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Senate Amendment 5460

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2286, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 2, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  Section 229A.5, subsection 3, Code
  1  6 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    3.  At the hearing, the rules of evidence do not
  1  8 apply, and the state may rely solely upon the petition
  1  9 filed under subsection 1, but the state may also
  1 10 supplement the petition with additional documentary
  1 11 evidence or live testimony."
  1 12    #2.  Page 3, line 24, by striking the words and
  1 13 figure "who is detained pursuant to section 229A.5
  1 14 or".
  1 15    #3.  Page 6, lines 9 and 10, by striking the words
  1 16 "and there shall be no presumption to commit or not to
  1 17 commit".
  1 18    #4.  Page 7, lines 14 and 15, by striking the words
  1 19 "by a unanimous verdict".
  1 20    #5.  Page 8, by striking lines 21 and 22, and
  1 21 inserting the following:  "discharge over the
  1 22 director's objection or placement in a transitional
  1 23 release program without authorization from the
  1 24 director.  The notice shall contain a waiver".
  1 25    #6.  Page 9, lines 5 and 6, by striking the words
  1 26 "ten days of the filing of the notice of annual
  1 27 review" and inserting the following:  "thirty days of
  1 28 the notice of annual review being provided to counsel
  1 29 for the committed person".
  1 30    #7.  Page 11, by inserting after line 1 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "   .  If the director of human services has
  1 33 authorized the committed person to petition for
  1 34 discharge or for placement in a transitional release
  1 35 program and the case is before a jury, testimony by a
  1 36 victim of a prior sexually violent offense committed
  1 37 by the person is not admissible.  If the director has
  1 38 not authorized the petition or the case is before the
  1 39 court, testimony by a victim of a sexually violent
  1 40 offense committed by the person may be admitted."
  1 41    #8.  Page 11, by striking lines 2 through 4.
  1 42    #9.  Page 17, line 11, by striking the words "The
  1 43 burden" and inserting the following:  "The If the
  1 44 attorney general objects to the petition for
  1 45 discharge, the burden".
  1 46    #10.  Page 19, line 29, by inserting after the word
  1 47 "privileged" the following:  ", except information
  1 48 subject to attorney-client privilege and attorney work
  1 49 product,".
  1 50    #11.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2  1 SF 2286H
  2  2 jm/es/25

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