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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY FORD
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the establishment
1 4 of a legislative interim study committee to review
1 5 penalties and sentencing practices for criminal
1 6 offenses related to cocaine, derivatives of cocaine,
1 7 and substances containing a cocaine base such as
1 8 crack cocaine.
1 9 WHEREAS, the possession, manufacturing, and
1 10 distribution of cocaine, derivatives of cocaine, and
1 11 substances containing a cocaine base are a significant
1 12 problem in Iowa; and
1 13 WHEREAS, there currently exists disparities in
1 14 criminal penalties in the Iowa Code for possession,
1 15 manufacturing, and distribution of cocaine,
1 16 derivatives of cocaine, and substances containing a
1 17 cocaine base; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the disparities in criminal penalties may
1 19 lead to disparities in the prosecution and sentencing
1 20 of offenders who have essentially committed the same
1 21 crime; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the criminal penalties and sentencing
1 23 practices for possession, manufacturing, and
1 24 distribution of cocaine, derivatives of cocaine, and
1 25 substances containing a cocaine base, are in need of
1 26 review; NOW THEREFORE,
1 27 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 28 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
1 29 requested to establish a legislative study committee
1 30 during the 2001 interim to review disparities in
2 1 criminal penalties and sentencing practices for
2 2 possession, manufacturing, and distribution of
2 3 cocaine, derivatives of cocaine, and substances
2 4 containing a cocaine base. In addition to legislators
2 5 and a member from a racial minority group, membership
2 6 on the committee should include but is not limited to
2 7 representatives of the following: county attorneys,
2 8 judicial branch, local law enforcement, department of
2 9 corrections, board of parole, a community organization
2 10 committed to serve exoffenders, and a person who has
2 11 been convicted of a criminal offense involving
2 12 possession, manufacturing, or distribution of cocaine,
2 13 a derivative of cocaine, or a substance containing a
2 14 cocaine base.
2 15 LSB 3593HH 79
2 16 jm/pj/5.1
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