House File 2499 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MASCHER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to temporary county confinement of persons
2 committed to the custody of the department of corrections.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 6211HH 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 904.513, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. Upon request by the director a county shall may provide
1 4 temporary confinement for offenders allegedly violating the
1 5 conditions of assignment to a program under this chapter, if
1 6 space is available in the county. The department shall
1 7 negotiate a reimbursement rate with each county willing to
1 8 provide temporary confinement for offenders. The amount to be
1 9 reimbursed shall be determined by multiplying the number of
1 10 days a person is confined by the average daily cost of
1 11 confining a person in the county facility as negotiated with
1 12 the department. A county holding offenders in jail due to
1 13 insufficient space in a community residential facility shall
1 14 be reimbursed. Payment shall be made upon submission of a
1 15 voucher executed by the sheriff and approved by the director.
1 16 Sec. 2. Section 904.908, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 17 follows:
1 18 904.908 ALLEGED WORK RELEASE VIOLATORS == TEMPORARY
1 19 CONFINEMENT BY COUNTIES == REIMBURSEMENT.
1 20 1. Upon request by the Iowa department of corrections, the
1 21 board of parole, or a judicial district department of
1 22 correctional services a county shall may provide temporary
1 23 confinement for alleged violators of work release conditions
1 24 if space is available.
1 25 2. The Iowa department of corrections shall negotiate a
1 26 reimbursement rate with each county willing to provide for the
1 27 temporary confinement of alleged violators of work release
1 28 conditions who are in the custody of the director of the Iowa
1 29 department of corrections or who are housed or supervised by
1 30 the judicial district department of correctional services.
1 31 The amount to be reimbursed shall be determined by multiplying
1 32 the number of days a person is confined by the average daily
1 33 cost of confining a person in the county facility as
1 34 negotiated with the department. Payment shall be made upon
1 35 submission of a voucher executed by the sheriff and approved
2 1 by the director of the Iowa department of corrections.
2 2 Sec. 3. Section 906.17, Code 2005, is amended to read as
2 3 follows:
2 4 906.17 ALLEGED PAROLE VIOLATORS == TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT
2 5 BY COUNTIES == REIMBURSEMENT.
2 6 1. Upon request by the Iowa department of corrections a
2 7 county shall may provide temporary confinement for alleged
2 8 parole violators if space is available.
2 9 2. The Iowa department of corrections shall reimburse a
2 10 county willing to provide for the temporary confinement of
2 11 alleged parole violators. The amount to be reimbursed shall
2 12 be determined by multiplying the number of days confined by
2 13 the average daily cost of confining a person in the county
2 14 facility as negotiated by the department. Payment shall be
2 15 made upon submission of a voucher executed by the sheriff and
2 16 approved by the director of the Iowa department of
2 17 corrections.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill relates to the temporary county confinement of
2 20 persons committed to the custody of the department of
2 21 corrections.
2 22 The bill provides that a county may enter into a contract
2 23 with the department of corrections to temporarily confine
2 24 persons committed to the custody of the department of
2 25 corrections. Current law requires a county to temporarily
2 26 confine inmates committed to the custody of the department of
2 27 corrections who are allegedly violating conditions of parole,
2 28 work release, or programs for persons convicted of operating
2 29 while intoxicated.
2 30 LSB 6211HH 81
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