Senate Amendment 5115


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 2275 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 27 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PENALTY STUDY.
     1  5 The Iowa state bar association is requested to
     1  6 establish and lead a study committee to review the
     1  7 disparity of criminal penalties related to crack
     1  8 cocaine, cocaine, and other controlled substances,
     1  9 especially such criminal penalties classified as
     1 10 serious and aggravated misdemeanors and class "C" and
     1 11 "D" felonies.  The members of the study committee
     1 12 shall include but are not limited to representatives
     1 13 of the Iowa state bar association, the attorney
     1 14 general, the county attorneys association, the state
     1 15 public defender, the department of corrections, the
     1 16 judicial district department of correctional services,
     1 17 and the criminal law section of the Iowa trial lawyers
     1 18 association.  The study committee is requested to file
     1 19 recommendations with the general assembly by December
     1 20 15, 2004.>
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     1 24 DONALD B. REDFERN
     1 25 SF 2275.702 80
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