House Study Bill 639 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BAUDLER) A BILL FOR An Act establishing a crime stopper surcharge, creating a crime 1 stopper fund, and making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5386YC (4) 85 jm/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80.55 Crime stopper surcharge fund. 1 1. A crime stopper surcharge fund is created in the office 2 of the treasurer of state under the control of the department 3 of public safety. Any moneys annually appropriated, granted, 4 or credited to the fund, including any federal moneys, are 5 appropriated to the department of public safety for use by 6 crime stopper programs throughout the state or other programs 7 with a similar dedicated purpose. 8 2. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest 9 and earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited 10 to the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining 11 in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to 12 any other fund but shall remain available to be used for the 13 purposes specified in subsection 1. 14 Sec. 2. Section 356.7, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 1. a. The county sheriff, or a municipality operating a 17 temporary municipal holding facility or jail, may charge a 18 prisoner who is eighteen years of age or older and who has been 19 convicted of a criminal offense or sentenced for contempt of 20 court for violation of a domestic abuse order for all of the 21 actual following: 22 (1) Actual administrative costs relating to the arrest and 23 booking of that prisoner , for room . 24 (2) Room and board provided to the prisoner while in the 25 custody of the county sheriff or municipality , and for any plus 26 a crime stopper surcharge equal to one percent of the total 27 charged for room and board if a crime stopper program exists 28 in the county or municipality. 29 (3) Any medical aid provided to the prisoner under section 30 356.5 . Moneys 31 b. (1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), moneys 32 collected by the sheriff or municipality under this section 33 shall be credited respectively to the county general fund or 34 the city general fund and distributed as provided in this 35 -1- LSB 5386YC (4) 85 jm/rj 1/ 3

H.F. _____ section . 1 (2) Moneys collected from the crime stopper surcharge shall 2 be remitted by the county or municipality to the crime stopper 3 surcharge fund created in section 80.55. 4 c. If a prisoner who has been convicted of a criminal 5 offense or sentenced for contempt of court for violation of 6 a domestic abuse order fails to pay for the administrative 7 costs, the room and board, crime stopper surcharge if 8 applicable, or medical aid, the sheriff or municipality 9 may file a reimbursement claim with the district court as 10 provided in subsection 2 . The county attorney may file the 11 reimbursement claim on behalf of the sheriff and the county 12 or the municipality. The attorney for the municipality may 13 also file a reimbursement claim on behalf of the municipality. 14 This section does not apply to prisoners who are paying for 15 their room and board by court order pursuant to sections 356.26 16 through 356.35 . 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill establishes a crime stopper surcharge, creates a 21 crime stopper fund, and makes appropriations. 22 Current law allows a county or municipality operating a 23 jail to charge an inmate 18 years of age or older for the 24 administrative costs, room and board, and medical costs while 25 incarcerated at the jail. 26 In addition to the aforementioned costs, the bill allows a 27 county or municipality operating a jail to charge an inmate a 28 crime stopper surcharge equal to 1 percent of the total charged 29 for room and board if a crime stopper program exists in the 30 county or municipality where the inmate is incarcerated. 31 The bill requires the county or municipality to remit the 32 crime stopper surcharge to the crime stopper surcharge fund 33 created in new Code section 80.55. 34 The bill establishes the crime stopper surcharge in the 35 -2- LSB 5386YC (4) 85 jm/rj 2/ 3

H.F. _____ office of the treasurer of state under the control of the 1 department of public safety. 2 The bill specifies that moneys credited to the fund are to be 3 used for crime stopper programs throughout the state or other 4 programs with a similar dedicated purpose. All moneys and 5 interest deposited in the crime stopper surcharge fund shall 6 remain in the fund at the end of the fiscal year and shall not 7 revert to any other fund but shall remain available to be used 8 for the purposes specified in the bill. 9 -3- LSB 5386YC (4) 85 jm/rj 3/ 3