SSB 3040 (LSB 5150DP (3) 83)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to detainers lodged against parolees in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 906.4, Code 2009, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph after unnumbered paragraph 2:
   NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  A person paroled who has a detainer lodged against the person under the provisions of chapter 821 may be paroled directly to the receiving state rather than to a residential facility operated by a judicial district department of correctional services in this state.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to another jurisdiction holding a detainer against an inmate in this state.
   The bill permits a person paroled who has a detainer lodged against the person under the provisions of Code chapter 821 to be paroled directly to the receiving state rather than to a residential facility operated by a judicial district department of correctional services in this state.
   A detainer is a formal notification filed under the procedures of Code chapter 821 advising the jurisdiction holding an inmate that the same inmate is wanted for untried criminal charges in the notifying jurisdiction.