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  1  1                                                HOUSE FILE 403
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT 
  1  4 RELATING TO THE FINGERPRINTING OF PERSONS OR JUVENILES WHO
  1  5    HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHANGING THE
  1  6    PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF A CRIMINAL DISPOSITION
  1  7    REPORT.  
  1  8 
  1  9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 10 
  1 11    Section 1.  Section 232.148, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1 12 amended to read as follows:
  1 13    2.  Fingerprints and photographs of a child who has been
  1 14 taken into custody may shall be taken and filed by a criminal
  1 15 or juvenile justice agency investigating the commission of a
  1 16 public offense other than a simple misdemeanor.  In addition,
  1 17 photographs of a child who has been taken into custody may be
  1 18 taken and filed by a criminal or juvenile justice agency
  1 19 investigating the commission of a public offense other than a
  1 20 simple misdemeanor.  The criminal or juvenile justice agency
  1 21 shall forward the fingerprints to the department of public
  1 22 safety for inclusion in the automated fingerprint
  1 23 identification system and may also retain a copy of the
  1 24 fingerprint card for comparison with latent fingerprints and
  1 25 the identification of repeat offenders.
  1 26    Sec. 2.  Section 690.2, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 27 follows:
  1 28    690.2  FINGER AND PALM PRINTS – PHOTOGRAPHS – DUTY OF
  1 29 SHERIFF AND CHIEF OF POLICE.
  1 30    The sheriff of every county, and the chief of police of
  1 31 each city regardless of the form of government thereof, shall
  1 32 take the fingerprints of all unidentified dead bodies in their
  1 33 respective jurisdictions and all persons who are taken into
  1 34 custody for the commission of a serious misdemeanor, other
  1 35 than a serious misdemeanor under chapter 321 or 321A,
  2  1 aggravated misdemeanor, or felony and shall forward such
  2  2 fingerprint records on such forms and in such manner as may be
  2  3 prescribed by the commissioner of public safety, within two
  2  4 working days after the fingerprint records are taken, to the
  2  5 department of public safety and, if appropriate, to the
  2  6 federal bureau of investigation.  Fingerprints may be taken of
  2  7 a person who has been arrested for a public offense simple
  2  8 misdemeanor subject to an enhanced penalty for conviction of a
  2  9 second or subsequent offense.  In addition to the fingerprints
  2 10 as herein provided, any such officer may also take the
  2 11 photograph and palm prints of any such person and forward them
  2 12 to the department of public safety.  If a defendant is
  2 13 convicted by a court of this state of an offense which is a
  2 14 simple misdemeanor subject to an enhanced penalty for
  2 15 conviction of a second or subsequent offense, a serious
  2 16 misdemeanor, other than a serious misdemeanor under chapter
  2 17 321 or 321A, an aggravated misdemeanor, or a felony, the court
  2 18 shall determine whether such defendant has previously been
  2 19 fingerprinted in connection with the criminal proceedings
  2 20 leading to the conviction and, if not, shall order that the
  2 21 defendant be fingerprinted and those prints submitted to the
  2 22 department of public safety.  The court shall also order that
  2 23 a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense which would
  2 24 be a violation of section 321J.2 or an act which would be an
  2 25 aggravated misdemeanor or felony an offense other than a
  2 26 simple misdemeanor if committed by an adult, be fingerprinted
  2 27 and the prints submitted to the department of public safety if
  2 28 the juvenile has not previously been fingerprinted in
  2 29 proceedings leading to the adjudication.  The taking of
  2 30 fingerprints for a serious misdemeanor offense under chapter
  2 31 321 or 321A is not required under this section.
  2 32    Sec. 3.  Section 692.15, subsections 3 and 4, Code 1999,
  2 33 are amended to read as follows:
  2 34    3.  The law enforcement agency making an arrest and
  2 35 securing fingerprints pursuant to section 690.2 or taking a
  3  1 juvenile into custody and securing fingerprints pursuant to
  3  2 section 232.148 shall fill out a final disposition report on
  3  3 each arrest on a form and in the manner prescribed by the
  3  4 commissioner of public safety.  The final disposition report
  3  5 shall be forwarded to the county attorney in the county where
  3  6 the arrest or taking into custody occurred or to the juvenile
  3  7 court officer who received the referral.
  3  8    4.  The county attorney of each county or juvenile court
  3  9 officer who received the referral shall complete the final
  3 10 disposition report and submit it to the department within
  3 11 thirty days if a preliminary information or citation is
  3 12 dismissed without a new charge being filed.  If an indictment
  3 13 is returned or a county attorney's information is filed, or a
  3 14 petition is filed under section 232.35, the final disposition
  3 15 form shall be forwarded to either the clerk of the district
  3 16 court or juvenile court of that county.  
  3 17 
  3 18 
  3 19                                                             
  3 20                               RON J. CORBETT
  3 21                               Speaker of the House
  3 22 
  3 23 
  3 24                                                             
  3 25                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 26                               President of the Senate
  3 27 
  3 28    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  3 29 is known as House File 403, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  3 30 
  3 31 
  3 32                                                             
  3 33                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  3 34                               Chief Clerk of the House
  3 35 Approved                , 1999
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  4  2 
  4  3                               
  4  4 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  4  5 Governor
     

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