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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2337 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 TO ALLOW DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT 1 5 UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 901.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 901.4 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL 1 12 DISTRIBUTION. 1 13 The presentence investigation report is confidential and 1 14 the court shall provide safeguards to ensure its 1 15 confidentiality, including but not limited to sealing the 1 16 report, which may be opened only by further court order. At 1 17 least three days prior to the date set for sentencing, the 1 18 court shall serve all of the presentence investigation report 1 19 upon the defendant's attorney and the attorney for the state, 1 20 and the report shall remain confidential except upon court 1 21 order. However, the court may conceal the identity of the 1 22 person who provided confidential information. The report of a 1 23 medical examination or psychological or psychiatric evaluation 1 24 shall be made available to the attorney for the state and to 1 25 the defendant upon request. The reports are part of the 1 26 record but shall be sealed and opened only on order of the 1 27 court. If the defendant is committed to the custody of the 1 28 Iowa department of corrections and is not a class "A" felon, a 1 29 copy of the presentence investigation report shall be 1 30 forwarded to the director with the order of commitment by the 1 31 clerk of the district court and to the board of parole at the 1 32 time of commitment. The presentence investigation report may 1 33 also be released by the department of corrections or a 1 34 judicial district department of correctional services pursuant 1 35 to section 904.602 to another jurisdiction for the purpose of 2 1 providing interstate probation and parole compact services or 2 2 evaluations. The defendant or the defendant's attorney may 2 3 file with the presentence investigation report, a denial or 2 4 refutation of the allegations, or both, contained in the 2 5 report. The denial or refutation shall be included in the 2 6 report. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 MARY E. KRAMER 2 11 President of the Senate 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 RON J. CORBETT 2 16 Speaker of the House 2 17 2 18 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 19 is known as Senate File 2337, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 2 24 Secretary of the Senate 2 25 Approved , 1998 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 2 30 Governor
Text: SF02336 Text: SF02338 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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