House File 2311 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the confinement of a prisoner in a county jail
  2    or municipal holding facility.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6283HH 81
  5 jm/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 356.7, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The county sheriff, or a municipality operating a
  1  4 temporary municipal holding facility or jail, may charge a
  1  5 prisoner who is eighteen years of age or older and who has
  1  6 been convicted of a criminal offense or sentenced for contempt
  1  7 of court for violation of a domestic abuse order for the
  1  8 actual administrative costs relating to the arrest and booking
  1  9 of that prisoner, and for room and board provided to the
  1 10 prisoner while in the custody of the county sheriff or
  1 11 municipality, and for any medical aid provided to the prisoner
  1 12 under section 356.5.  Moneys collected by the sheriff or
  1 13 municipality under this section shall be credited respectively
  1 14 to the county general fund or the city general fund and
  1 15 distributed as provided in this section.  If a prisoner who
  1 16 has been convicted of a criminal offense or sentenced for
  1 17 contempt of court for violation of a domestic abuse order
  1 18 fails to pay for the administrative costs, and the room and
  1 19 board, or medical aid, the sheriff or municipality may file a
  1 20 reimbursement claim with the district court as provided in
  1 21 subsection 2.  The county attorney may file the reimbursement
  1 22 claim on behalf of the sheriff and the county or the
  1 23 municipality.  The attorney for the municipality may also file
  1 24 a reimbursement claim on behalf of the municipality.  This
  1 25 section does not apply to prisoners who are paying for their
  1 26 room and board by court order pursuant to sections 356.26
  1 27 through 356.35.
  1 28    Sec. 2.  Section 356.7, subsection 2, Code 2005, is amended
  1 29 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 30    NEW PARAGRAPH.  gg.  The amount of medical aid the person
  1 31 owes.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill relates to confining an inmate in a county jail
  1 34 or municipal holding facility.
  1 35    The bill provides that a county jail or municipal holding
  2  1 facility may charge a prisoner for any medical aid provided to
  2  2 that prisoner.
  2  3    Current law provides that the county jail or municipal
  2  4 holding facility may charge for room and board and
  2  5 administrative costs.
  2  6 LSB 6283HH 81
  2  7 jm:nh/gg/14