Bill Text: IA HF2255 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the possession of contraband in or on the grounds of a community-based correctional facility, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 2094.) Effective 7-1-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-21 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 652. [HF2255 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2255-Enrolled.html

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House File 2255 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
                                  SAFETY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2094)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2255

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND IN OR ON THE
    GROUNDS OF A COMMUNITY=BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND
    PROVIDING PENALTIES.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 719.7, subsection 3, paragraphs a, b, and
 c, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
    a.  Knowingly introduces contraband into, or onto, the
 grounds of a secure facility for the detention or custody
 of juveniles, detention facility, jail, community=based
 correctional facility, correctional institution, or institution
 under the management of the department of corrections.
    b.  Knowingly conveys contraband to any person confined in
 a secure facility for the detention or custody of juveniles,
 detention facility, jail, community=based correctional
 facility, correctional institution, or institution under the
 management of the department of corrections.
    c.  Knowingly makes, obtains, or possesses contraband while
 confined in a secure facility for the detention or custody
 of juveniles, detention facility, jail, community=based
 correctional facility, correctional institution, or institution
 under the management of the department of corrections, or while
 being transported or moved incidental to confinement.
    Sec. 2.  Section 719.7, subsection 4, paragraph c, Code 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
    c.  An aggravated misdemeanor for failing to report a
 known violation or attempted violation of this section to an
 official or officer at a secure facility for the detention or
 custody of juveniles, detention facility, jail, community=based
 correctional facility, correctional institution, or institution
 under the management of the department of corrections.
    Sec. 3.  Section 719.7, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
    5.  Nothing in this section is intended to limit the
 authority of the administrator of any secure facility for
 the detention or custody of juveniles, detention facility,
 jail, community=based correctional facility, correctional
 institution, or institution under the management of
 the department of corrections to prescribe or enforce
 rules concerning the definition of contraband, and the
 transportation, making, or possession of substances, devices,
 instruments, materials, or other items.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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