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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  356.36A  CONFINEMENT AND
  1  2 DETENTION REPORT – DESIGN PROPOSALS.
  1  3    The Iowa department of corrections, in consultation with
  1  4 the Iowa state sheriff's association, the Iowa association of
  1  5 chiefs of police and peace officers, a statewide organization
  1  6 representing rural property taxpayers, the Iowa league of
  1  7 cities, and the Iowa board of supervisors association, shall
  1  8 prepare a report analyzing the confinement and detention needs
  1  9 of jails, alternative jails, municipal holding facilities, and
  1 10 facilities established pursuant to chapter 356A.  The report
  1 11 for each type of jail or facility shall include but is not
  1 12 limited to an inventory of prisoner space, daily prisoner
  1 13 counts, the compliance status under section 356.36 for each
  1 14 jail or facility, and an estimate by the department of
  1 15 corrections of the amount of additional prisoner space needed
  1 16 in the next two, five, and ten years, on a county, geographic
  1 17 region, and statewide basis.  The report shall contain an
  1 18 inventory of jail or facility construction projects in which
  1 19 voters have approved the issuance of general obligation bonds,
  1 20 essential county purpose bonds, revenue bonds, or bonds issued
  1 21 pursuant to section 422B.12.  The report shall be revised
  1 22 periodically as directed by the director of the department of
  1 23 corrections.
  1 24    The governing body of a political subdivision shall not
  1 25 appropriate funds to a person to prepare a design proposal for
  1 26 the construction of or major modification to a jail,
  1 27 alternative jail, municipal holding facility, or a facility
  1 28 established pursuant to chapter 356A if the person has a
  1 29 financial interest in the construction or modification.  For
  1 30 purposes of this section, "political subdivision" means a
  1 31 county, city, or authority created pursuant to section 346.27.
  1 32    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 33 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill relates to analyzing the confinement and
  2  1 detention needs of jails, and other local or regional
  2  2 confinement facilities, and prohibiting certain financial
  2  3 interests in the construction of a jail or facility.
  2  4    The bill provides that the department of corrections, in
  2  5 consultation with the Iowa state sheriff's association, the
  2  6 Iowa association of chiefs of police and peace officers, a
  2  7 statewide organization representing rural property taxpayers,
  2  8 the Iowa league of cities, and the Iowa board of supervisors
  2  9 association, shall prepare a report analyzing the confinement
  2 10 and detention needs of jails, alternative jails, municipal
  2 11 holding facilities, and facilities established pursuant to
  2 12 Code chapter 356A.  The bill provides that the analysis for
  2 13 each type of jail or facility shall include but is not limited
  2 14 to daily prisoner counts, the compliance status under Code
  2 15 section 356.36 of each jail or facility, and an estimate by
  2 16 the department of corrections of the amount of additional
  2 17 prisoner space needed in each county, geographic region, and
  2 18 statewide over the next two, five, and 10 years.  The report
  2 19 shall also contain an inventory of jail or facility
  2 20 construction projects in which voters have approved the
  2 21 issuance of general obligation bonds, essential county purpose
  2 22 bonds, revenue bonds, or bonds issued pursuant to Code section
  2 23 422B.12.
  2 24    The bill also provides that a governing body of a political
  2 25 subdivision shall not appropriate funds to a person who
  2 26 prepares a design proposal for the construction of or major
  2 27 modification to a jail, alternative jail, municipal holding
  2 28 facility, or a facility established pursuant to Code chapter
  2 29 356A if the person has a financial interest in the
  2 30 construction or modification.  The bill defines "political
  2 31 subdivision" to mean a county, city, or authority created
  2 32 under Code section 346.27.
  2 33    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 34 LSB 5825SS 79
  2 35 jm/cf/24
     

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