House File 231 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 231 BY KELLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the assessment of the drug abuse resistance 1 education surcharge. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2189HH (1) 85 jm/nh
H.F. 231 Section 1. Section 907.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2013, is amended to read as follows: 2 Pursuant to section 901.5 , the trial court may, upon a plea 3 of guilty, a verdict of guilty, or a special verdict upon which 4 a judgment of conviction may be rendered, exercise any of the 5 options contained in this section . However, this section does 6 not apply to a forcible felony or , to a violation of chapter 7 709 committed by a person who is a mandatory reporter of child 8 abuse under section 232.69 in which the victim is a person who 9 is under the age of eighteen , or to the drug abuse resistance 10 education surcharge assessed in section 911.2 . 11 Sec. 2. Section 911.2, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 2. In the event of multiple offenses, the surcharge shall be 14 imposed for each applicable offense. The surcharge shall not 15 also be assessed for any offense for which the court defers the 16 sentence or judgment or suspends the sentence. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill relates to the assessment of the drug abuse 19 resistance education surcharge. 20 The bill requires the assessment of the drug abuse 21 resistance education surcharge for a deferred judgment or 22 sentence or a suspended sentence. 23 The drug abuse resistance education surcharge is assessed 24 for violations of Code chapter 321J (OWI) or Code chapter 124, 25 division IV (controlled substances). 26 The amount of the drug abuse resistance education surcharge 27 is $10 for each violation and is distributed to the governor’s 28 office of drug control policy pursuant to Code section 29 602.8108(4). 30 -1- LSB 2189HH (1) 85 jm/nh 1/ 1