House Study Bill 572 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            PUBLIC DEFENSE BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act for increasing the penalties that may be imposed by
  2    courts=martial under the Iowa code of military justice.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5491DP 82
  5 ec/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29B.17, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2007,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A fine of not more than two hundred five thousand
  1  4 dollars;
  1  5    2.  Forfeiture of not more than twenty days' pay and
  1  6 allowances not to exceed one thousand dollars;
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 29B.18, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  8 subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code Supplement 2007, are amended
  1  9 to read as follows:
  1 10    (1)  A fine not exceeding one two thousand five hundred
  1 11 dollars.
  1 12    (2)  Forfeiture of not more than twenty days' pay and
  1 13 allowances not exceeding one thousand dollars.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  Section 29B.18, subsection 2, paragraph c,
  1 15 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
  1 16 follows:
  1 17    (1)  A fine of not more than fifty one thousand dollars for
  1 18 a single offense.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill increases the maximum fines and forfeitures that
  1 21 may be adjudged by general, special, and summary
  1 22 courts=martial under the Iowa code of military justice.
  1 23    The bill increases the maximum possible fine from $200 to
  1 24 $5,000 under a general courts=martial, from $100 to $2,500
  1 25 under a special courts=martial, and from $50 to $1,000 under a
  1 26 summary courts=martial.  The bill also increases the maximum
  1 27 forfeiture of pay and allowances under a general or special
  1 28 courts=martial from $1,000 to an amount equal to 20 days of
  1 29 pay and allowances.
  1 30 LSB 5491DP 82
  1 31 ec/nh/14