House Amendment 8328
PAG LIN
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.>
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2 17 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
2 18 MADDOX of Polk, Chairperson
2 19 SF 2275.502 80
2 20 jm/pj
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