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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 184, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 21 and 22 and 1 4 inserting the following: 1 5 "a. The name,anddate of birth, and social 1 6 security number of the personwhose property or other1 7interests arewho is the subjecttoof thelien1 8 claim." 1 9 #2. Page 1, line 28, by inserting after the words 1 10 "The name and" the following: "office". 1 11 #3. Page 1, line 29, by inserting before the word 1 12 "address" the following: "office". 1 13 #4. Page 1, by inserting after line 35, the 1 14 following: 1 15 "__. If the sheriff wishes to have the amount of 1 16 the claim for charges owed included within the amount 1 17 of restitution determined to be owed by the person, a 1 18 request that the amount owed be included within the 1 19 order for payment of restitution by the person." 1 20 #5. Page 2, line 3, by striking the words "enter a 1 21 judgment" and inserting the following: "approve the 1 22 claim". 1 23 #6. Page 2, line 4, by striking the words "inany1 24personal or real propertyan" and inserting the 1 25 following: "in any personal or real property". 1 26 #7. Page 2, by striking line 5, and inserting the 1 27 following: "for the amount owed by". 1 28 #8. Page 2, line 6, by inserting after the word 1 29 "prisoner" the following: "as". 1 30 #9. Page 2, line 10, by striking the words 1 31 "enforce the judgment" and inserting the following: 1 32 "choose to enforce the claim". 1 33 #10. Page 2, by inserting after line 10 the 1 34 following: "Once approved by the court, the claim for 1 35 the amount owed by the person shall have the force and 1 36 effect of a judgment for purposes of enforcement by 1 37 the sheriff. 1 38 Sec. ___. Section 910.1, subsection 4, Code 1997, 1 39 is amended to read as follows: 1 40 4. "Restitution" means payment of pecuniary 1 41 damages to a victim in an amount and in the manner 1 42 provided by the offender's plan of restitution. 1 43 "Restitution" also includes fines, penalties, and 1 44 surcharges, the contribution of funds to a local 1 45 anticrime organization which provided assistance to 1 46 law enforcement in an offender's case, the payment of 1 47 crime victim compensation program reimbursements, 1 48 court costs including correctional fees approved 1 49 pursuant to section 356.7, court-appointed attorney's 1 50 fees, or the expense of a public defender, and the 2 1 performance of a public service by an offender in an 2 2 amount set by the court when the offender cannot 2 3 reasonably pay all or part of the court costs 2 4 including correctional fees approved pursuant to 2 5 section 356.7, court-appointed attorney's fees, or the 2 6 expense of a public defender. 2 7 Sec. ___. Section 910.2, Code 1997, is amended to 2 8 read as follows: 2 9 910.2 RESTITUTION OR COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BE 2 10 ORDERED BY SENTENCING COURT. 2 11 In all criminal cases in which there is a plea of 2 12 guilty, verdict of guilty, or special verdict upon 2 13 which a judgment of conviction is rendered, the 2 14 sentencing court shall order that restitution be made 2 15 by each offender to the victims of the offender's 2 16 criminal activities, to the clerk of court for fines, 2 17 penalties, surcharges, and, to the extent that the 2 18 offender is reasonably able to pay, for crime victim 2 19 assistance reimbursement, court costs including 2 20 correctional fees approved pursuant to section 356.7, 2 21 court-appointed attorney's fees, or the expense of a 2 22 public defender when applicable, or contribution to a 2 23 local anticrime organization. However, victims shall 2 24 be paid in full before fines, penalties, and 2 25 surcharges, crime victim compensation program 2 26 reimbursement, court costs including correctional fees 2 27 approved pursuant to section 356.7, court-appointed 2 28 attorney's fees, the expenses of a public defender, or 2 29 contribution to a local anticrime organization are 2 30 paid. In structuring a plan of restitution, the court 2 31 shall provide for payments in the following order of 2 32 priority: victim, fines, penalties, and surcharges, 2 33 crime victim compensation program reimbursement, court 2 34 costs including correctional fees approved pursuant to 2 35 section 356.7, court-appointed attorney's fees, or the 2 36 expense of a public defender, and contribution to a 2 37 local anticrime organization. 2 38 When the offender is not reasonably able to pay all 2 39 or a part of the crime victim compensation program 2 40 reimbursement, court costs including correctional fees 2 41 approved pursuant to section 356.7, court-appointed 2 42 attorney's fees, the expense of a public defender, or 2 43 contribution to a local anticrime organization, the 2 44 court may require the offender in lieu of that portion 2 45 of the crime victim compensation program 2 46 reimbursement, court costs including correctional fees 2 47 approved pursuant to section 356.7, court-appointed 2 48 attorney's fees, expense of a public defender, or 2 49 contribution to a local anticrime organization for 2 50 which the offender is not reasonably able to pay, to 3 1 perform a needed public service for a governmental 3 2 agency or for a private nonprofit agency which 3 3 provides a service to the youth, elderly, or poor of 3 4 the community. When community service is ordered, the 3 5 court shall set a specific number of hours of service 3 6 to be performed by the offender which, for payment of 3 7 court-appointed attorney's fees or expenses of a 3 8 public defender, shall be approximately equivalent in 3 9 value to those costs. The judicial district 3 10 department of correctional services shall provide for 3 11 the assignment of the offender to a public agency or 3 12 private nonprofit agency to perform the required 3 13 service. 3 14 Sec. ___. Section 910.3, Code 1997, is amended to 3 15 read as follows: 3 16 910.3 DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF RESTITUTION. 3 17 The county attorney shall prepare a statement of 3 18 pecuniary damages to victims of the defendant and, if 3 19 applicable, any award by the crime victim compensation 3 20 program and shall provide the statement to the 3 21 presentence investigator or submit the statement to 3 22 the court at the time of sentencing. The clerk of 3 23 court shall prepare a statement of court-appointed 3 24 attorney's fees, the expense of a public defender, and 3 25 court costs including correctional fees claimed by a 3 26 sheriff pursuant to section 356.7, which shall be 3 27 provided to the presentence investigator or submitted 3 28 to the court at the time of sentencing. If these 3 29 statements are provided to the presentence 3 30 investigator, they shall become a part of the 3 31 presentence report. If pecuniary damage amounts are 3 32 not available at the time of sentencing, the county 3 33 attorney shall provide a statement of pecuniary 3 34 damages incurred up to that time to the clerk of 3 35 court. The statement shall be provided no later than 3 36 thirty days after sentencing. If a defendant believes 3 37 no person suffered pecuniary damages, the defendant 3 38 shall so state. If the defendant has any mental or 3 39 physical impairment which would limit or prohibit the 3 40 performance of a public service, the defendant shall 3 41 so state. The court may order a mental or physical 3 42 examination, or both, of the defendant to determine a 3 43 proper course of action. At the time of sentencing or 3 44 at a later date to be determined by the court, the 3 45 court shall set out the amount of restitution 3 46 including the amount of public service to be performed 3 47 as restitution and the persons to whom restitution 3 48 must be paid. If the full amount of restitution 3 49 cannot be determined at the time of sentencing, the 3 50 court shall issue a temporary order determining a 4 1 reasonable amount for restitution identified up to 4 2 that time. At a later date as determined by the 4 3 court, the court shall issue a permanent, supplemental 4 4 order, setting the full amount of restitution. The 4 5 court shall enter further supplemental orders, if 4 6 necessary. These court orders shall be known as the 4 7 plan of restitution. 4 8 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed 4 9 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 4 10 #11. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the 4 11 word "execution" the following: ", and providing for 4 12 an effective date". 4 13 #12. By numbering and renumbering as necessary. 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT 4 18 VANDE HOEF of Osceola, Chairperson 4 19 SF 184.202 77 4 20 lh/jj/28
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