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1 1 Amend House File 2539, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 35, by inserting after line 32 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 905A.1 DEFINITIONS.
1 6 For the purposes of this chapter, unless the
1 7 context otherwise requires:
1 8 1. "Division" means the division of criminal and
1 9 juvenile justice planning of the department of human
1 10 rights.
1 11 2. "Government" means a community-based
1 12 correctional program as defined in section 905.1, or a
1 13 city, school district or accredited nonpublic school,
1 14 or county which expends funds for incarceration or
1 15 supervision of individuals charged with or convicted
1 16 of a felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, or a serious
1 17 misdemeanor, or for crime prevention activities.
1 18 3. "Judicial election district" means a judicial
1 19 election district described in section 602.6109.
1 20 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 905A.2 LOCAL CORRECTIONS
1 21 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
1 22 1. A local corrections infrastructure grant
1 23 program is created in the division. The division
1 24 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary
1 25 to administer the program in accordance with this
1 26 chapter. The rules shall include but are not limited
1 27 to provisions for auditing of grant expenditures.
1 28 2. The division shall develop a request for
1 29 proposals for the grant program and assist judicial
1 30 election districts in developing proposals in response
1 31 to the request. The division shall not accept more
1 32 than one proposal from a judicial election district
1 33 for each of the grant groupings. For the fiscal year
1 34 beginning July 1, 1999, grants shall be awarded from
1 35 moneys appropriated for this purpose from the rebuild
1 36 Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57 in
1 37 accordance with this chapter in the following two
1 38 groupings:
1 39 a. Twenty-five million dollars to one or more
1 40 governments or groups of governments in judicial
1 41 election districts, divided proportionately according
1 42 to the judicial election districts' relative
1 43 proportion of the state's general population.
1 44 b. Nine million dollars to one or more governments
1 45 or groups of governments representing judicial
1 46 election districts, awarded according to criteria
1 47 developed by the task force established pursuant to
1 48 section 905A.3 based upon the relative amount of
1 49 criminal activity in the judicial election district,
1 50 the innovative nature of the proposal submitted by the
2 1 government or group of governments, and the statewide
2 2 need for the project proposed to be developed.
2 3 3. A proposal for a grant under this section is
2 4 subject to all of the following conditions:
2 5 a. A judicial election district may combine with
2 6 one or more other judicial election districts in
2 7 developing a proposal or may propose a joint project
2 8 in separate proposals.
2 9 b. A proposal shall be for one or more
2 10 infrastructure or school-based crime prevention
2 11 projects or combination of projects relating to one or
2 12 more of the following purposes:
2 13 (1) A county jail.
2 14 (2) A regional or multicounty jail.
2 15 (3) A county juvenile detention or shelter care
2 16 home, including retirement of outstanding debt for
2 17 such a home.
2 18 (4) A regional or multicounty juvenile detention
2 19 or shelter care home.
2 20 (5) A community-based correctional program
2 21 facility.
2 22 (6) A school-based crime prevention program.
2 23 (7) A runaway assessment center.
2 24 c. Grant moneys under this chapter shall not be
2 25 used for purposes other than infrastructure.
2 26 d. The division may accept or reject a proposal in
2 27 whole or in part.
2 28 e. A proposal must address the need for the
2 29 proposed project, degree of urgency for the project,
2 30 location of the project, provisions for the
2 31 governments within the judicial election district to
2 32 access the project, and the performance measures to be
2 33 used to evaluate the project.
2 34 f. The submission date for proposals under
2 35 subsection 2, paragraph "a" shall be on or before
2 36 February 16, 1999, and the submission date for
2 37 proposals under subsection 2, paragraph "b" shall be
2 38 on or before April 17, 1999. However, for good cause
2 39 shown, the division may extend the submission date for
2 40 proposals under subsection 2, paragraph "a". It is
2 41 the intent of the general assembly that the grant
2 42 award process be complete by June 30, 1999, and awards
2 43 made in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
2 44 However, the division may delay final approval of a
2 45 grant proposal which is approved in part while full
2 46 approval of the proposal is pending.
2 47 4. The office of the attorney general, the
2 48 department of education, and the university of
2 49 northern Iowa's criminology program shall work with
2 50 the division in implementing a public planning process
3 1 to assist the governments in judicial election
3 2 districts in developing a proposal, developing
3 3 technical assistance materials for the grant program,
3 4 developing the request for proposals, developing
3 5 proposed scoring tools, and producing model
3 6 performance measures and other evaluation processes
3 7 for grant program projects. The public planning
3 8 process shall include but is not limited to public
3 9 meetings in each of the judicial election districts.
3 10 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 905A.3 TASK FORCE.
3 11 1. The division shall establish and convene a
3 12 local corrections infrastructure grant program task
3 13 force to assist the division in scoring and evaluating
3 14 grant proposals and other assistance deemed necessary
3 15 by the division.
3 16 2. The membership of the task force shall include
3 17 but is not limited to representatives of the
3 18 following:
3 19 a. County sheriffs.
3 20 b. Police chiefs.
3 21 c. Office of the attorney general.
3 22 d. District judges.
3 23 e. Juvenile court judges.
3 24 f. Probation officers.
3 25 g. Juvenile court officers.
3 26 h. County supervisors.
3 27 i. City council members.
3 28 j. Criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory
3 29 council.
3 30 k. Juvenile services providers.
3 31 l. Community-based correctional programs.
3 32 m. County attorneys.
3 33 n. The Iowa state police association.
3 34 o. Local school officials.
3 35 p. Other members deemed necessary by the division
3 36 or task force.
3 37 3. Members of the task force are eligible for
3 38 reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses
3 39 incurred in the performance of their official duties.
3 40 The task force shall elect a chairperson and other
3 41 officers deemed necessary by the task force."
3 42 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
3 43
3 44
3 45
3 46 JOHNIE HAMMOND
3 47
3 48
3 49
3 50 BILL FINK
4 1 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
4 2 MIKE CONNOLLY
4 3 MARY NEUHAUSER
4 4 ELAINE SZYMONIAK
4 5 TOM FLYNN
4 6 ROD HALVORSON
4 7 JOHN P. KIBBIE
4 8 PATRICK J. DELUHERY
4 9 PATTY JUDGE
4 10 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
4 11 EUGENE S. FRAISE
4 12 PATRICIA HARPER
4 13 HF 2539.713 77
4 14 ec/sc/28
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