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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 general
1 36 fund of the state in accordance with this chapter in
1 37 the following two groupings:
1 38 a. Twenty-five million dollars to one or more
1 39 governments or groups of governments in judicial
1 40 election districts, divided proportionately according
1 41 to the judicial election districts' relative
1 42 proportion of the state's general population.
1 43 b. Nine million dollars to one or more governments
1 44 or groups of governments representing judicial
1 45 election districts, awarded according to criteria
1 46 developed by the task force established pursuant to
1 47 section 905A.3 based upon the relative amount of
1 48 criminal activity in the judicial election district,
1 49 the innovative nature of the proposal submitted by the
1 50 government or group of governments, and the statewide
2 1 need for the project proposed to be developed.
2 2 3. A proposal for a grant under this section is
2 3 subject to all of the following conditions:
2 4 a. A judicial election district may combine with
2 5 one or more other judicial election districts in
2 6 developing a proposal or may propose a joint project
2 7 in separate proposals.
2 8 b. A proposal shall be for one or more
2 9 infrastructure or school-based crime prevention
2 10 projects or combination of projects relating to one or
2 11 more of the following purposes:
2 12 (1) A county jail.
2 13 (2) A regional or multicounty jail.
2 14 (3) A county juvenile detention or shelter care
2 15 home, including retirement of outstanding debt for
2 16 such a home.
2 17 (4) A regional or multicounty juvenile detention
2 18 or shelter care home.
2 19 (5) A community-based correctional program
2 20 facility.
2 21 (6) A school-based crime prevention program.
2 22 (7) A runaway assessment center.
2 23 c. Grant moneys under this chapter shall not be
2 24 used for purposes other than infrastructure.
2 25 d. The division may accept or reject a proposal in
2 26 whole or in part.
2 27 e. A proposal must address the need for the
2 28 proposed project, degree of urgency for the project,
2 29 location of the project, provisions for the
2 30 governments within the judicial election district to
2 31 access the project, and the performance measures to be
2 32 used to evaluate the project.
2 33 f. The submission date for proposals under
2 34 subsection 2, paragraph "a" shall be on or before
2 35 February 16, 1999, and the submission date for
2 36 proposals under subsection 2, paragraph "b" shall be
2 37 on or before April 17, 1999. However, for good cause
2 38 shown, the division may extend the submission date for
2 39 proposals under subsection 2, paragraph "a". It is
2 40 the intent of the general assembly that the grant
2 41 award process be complete by June 30, 1999, and awards
2 42 made in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
2 43 However, the division may delay final approval of a
2 44 grant proposal which is approved in part while full
2 45 approval of the proposal is pending.
2 46 4. The office of the attorney general, the
2 47 department of education, and the university of
2 48 northern Iowa's criminology program shall work with
2 49 the division in implementing a public planning process
2 50 to assist the governments in judicial election
3 1 districts in developing a proposal, developing
3 2 technical assistance materials for the grant program,
3 3 developing the request for proposals, developing
3 4 proposed scoring tools, and producing model
3 5 performance measures and other evaluation processes
3 6 for grant program projects. The public planning
3 7 process shall include but is not limited to public
3 8 meetings in each of the judicial election districts.
3 9 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 905A.3 TASK FORCE.
3 10 1. The division shall establish and convene a
3 11 local corrections infrastructure grant program task
3 12 force to assist the division in scoring and evaluating
3 13 grant proposals and other assistance deemed necessary
3 14 by the division.
3 15 2. The membership of the task force shall include
3 16 but is not limited to representatives of the
3 17 following:
3 18 a. County sheriffs.
3 19 b. Police chiefs.
3 20 c. Office of the attorney general.
3 21 d. District judges.
3 22 e. Juvenile court judges.
3 23 f. Probation officers.
3 24 g. Juvenile court officers.
3 25 h. County supervisors.
3 26 i. City council members.
3 27 j. Criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory
3 28 council.
3 29 k. Juvenile services providers.
3 30 l. Community-based correctional programs.
3 31 m. County attorneys.
3 32 n. The Iowa state police association.
3 33 o. Local school officials.
3 34 p. Other members deemed necessary by the division
3 35 or task force.
3 36 3. Members of the task force are eligible for
3 37 reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses
3 38 incurred in the performance of their official duties.
3 39 The task force shall elect a chairperson and other
3 40 officers deemed necessary by the task force."
3 41 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
3 42
3 43
3 44
3 45 JOHNIE HAMMOND
3 46 MIKE CONNOLLY
3 47 BILL FINK
3 48 HF 2539.216 77
3 49 ec/jl/28
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