House File 619 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 442)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a sex offender registry database task force
2 within the department of administrative services.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 2527HV 81
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1 1 Section 1. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DATABASE TASK FORCE.
1 2 1. The department of administrative services is directed
1 3 to create a sex offender registry database task force to
1 4 develop a plan to integrate state government databases for the
1 5 purpose of updating addresses of persons on the sex offender
1 6 registry so that local law enforcement agencies have access to
1 7 more timely and accurate address information regarding sex
1 8 offenders. The state government database proposed for
1 9 development by the task force shall not be considered a
1 10 replacement of any other databases used to track sex offenders
1 11 pursuant to chapter 692A. The department shall provide staff
1 12 support to the task force, and the task force may utilize
1 13 staff support and other assistance provided to the task force
1 14 by other departments or associations. Members of the task
1 15 force shall include representatives of the following state
1 16 agencies or associations:
1 17 a. Department of administrative services.
1 18 b. Department of public safety.
1 19 c. Department of transportation.
1 20 d. Department of workforce development.
1 21 e. Department of human services.
1 22 f. Department of education.
1 23 g. Department of justice.
1 24 h. Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies' association.
1 25 i. Iowa association of chiefs of police and peace
1 26 officers.
1 27 2. The task force may consult with other public and
1 28 private agencies and may seek expertise from a national
1 29 organization.
1 30 3. The duties of the task force shall include the
1 31 following:
1 32 a. Study the feasibility of developing an integrated state
1 33 government database system designed to share sex offender
1 34 registry information with local law enforcement agencies.
1 35 b. Establish an organizational structure for such a
2 1 system.
2 2 c. Analyze any fiscal impact of such a system on the state
2 3 and political subdivisions of the state.
2 4 d. Review related confidentiality and legal issues.
2 5 e. Develop cost=effective methods of sharing sex offender
2 6 registry information with local law enforcement agencies after
2 7 an integrated system is put into place.
2 8 4. The task force shall file a progress report with the
2 9 executive branch and the general assembly by July 1, 2006.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill establishes a sex offender registry database task
2 12 force within the department of administrative services. Under
2 13 the bill, the task force is to develop a plan to integrate
2 14 state government databases for the purpose of updating
2 15 addresses of persons on the sex offender registry so that
2 16 local law enforcement agencies have access to more timely and
2 17 accurate address information regarding sex offenders.
2 18 The duties of the task force include studying the
2 19 feasibility of developing such an integrated state system,
2 20 establishing the system's organizational structure, analyzing
2 21 the cost of creating such a system, reviewing any related
2 22 confidentiality and legal issues, and developing cost=
2 23 effective measures regarding the sharing of any information
2 24 with local law enforcement agencies.
2 25 The task force shall file a progress report with the
2 26 executive branch and the general assembly by July 1, 2006.
2 27 Members of the task force shall include representatives of
2 28 the following state agencies or associations: department of
2 29 administrative services; department of public safety;
2 30 department of transportation; department of workforce
2 31 development; department of human services; department of
2 32 education; department of justice; the Iowa state sheriffs' and
2 33 deputies' association; and the Iowa association of chiefs of
2 34 police and peace officers.
2 35 LSB 2527HV 81
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