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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 346 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BY PROVIDING FOR THE 1 5 USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY CORRECTIONAL OR PEACE OFFICERS, FOR 1 6 THE CREATION OF A NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE WITH A CORRECTIONAL 1 7 IMPACT, FOR SUBMISSION OF PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORTS 1 8 TO THE DEPARTMENT, FOR ESTABLISHING A TRAINING FUND IN THE 1 9 DEPARTMENT, FOR INMATE DONATIONS FOR VICTIMS' TRAVEL EXPENSES, 1 10 AND FOR TRANSCRIPTION AND RECORDING OF TESTIMONY FOR CERTAIN 1 11 INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. 1 12 1 13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 14 1 15 Section 1. Section 232.68, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 16 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 17 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. The commission of bestiality in the 1 18 presence of a minor under section 717C.1 by a person who 1 19 resides in a home with a child, as a result of the acts or 1 20 omissions of a person responsible for the care of the child. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 704.8, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 22 follows: 1 23 704.8 ESCAPE FROM PLACE OF CONFINEMENT. 1 24 A correctional officer or peace officer is justified in 1 25 using reasonable force, including deadly force, which is 1 26 necessary to prevent the escape of any person from any jail, 1 27 penal institution, correctional facility, or similar place of 1 28 confinement, or place of trial or other judicial proceeding, 1 29 or to prevent the escape from custody of any person who is 1 30 being transported from any such place of confinement, trial or 1 31 judicial proceeding to any other such place, except that 1 32 deadly force may not be used to prevent the escape of one who 1 33 the correctional officer or peace officer knowsor should know1 34 is confined on a charge or conviction of any class of 1 35 misdemeanor. 2 1 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 717C.1 BESTIALITY. 2 2 1. For purposes of this section: 2 3 a. "Animal" means any nonhuman vertebrate, either dead or 2 4 alive. 2 5 b. "Sex act" means any sexual contact between a person and 2 6 an animal by penetration of the penis into the vagina or anus, 2 7 contact between the mouth and genitalia, or by contact between 2 8 the genitalia of one and the genitalia or anus of the other. 2 9 2. A person who performs a sex act with an animal, is 2 10 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 2 11 3. Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, and 2 12 in addition to any sentence authorized by law, the court shall 2 13 require the person to submit to a psychological evaluation and 2 14 treatment at the person's expense. 2 15 Sec. 4. Section 904.202, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 16 follows: 2 17 904.202 INTAKE AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER. 2 18 The director may provide facilities and personnel for a 2 19 diagnostic intake and classification center. The work of the 2 20 center shall include a scientific study of each inmate, the 2 21 inmate's career and life history, the causes of the inmate's 2 22 criminal acts and recommendations for the inmate's custody, 2 23 care, training, employment, and counseling with a view to 2 24 rehabilitation and to the protection of society. To 2 25 facilitate the work of the center and to aid in the 2 26 rehabilitation of the inmates, the trial judge, prosecuting 2 27 attorney, and presentence investigators shall furnish the 2 28 directorupon requestwith any previously authorized 2 29 presentence investigation report and a full statement of facts 2 30 and circumstances attending the commission of the offense so 2 31 far as known or believed by them. If the department develops 2 32 and utilizes an inmate classification system, it must, within 2 33 a reasonable time, present evidence from independent experts 2 34 as to the effectiveness and validity of the classification 2 35 system. 3 1 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 904.303A TRAINING FUND. 3 2 A training fund is established under the control of the 3 3 department. The director shall provide training to all new 3 4 officers or employees of the department free of charge. The 3 5 department shall also offer in-service training which shall 3 6 include classes for officers and employees in the areas of 3 7 safety, first aid, emergency preparedness, and any other 3 8 appropriate class determined by the director. Employees of a 3 9 judicial district may also attend any in-service training 3 10 offered by the department. The department may recover from 3 11 the correctional institution or judicial district, the actual 3 12 costs of planning and conducting the training classes, if an 3 13 employee of the institution or judicial district attends an 3 14 in-service training class. The costs that may be recovered by 3 15 the department include the costs of course development, 3 16 training materials, equipment and facility rental, 3 17 instruction, and administration. Moneys received as 3 18 reimbursement of the costs shall be deposited in the training 3 19 fund for use in conducting future training classes. All cost 3 20 reimbursement moneys, grants, or appropriations related to 3 21 training shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding 3 22 section 8.33, moneys remaining in the training fund at the end 3 23 of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the 3 24 state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest and earnings 3 25 deposited in the training fund shall be credited to the 3 26 training fund. 3 27 Sec. 6. Section 904.310, Code 2001, is amended to read as 3 28 follows: 3 29 904.310 CANTEENS. 3 30 The director may maintain a canteen at an institution under 3 31 the director's jurisdiction for the sale to persons confined 3 32 in the institution of items such as toilet articles, candy, 3 33 tobacco products, notions, and other sundries, and may provide 3 34 the necessary facilities, equipment, personnel, and 3 35 merchandise for the canteen. The director shall specify the 4 1 items to be sold in the canteen. The department may establish 4 2 and maintain a permanent operating fund for each canteen. The 4 3 fund shall consist of the receipts from the sale of 4 4 commodities at the canteen and donations designated by inmates 4 5 for reimbursement of victims' travel expenses. Any money in 4 6 the fund over the amount needed to do normal business 4 7 transactions,andto reimburse any accounts which have 4 8 subsidized the canteen fund, and to reimburse victims' travel 4 9 expenses, shall be considered profit. This money may remain 4 10 in the canteen fund and be used for any purchase which the 4 11 superintendent approves that will directly and collectively 4 12 benefit the inmates of the institution or to reimburse 4 13 victims' travel expenses. 4 14 Sec. 7. Section 904.405, Code 2001, is amended to read as 4 15 follows: 4 16 904.405 TRANSCRIPT OF TESTIMONY. 4 17 The director shall cause the testimony taken at the 4 18 investigation to betranscribed andrecorded. The recording 4 19 of the testimony shall not be transcribed unless the testimony 4 20 is part of a case that is appealed or an interested party 4 21 requests a transcript and pays the cost of preparing the 4 22 transcript. The recording of the testimony, or the 4 23 transcription thereof, shall be filed and maintained in the 4 24 director's office at the seat of governmentwithin ten days4 25after the testimony is taken, or as soon as practicable, and4 26when filed the testimony shall be open for the inspection of4 27any personfor at least five years from the date the testimony 4 28 is taken or the date of a final decision in a case involving 4 29 the testimony, whichever is later. However, a recording of 4 30 testimony involving any employee of the department shall 4 31 continue to be filed and maintained until the employee no 4 32 longer is employed by the department. 4 33 4 34 4 35 5 1 MARY E. KRAMER 5 2 President of the Senate 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 BRENT SIEGRIST 5 7 Speaker of the House 5 8 5 9 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 5 10 is known as Senate File 346, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 5 11 5 12 5 13 5 14 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 5 15 Secretary of the Senate 5 16 Approved , 2001 5 17 5 18 5 19 5 20 THOMAS J. VILSACK 5 21 Governor
Text: SF00345 Text: SF00347 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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