House File 2348 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FORD


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to developing a plan to implement the
  2    recommendations from the governor's task force on the
  3    overrepresentation of African=Americans in prison.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6359HH 81
  6 jm/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE
  1  2 ON THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN=AMERICANS IN PRISON.  The
  1  3 commission on the status of African=Americans shall develop a
  1  4 plan to implement the recommendations from the governor's task
  1  5 force on the overrepresentation of African=Americans in
  1  6 prison, including short=term and long=term goals for
  1  7 implementation of the recommendations.  The commission shall
  1  8 submit a report detailing the plan to the governor and general
  1  9 assembly no later than January 8, 2007.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to developing a plan to implement the
  1 12 recommendations from the governor's task force on the
  1 13 overrepresentation of African=Americans in prison.  The bill
  1 14 provides that the commission on the status of African=
  1 15 Americans shall develop a plan to implement the
  1 16 recommendations from the governor's task force.  The report
  1 17 detailing the plan shall be submitted to the governor and to
  1 18 the general assembly no later than January 8, 2007.
  1 19 LSB 6359HH 81
  1 20 jm:rj/je/5