Bill Text: IA HF348 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the board of parole notifying a crime victim of a parole hearing. (Formerly HSB 26)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Subcommittee, Sodders, Garrett, and Hogg. S.J. 634. [HF348 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF348-Introduced.html

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House File 348 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 26)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the board of parole notifying a crime victim
  2    of a parole hearing.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 915.18, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  (1)  Not Except as provided in subparagraph (2), not
  1  4  less than twenty twenty=five days prior to conducting a hearing
  1  5 at which the board will interview an offender, the board shall
  1  6 notify the victim of the interview and inform the victim that
  1  7 the victim may submit the victim's opinion concerning the
  1  8 release of the offender in writing prior to the hearing or may
  1  9 appear personally or by counsel at the hearing to express an
  1 10 opinion concerning the offender's release.
  1 11    (2)  The notification in subparagraph (1) shall be provided
  1 12 to a registered victim not less than sixty days prior to the
  1 13 hearing if the victim resides outside the state.
  1 14    (3)  The notification provided pursuant to this paragraph
  1 15 "a" shall be by regular mail but electronic mail shall also be
  1 16 used if the registered victim has requested notification by
  1 17 electronic mail. However, electronic mail shall not be in lieu
  1 18 of regular mail.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 22    This bill relates to the board of parole notifying a crime
  1 23 victim of a parole hearing. The bill requires the board of
  1 24 parole to notify a registered victim not less than 25 days
  1 25 prior to the parole hearing of the perpetrator of the crime.
  1 26 However, the bill requires that such notification shall be
  1 27 provided to a registered victim not less than 60 days prior to
  1 28 the hearing if the victim resides outside the state. Current
  1 29 law requires the board of parole to notify a victim not less
  1 30 than 20 days prior to such a hearing.
  1 31    The notification required by the bill shall be by regular
  1 32 mail, but electronic mail shall also be used if requested by
  1 33 the registered victim.  However, electronic mail shall not be
  1 34 used in lieu of regular mail.
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