonment not to exceed two years and a fine of at least $500 but not to exceed $5,000. If the person commits any other type of assault and the person knows that the person against whom the assault is committed is a health care provider, the person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, the maximum sentence for which is a fine of at least $250, but not more than $1,500, and the possibility of imprisonment not to exceed one year.
The Act provides that a person who commits an assault under the Act against a health care provider in a hospital or at the scene or during out-of-hospital patient transportation in an ambulance is presumed to know that the person against whom the assault is committed is a health care provider.

SENATE FILE 2208 - Sex Offender Registry -- Study of Access to Various Registries (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act provides that, for the purposes of registration requirements for the sex offender registry, criminal offenses against a minor include stalking if the target is a person age 17 or under and the court or jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the stalking was sexually motivated, and sexual exploitation of a minor, which involves knowingly promoting or possessing any material visually depicting a live performance of a minor engaging in prohibited sexual conduct. Sexual exploitation of a minor involving inducing or knowingly permitting a minor to engage in prohibited sexual conduct is currently considered a criminal offense against a minor for the purposes of the registry.
The Act also adds the following offenses to the definition of sexually violent offenses: indecent exposure, telephone dissemination of obscenity, rental or sale of hard-core pornography, and attempted murder or manslaughter if either involves sexual abuse or attempted sexual abuse.
In addition, the Act authorizes a prosecuting attorney to petition the court to require a person to register if the person is convicted of a crime other than one of the crimes requiring registration. The court must hold a hearing on the petition and shall not require the person to register unless the prosecuting attorney proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the crime for which the offender was convicted had a sexual motivation.
The Act provides that a person who refuses to register may be prosecuted for contempt of court and jailed until the person registers. Also, records under the sex offender registry are required to be kept for 10 years.
The Act requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Safety to study a single point of contact method for individuals seeking information from the child abuse registry, the dependent adult abuse registry, or the sex offender registry, as well as to study information-sharing potential between the registries. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Safety are to report to the General Assembly by December 15, 1996, regarding the results of the study.

SENATE FILE 2211 - Fingerprinting Requirements (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act eliminates the requirement that persons taken into custody for the commission of an offense which is a serious misdemeanor under Chapter 321, Motor Vehicles and Law of the Road, or 321A, Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility, be fingerprinted and the prints sent to the Department of Public Safety. The Act also provides that the court shall order the fingerprinting of a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for operating while under the influence of alcohol or a drug or an offense which would be an aggravated misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult, if the juvenile was not fingerprinted in preadjudication proceedings.

SENATE FILE 2269 - Domestic Abuse (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act enhances the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic abuse assault offense, requires the county attorney to prosecute misdemeanors under Chapter 236, the Domestic Abuse Act, and permits district associate judges to order a temporary or emergency order of protection under Chapter 236.
The Act makes a third or subsequent offense of domestic abuse assault a class "D" felony, punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year (and up to five years) and a fine of not less than $750 (and up to $7,500). The sentence cannot be suspended.
The pilot program for domestic abuse treatment will be established in a county chosen by the Supreme Court. That county shall sentence a defendant convicted of domestic abuse assault to an alternative batterers' treatment pilot program. The judicial district in which the program is located shall report annually to the General Assembly, with the final report due on August 1, 1998. This program sunsets on June 30, 1998.

SENATE FILE 2289 - Department of Corrections -- Miscellaneous Provisions (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act contains provisions regarding the Department of Corrections, operating while intoxicated violator facilities, reimbursement by parole violators, tort claims protection for persons, and inmate accounts.
Iowa Code Section 669.2, regarding tort claims against state employees, is amended to add nurses, physician assistants, other medical providers, and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the definition of state employees when they render services to inmates of state institutions.
Iowa Code Section 904.513 is amended to provide a range of sanctioning options, including confinement in prison, for offenders convicted of a third or subsequent operating while intoxicated (OWI) offense who are sentenced to the custody of the Director of the Department of Corrections. County jails and residential facilities are required to provide temporary confinement for OWI offenders allegedly violating treatment program conditions only if space is available, and the Department of Corrections is to negotiate a rate with each county for reimbursement for this service. The Act also requires community-based corrections residential treatment facilities to meet Department of Public Health standards for substance abuse treatment and provides for the adoption of rules regarding funding the OWI program established by this section. In addition, the Act eliminates the use of recognizance bonds for the release of OWI violators when facilities are overcrowded.
Iowa Code Section 904.702, regarding deductions from inmate accounts, is amended to authorize the director of the department to deduct from an inmate's account the costs of health services requested by the inmate as well as those performed for the treatment of injuries inflicted by the inmate on other inmates or on the inmate.
Section 906.18 is created by the Act to provide that inmates who escape from a facility to which they were assigned on parole shall reimburse the department for the costs incurred because of the escape. The section also authorizes the adoption of rules by the department to implement this provision.

SENATE FILE 2331 - False Academic Records (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. This Act establishes a criminal penalty for certain uses and false representations relating to academic degrees, grades or honors. The Act provides that a person commits a serious misdemeanor if the person, knowingly and willingly, makes, alters, uses, sells, or purchases a false academic degree. The Act defines academic degree as a diploma, certificate, license, transcript, or other document.
The Act also provides that a person commits a serious misdemeanor if the person makes a false written representation relating to the person's academic grades, honors, awards, or institution of study.

SENATE FILE 2423 - Lascivious Acts With a Child -- Solicitation (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act prohibits a person from soliciting another person to arrange a sex act with a child. A person violating this prohibition commits a class "D" felony.

HOUSE FILE 210 - Restitution -- Contributions to Local Anticrime Organizations (full text of bill)

BY COHOON. This Act adds language to permit the court to require or approve a requirement that, as part of the restitution paid by an offender, the offender contribute funds to a local anticrime organization that provided assistance to law enforcement in the person's case. To be eligible for restitution payments, the anticrime organization must be officially recognized by the chief of police or county sheriff and be organized primarily for crime prevention.

HOUSE FILE 2109 - Nonconsensual Termination of or Serious Injury to a Pregnancy (full text of bill)

BY HARRISON, BOGGESS, BRADLEY, BRANSTAD, BRAUNS, BRUNKHORST, CARROLL, COON, DAGGETT, DISNEY, DODERER, DRAKE, EDDIE, ERTL, GIPP, GREINER, GRUBBS, HAMMITT BARRY, HANSON, HEATON, HURLEY, HUSEMAN, KLEMME, KREMER, LAMBERTI, LARSON, LORD, MAIN, MARTIN, MASCHER, MYERS, RANTS, RENKEN, SALTON, SCHULTE, SUKUP, TEIG, THOMSON, TYRRELL, VAN FOSSEN, VANDE HOEF, VAN MAANEN, VEENSTRA, WITT, OLLIE, HALVORSON, WELTER, MUNDIE, BLODGETT, FALLON, GARMAN, LARKIN, and MILLAGE. This Act establishes several crimes relating to the nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy and makes changes in the feticide section of the Code to distinguish consensual from nonconsensual termination.
The Act provides the following:

• A person who causes a nonconcensual termination during the commission of a forcible felony is guilty of a class "B" felony.
• A person who causes a nonconsensual termination during the commission of a felony or felonious assault is guilty of a class "C" felony.
• A person who unintentionally terminates a human pregnancy while operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, while driving recklessly, or while eluding or pursuing a law enforcement vehicle, is guilty of a class "C" felony.
• A person who unintentionally terminates a human pregnancy while drag racing is guilty of a class "D" felony.
• A person who unintentionally terminates a human pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant person by the commission of an act in a manner likely to cause the termination of or serious injury to a human pregnancy is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
• A person who intentionally causes serious injury to a pregnancy through commission of an act in a manner likely to cause the termination of or serious injury to a human pregnancy is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
• A person who unintentionally causes serious injury to a human pregnancy by operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, while driving recklessly, or while eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement vehicle, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
• A person who unintentionally causes serious injury to a human pregnancy through commission of an act in a manner likely to cause the termination or serious injury to a human pregnancy is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

The Act provides a definition of "serious injury to a human pregnancy" and provides that the Act does not apply to an act or omission of the pregnant person, a termination of or serious injury to a pregnancy caused by performance of an approved medical procedure performed by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or surgery irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and with or without the voluntary consent of the pregnant person if the pregnant person is precluded from providing consent, or to an act committed in self defense or if otherwise legally justified.

HOUSE FILE 2316 - Sexually Predatory Offenses -- Enticing Away a Child (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act establishes enhanced sentences for persons who commit multiple sexually predatory offenses; repeals Chapter 709C, which addresses certain sexual predators; provides that a conviction for a sexually predatory offense is to be reported to the Department of Public Safety for inclusion in the criminal history records maintained by the department; and allows a court or jury to infer intent to commit an illegal act upon a child when the individual attempts to entice away the child and the individual does not have permission to contact the child.
The Act also defines "sexually predatory offense" to include any sex offense under Chapter 709, sexual exploitation of a minor, pandering involving a minor, or murder, kidnapping, burglary, or child endangerment involving sexual abuse, attempted sexual abuse, or the intent to commit sexual abuse. In a case involving murder, kidnapping, burglary, or child endangerment, the court or jury shall make a finding of fact whether the offense as committed is to be considered a sexually predatory offense. The court shall provide written notice to any person convicted of a sexually predatory offense that the conviction may be used for the purposes of enhancing future sentences for similar offenses.
A person convicted of a sexually predatory offense that is a serious or aggravated misdemeanor and who has one prior conviction for a sexually predatory offense shall serve twice the maximum period of incarceration for the offense prior to being eligible for parole or work release. A person convicted of a sexually predatory offense that is a serious or aggravated misdemeanor and who has two or more convictions for sexually predatory offenses shall be incarcerated for 10 years prior to release.
A person convicted of a sexually predatory offense that is a felony and who has a prior conviction for a sexually predatory offense shall serve twice the maximum period of incarceration for the offense or 25 years, whichever is greater. A person convicted of a sexually predatory offense that is a felony and who has two prior convictions for sexually predatory offenses, one of which is for a felony, shall be sentenced to life in prison on the same terms as a person convicted of a class "A" felony.
A person's sentence for a sexually predatory offense shall not be reduced by more than 15 percent. A person convicted of a sexually predatory offense is also not eligible for a deferred judgment, deferred sentence, or suspended sentence. In addition, a person convicted of a sexually predatory offense shall be sentenced to up to two additional years of parole or work release.

HOUSE FILE 2456 - Rights of Victims of Criminal Acts and Related Matters (full text of bill)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act permits oral presentation of a victim impact statement in court in the presence of the defendant, requires that the crime victim be notified of certain information regarding the location of the perpetrator during the period of incarceration and the status of the criminal prosecution, requires the county sheriff and county attorney to carry out their duties under Chapter 910A, and requires public announcement of certain escapes from facilities managed by the Department of Corrections.
The Act amends Chapter 910A, regarding victims' rights, to permit a crime victim or the victim's representative the option to present orally a statement of the impact of the crime upon the victim, according to a list of statutorily specified criteria. This method of presentation may be in addition to or in place of the current method of filing a written victim impact statement.
Another addition to Chapter 910A requires the county attorney to notify the victim of the date and place of the criminal trial and any plea agreements in the case, the transfer of the perpetrator from one jurisdiction to another, and the procedures for determining the current location of the perpetrator during incarceration. The Justice Department is also required to notify the victim of the status and outcome of appeals in the criminal case.
The Department of Corrections is required under the Act to issue an announcement to law enforcement authorities and news media covering the area within a 25-mile radius of the point where a person has escaped from a state correctional institution or a forcible felon has absconded from a work release facility, and to make a complaint with a judge or magistrate regarding the escape or abscondence.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11 - Proposed Constitutional Amendment -- Offenses Tried Without Indictment (full text of resolution)

BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa regarding certain misdemeanors that are tried summarily by magistrates, or other judicial officers, without indictment. It eliminates the limitation on fines, so that the only criterion for summary disposition is whether the punishment is 30 days or less of imprisonment. This Joint Resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next General Assembly for consideration before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.

RELATED LEGISLATION

SENATE FILE 13 - Notification Requirements and Decision-Making Assistance Program Regarding Pregnant Minors (Complete summary under COURTS, CIVIL LAW & PROCEDURE, & PROBATE.

This Act, which relates to the establishment of a Prospective Minor Parents Decision-Making Assistance Program and notification requirements relating to the performance of an abortion on a pregnant minor, also establishes that a person who performs an abortion on a pregnant minor in violation of the Act is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, and establishes the tendering of certain false documents as a fraudulent practice in the fourth degree, which is a serious misdemeanor.

SENATE FILE 482 - Economic and Other Penalties for Criminal Activity (Complete summary under COURTS, CIVIL LAW & PROCEDURE, & PROBATE.)

This Act creates Chapter 706A, the Ongoing Criminal Conduct Act, which establishes violations for economic crimes or facilitation of economic crimes; Chapter 706B, the Iowa Money Laundering Act, which guides the application of financial remedies and allows reciprocal agreements encouraging interstate cooperation and uniformity; Chapter 529, the Iowa Financial Transaction Reporting Act, which parallels federal financial transaction reporting requirements; and Chapter 809A, the Iowa Forfeiture Reform Act, which replaces the current forfeiture provisions in Chapter 809.

SENATE FILE 2035 - Eurasian Water Milfoil (Complete summary under ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.)

This Act requires the Natural Resource Commission of the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a long-term statewide management plan for the control and eradication of Eurasian water milfoil. The Act also confers rulemaking authority and establishes a scheduled fine relating to Eurasian water milfoil.

SENATE FILE 2122 - Unclaimed Property -- Outdated Warrant Recovery -- Fraudulent Practices (Complete summary under STATE GOVERNMENT.)

This Act relates to limitations placed upon contracts to provide assistance in the recovery of outdated warrants held by the Department of Revenue and Finance. The Act also expands the definition of acts constituting fraudulent practices.

SENATE FILE 2186 - Miscellaneous Transportation-Related Sanctions (Complete summary under TRANSPORTATION.)

This Act increases penalties and scheduled violations for various transportation-related actions, including making it a serious misdemeanor to operate a motor vehicle with a motor vehicle license that has been suspended or revoked for failure to pay child support or to operate a commercial motor vehicle if a person has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle, and increasing the penalty from a simple to a serious misdemeanor for falsifying a motor vehicle license or nonoperator's identification card and form.

SENATE FILE 2294 - Multidisciplinary Community Services Teams (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

This Act creates multidisciplinary community services teams in the county home rule chapter of the Iowa Code, Chapter 331. The members of a team are expressly authorized to disclose confidential information to one another concerning an individual or a family. Teams may include agencies providing law enforcement services.

SENATE FILE 2324 - Miscellaneous Public Assistance Provisions and Related Matters (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

This Act relates to public assistance provisions and includes provisions establishing fraudulent practices involving the Food Stamp Program.

SENATE FILE 2352 - Room and Board Reimbursement by County Prisoners (Complete summary under LOCAL GOVERNMENT.)

This Act authorizes the county sheriff to charge prisoners who are 18 years of age or older for the room and board provided to them while the prisoners are in the sheriff's custody.

SENATE FILE 2359 - County Recovery of Costs Related to Homicide Victims (Complete summary under LOCAL GOVERNMENT.)

This Act provides for payment, by the county of residence of the deceased person, of the fee and expenses of the county medical examiner for the preliminary investigation and preparation of required reports relating to a person's death if the person is a victim of murder, manslaughter or vehicular homicide, and the person's death affects the public interest.

SENATE FILE 2381 - Dependent Adult Abuse (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

This Act makes several changes in the dependent adult abuse law, including changes in definitions relative to the dependent adult abuse laws and implementing measures to prevent additional abuse by involving a peace officer at the scene of a case of dependent adult abuse which is criminal in nature, providing protective services to a dependent adult, and applying penalties ranging from a class "C" felony to a simple misdemeanor for various criminal charges of dependent adult abuse.

SENATE FILE 2399 - Child Protection System Provisions (Complete summary under CHILDREN & YOUTH.)

This Act relates to child protection system provisions involving child abuse assessment pilot projects administered by the Department of Human Services and other child protection provisions. The Act includes provisions regarding information provided to county attorneys and the court and regarding multidisciplinary teams for investigation and prosecution of crimes against children.

SENATE FILE 2420 - Juvenile and Criminal Justice -- Miscellaneous Provisions (Complete summary under CHILDREN & YOUTH.)

This Act contains several provisions relating to juvenile justice, including adding brandishing a dangerous weapon to the list of criminal gang offenses, dispositional alternatives for juveniles adjudicated delinquent, requirements for registering with the sex offender registry, and associate juvenile judge jurisdiction.

SENATE FILE 2470 - Miscellaneous Appropriations and Related Matters -- Economic Development Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

This Act relates to public levy, expenditure and regulatory matters by making standing, economic development and other appropriations, and includes provisions authorizing state and local governments to charge fees to inmates for room, board and other costs of incarcerating inmates.

HOUSE FILE 2114 - Miscellaneous Supplemental Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

This Act includes a provision vetoed by the Governor that would have provided from the State General Fund an FY 1996 supplemental appropriation for indigent defense.

HOUSE FILE 2448 - Access to Criminal History and Related Records (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

This Act provides for public access to criminal history data maintained by the Department of Public Safety and access by the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning to records of criminal and juvenile justice agencies.

HOUSE FILE 2458 - Indigent Defense, Criminal Sanctions, and Related Matters (Complete summary under COURTS, CIVIL LAW & PROCEDURE, & PROBATE.)

This Act concerns various aspects of criminal and juvenile justice, including criminal corrections sanctions, the right to appointed counsel or a public defender, and the recovery of certain defense costs, and provides for a study on the legal representation of indigents.

HOUSE FILE 2472 - Appropriations -- Justice System (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

This Act appropriates moneys for FY 1997 to the Department of Justice; Office of Consumer Advocate; Board of Parole; Department of Corrections, including correctional facilities and the judicial district departments of correctional services; Judicial Department; State Public Defender; Iowa Law Enforcement Academy; Department of Public Defense; and the Department of Public Safety; and contains related statutory provisions. Under the Act, the total appropriations to the justice system of $333.3 million reflect an increase in appropriations from the General Fund of approximately $33.1 million from the FY 1996 appropriation. The Act also creates an additional $5 surcharge on fines for drug or alcohol offenses and provides that the surcharge shall be transferred to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy for use in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program.

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