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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