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1 1 Section 1. Section 719.4, subsection 3, Code Supplement
1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. A person who has been committed to an institution under
1 4 the control of the Iowa department of corrections, to a
1 5 community-based correctional facility, or to a jail or
1 6 correctional institution, who knowingly and voluntarily is
1 7 absent from a place where the person is required to be,
1 8 commits a serious misdemeanor. If, however, the person is
1 9 absent from the place where the person is required to be for
1 10 two hours or more, the person commits a class "D" felony.
1 11 EXPLANATION
1 12 Current law provides that an offender who is incarcerated,
1 13 committed to a community-based correctional facility, or on
1 14 work release, and who is knowingly absent from the place where
1 15 the offender is required to be present, commits a serious
1 16 misdemeanor.
1 17 This bill changes the penalty from a serious misdemeanor to
1 18 a class "D" felony, if an offender who is knowingly absent
1 19 from the place where the offender is required to be present,
1 20 is absent for two hours or more.
1 21 A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
1 22 more than one year and a fine of at least $250 but not more
1 23 than $1,500. A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement
1 24 for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but
1 25 not more than $7,500.
1 26 LSB 6076YH 78
1 27 jm/as/5
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