House Amendment 1219
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1 1 Amend House File 619 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Section 1. Section 13.10, subsection 1, Code
1 5 2005, is amended by adding the following new
1 6 paragraph:
1 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. Any other offense that requires
1 8 a person to register under chapter 692A.
1 9 Sec. . Section 692A.2, Code 2005, is amended by
1 10 adding the following new subsection:
1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. If a person violates any of
1 12 the requirements of section 692A.4, the person shall
1 13 register for an additional ten years beginning from
1 14 the date the first registration period ends as
1 15 calculated under this section.
1 16 Sec. . Section 692A.4, Code 2005, is amended to
1 17 read as follows:
1 18 692A.4 VERIFICATION OF ADDRESS AND TAKING OF
1 19 PHOTOGRAPH.
1 20 1. The address of a person required to register
1 21 under this chapter shall be verified annually as
1 22 follows:
1 23 a. On a date which falls within the month in which
1 24 the person was initially required to register, the
1 25 department shall mail a verification form to the last
1 26 reported address of the person. Verification forms
1 27 shall not be forwarded to the person who is required
1 28 to register under this chapter if the person no longer
1 29 resides at the address, but shall be returned to the
1 30 department.
1 31 b. The person shall complete and mail the
1 32 verification to the department within ten days of
1 33 receipt of the form.
1 34 c. The verification form shall be signed by the
1 35 person, and state the address at which the person
1 36 resides. If the person is in the process of changing
1 37 residences, the person shall state that fact as well
1 38 as the old and new addresses or places of residence.
1 39 2. Verification of address for a person who has
1 40 been convicted of an offense under the laws of this
1 41 state or of another state which would qualify the
1 42 person as a sexually violent predator shall be
1 43 accomplished in the same manner as in subsection 1,
1 44 except that the verification shall be done every three
1 45 months at times established by the department.
1 46 3. A photograph of a person required to register
1 47 under this chapter shall be updated annually. When
1 48 the department mails the address verification form in
1 49 subsection 1, the department shall also enclose a form
1 50 informing the person to annually submit to being
2 1 photographed by the sheriff of the county of the
2 2 person's residence within ten days of receipt of the
2 3 address verification form. The sheriff shall send the
2 4 current photograph to the department within ten days
2 5 of the photograph being taken and the department shall
2 6 post the current photograph on the sex offender
2 7 registry's web page.
2 8 Sec. . Section 692A.5, subsection 1, Code 2005,
2 9 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 10 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. Inform the person that the
2 11 person must annually submit to being photographed by
2 12 the sheriff of the county of the person's residence.
2 13 Sec. . Section 692A.13, subsection 5, Code
2 14 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 15 5. Relevant information provided to the general
2 16 public may include the offender's name, address, a
2 17 photograph, locations frequented by the offender,
2 18 relevant criminal history information from the
2 19 registry, and any other relevant information.
2 20 Relevant information provided to the public shall not
2 21 include the identity of any victim. The general
2 22 public may post any relevant information at public
2 23 institutions including but not limited to a school,
2 24 post office, or library.
2 25 Sec. . Section 903A.2, subsection 1, paragraph
2 26 a, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 27 a. Category "A" sentences are those sentences
2 28 which are not subject to a maximum accumulation of
2 29 earned time of fifteen percent of the total sentence
2 30 of confinement under section 902.12. To the extent
2 31 provided in subsection 5, category "A" sentences also
2 32 include life sentences imposed under section 902.1.
2 33 An inmate of an institution under the control of the
2 34 department of corrections who is serving a category
2 35 "A" sentence is eligible for a reduction of sentence
2 36 equal to one and two=tenths days for each day the
2 37 inmate demonstrates good conduct and satisfactorily
2 38 participates in any program or placement status
2 39 identified by the director to earn the reduction. The
2 40 programs include but are not limited to the following:
2 41 (1) Employment in the institution.
2 42 (2) Iowa state industries.
2 43 (3) An employment program established by the
2 44 director.
2 45 (4) A treatment program established by the
2 46 director.
2 47 (5) An inmate educational program approved by the
2 48 director.
2 49 However, an inmate required to participate in a sex
2 50 offender treatment program shall not be eligible for a
3 1 reduction of sentence unless the inmate participates
3 2 in and completes a sex offender treatment program
3 3 established by the director.
3 4 An inmate serving a category "A" sentence is
3 5 eligible for an additional reduction of sentence of up
3 6 to three hundred sixty=five days of the full term of
3 7 the sentence of the inmate for exemplary acts. In
3 8 accordance with section 903A.4, the director shall by
3 9 policy identify what constitutes an exemplary act that
3 10 may warrant an additional reduction of sentence.>
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3 14 PAULSEN of Linn
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3 18 J. K. VAN FOSSEN of Scott
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3 22 J. R. VAN FOSSEN of Scott
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3 26 KURTENBACH of Story
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3 30 KAUFMANN of Cedar
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3 34 BOAL of Polk
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3 38 LUKAN of Dubuque
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3 42 GREINER of Washington
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3 46 DE BOEF of Keokuk
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3 50 ELGIN of Linn
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4 4 HEATON of Henry
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4 8 HUTTER of Scott
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4 12 RANTS of Woodbury
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