House File 525 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 330)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing an interim study committee to study the
  2    impact of unemployment on the recidivism rate of persons who
  3    have been committed to the custody of the department of
  4    corrections or assigned to the judicial district departments
  5    of correctional services.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 1891HV 82
  8 jm/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE STUDY == UNEMPLOYMENT AND
  1  2 RECIDIVISM.  The legislative council is requested to establish
  1  3 a study committee during the 2007 legislative interim to study
  1  4 the impact of unemployment on the recidivism rate of persons
  1  5 who have been committed to the custody of the department of
  1  6 corrections or assigned to the judicial district departments
  1  7 of correctional services.  The study committee shall consist
  1  8 of legislator members of both political parties, and
  1  9 representatives of the judicial branch, the department of
  1 10 corrections, the board of parole, and the judicial district
  1 11 departments of correctional services.  The findings of the
  1 12 committee shall be reported to the general assembly by January
  1 13 15, 2008.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill establishes an interim study committee to study
  1 16 the impact of unemployment on the recidivism rate of persons
  1 17 who have been committed to the custody of the department of
  1 18 corrections or assigned to the judicial district departments
  1 19 of correctional services.
  1 20    The study committee shall consist of legislator members of
  1 21 both political parties, and representatives of the judicial
  1 22 branch, the department of corrections, the board of parole,
  1 23 and the judicial district department of correctional services.
  1 24    The findings of the committee shall be reported to the
  1 25 general assembly by January 15, 2008.
  1 26 LSB 1891HV 82
  1 27 jm:nh/je/5