House File 441 - 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 the temporary confinement of prisoners in the
  2    custody of the federal government or the department of
  3    corrections in a county jail.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2331HH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  331.658A  FEDERAL PRISONERS.
  1  2    The county may provide temporary confinement of a prisoner
  1  3 in the custody of the federal government.
  1  4    Sec. 2.  Section 904.513, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1  5 amended to read as follows:
  1  6    2.  Upon request by the director a county shall may provide
  1  7 temporary confinement for offenders allegedly violating the
  1  8 conditions of assignment to a program under this chapter, if
  1  9 space is available in the county.  The department shall
  1 10 negotiate a reimbursement rate with each county.  The amount
  1 11 to be reimbursed shall be determined by multiplying the number
  1 12 of days a person is confined by the average daily cost of
  1 13 confining a person in the county facility as negotiated with
  1 14 the department.  A county holding offenders in jail due to
  1 15 insufficient space in a community residential facility shall
  1 16 be reimbursed.  Payment shall be made upon submission of a
  1 17 voucher executed by the sheriff and approved by the director.
  1 18    Sec. 3.  Section 904.908, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 19 amended to read as follows:
  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    Sec. 4.  Section 906.17, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 26 amended to read as follows:
  1 27    1.  Upon request by the Iowa department of corrections a
  1 28 county shall may provide temporary confinement for alleged
  1 29 parole violators if space is available.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill relates to the temporary confinement of prisoners
  1 32 in the custody of the federal government or the department of
  1 33 corrections in a county jail.
  1 34    The bill provides that a county may temporarily confine
  1 35 prisoners in the custody of the federal government or the
  2  1 department of corrections in the county jail.  Current law
  2  2 requires a county to temporarily confine prisoners in the
  2  3 custody of the department of corrections under certain
  2  4 circumstances.
  2  5 LSB 2331HH 81
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