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Senate Amendment 5378

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2275, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 27, and
  1  4 inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  Section 902.12, unnumbered paragraph
  1  6 1, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
  1  7 follows:
  1  8    A person serving a sentence for conviction of the
  1  9 following felonies, including a person serving a
  1 10 sentence for conviction of the following felonies
  1 11 prior to July 1, 2003, shall be denied parole or work
  1 12 release unless the person has served at least seven-
  1 13 tenths of the maximum term of the person's sentence:
  1 14    Sec.    .  Section 906.15, unnumbered paragraph 1,
  1 15 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 16    Unless sooner discharged, a person released on
  1 17 parole shall be discharged when the person's term of
  1 18 parole equals the period of imprisonment specified in
  1 19 the person's sentence, less all time served in
  1 20 confinement.  Discharge from parole may be granted
  1 21 prior to such time, when an early discharge is
  1 22 appropriate.  The board shall periodically review all
  1 23 paroles, and when the board determines that any person
  1 24 on parole is able and willing to fulfill the
  1 25 obligations of a law-abiding citizen without further
  1 26 supervision, the board shall discharge the person from
  1 27 parole.  A parole officer shall periodically review
  1 28 all paroles assigned to the parole officer, and when
  1 29 the parole officer determines that any person assigned
  1 30 to the officer is able and willing to fulfill the
  1 31 obligations of a law-abiding citizen without further
  1 32 supervision, the officer may discharge the person from
  1 33 parole after notification and approval of the district
  1 34 director and notification of the board of parole.  In
  1 35 any event, discharge from parole shall terminate the
  1 36 person's sentence.  However, a person convicted of a
  1 37 violation of section 709.3, 709.4 or 709.8 committed
  1 38 on or with a child, or a person serving a sentence
  1 39 under section 902.12, shall not be discharged from
  1 40 parole until the person's term of parole equals the
  1 41 period of imprisonment specified in the person's
  1 42 sentence, less all time served in confinement.
  1 43    Sec.    .  Section 915.13, subsection 1, paragraph
  1 44 h, Code Supplement 2003, is amended by striking the
  1 45 paragraph.
  1 46    Sec.    .  Section 915.14, Code Supplement 2003, is
  1 47 amended to read as follows:
  1 48    915.14  NOTIFICATION BY CLERK OF THE DISTRICT
  1 49 COURT.
  1 50    The clerk of the district court shall notify a
  2  1 registered victim of all dispositional orders of the
  2  2 case in which the victim was involved and may advise
  2  3 the victim of any other orders regarding custody or
  2  4 confinement.  If a motion to reopen the sentence has
  2  5 been filed pursuant to section 901.5B, the clerk of
  2  6 the district court shall notify a registered victim of
  2  7 the case in which the victim was involved.  The notice
  2  8 shall include the scheduled date, time, and place of
  2  9 the hearing, and the clerk shall notify the victim of
  2 10 a cancellation or postponement of any hearing
  2 11 regarding the motion to reopen.
  2 12    Sec.    .  Section 901.5B, Code Supplement 2003, is
  2 13 repealed." 
  2 14 SF 2275H
  2 15 jm/es/25
     

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