Bill Text: IA SF2241 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the commission of a parole violation or a criminal offense while on parole. (Formerly SSB 3060.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-04 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 888. [SF2241 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2241-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2241 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3060)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2241

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE COMMISSION OF A PAROLE VIOLATION OR A
    CRIMINAL OFFENSE WHILE ON PAROLE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 908.1, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
    908.1  Arrest of alleged parole violator == newly discovered
 evidence.
    A parole officer having probable cause to believe that
 any person released on parole has violated the parole plan
 or the conditions of parole may arrest such person, or the
 parole officer may make a complaint before a magistrate in the
 judicial district in which the person is being supervised,
 charging such violation, and if it appears from such complaint,
 or from affidavits filed with it, that there is probable cause
 to believe that such person has violated the parole plan or
 the terms of parole, the magistrate shall issue a warrant for
 the arrest of such person. If a parole officer has newly
 discovered evidence which indicates that a person released on
 parole should not have been granted parole originally, the
 parole officer shall present the evidence to the board of
 parole and the board may issue an order to rescind the parole.
    Sec. 2.  Section 908.10, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
    When a person is convicted and sentenced to incarceration
 in this state for a felony committed while on parole, or is
 convicted and sentenced to incarceration under the laws of in
  any other state of the United States or a foreign government or
  country for an offense committed while on parole, and which if
 committed in this state would be a felony, the person's parole
 shall be deemed revoked as of the date of the commission of the
 new felony offense.
    Sec. 3.  Section 908.10A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
    When a person is convicted and sentenced to incarceration
 in a state correctional institution in this state for an
 aggravated misdemeanor committed while on parole, or is
 convicted and sentenced to incarceration under the laws of in
  any other state of the United States or a foreign government or
  country for an offense committed while on parole, and which if
 committed in this state would be an aggravated misdemeanor, the
 person's parole shall be deemed revoked as of the date of the
 commission of the new aggravated misdemeanor offense.
    Sec. 4.  REPEAL.  Section 908.7, Code 2018, is repealed.


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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