Bill Text: IA SF124 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the notification of a county commission of veteran affairs of the incarceration of a veteran at a jail or municipal holding facility. (See SF 340.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 340. S.J. 384. [SF124 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF124-Introduced.html
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
notification
of
a
county
commission
of
1
veteran
affairs
of
the
incarceration
of
a
veteran
at
a
jail
2
or
municipal
holding
facility.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
356.6A,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
personnel
of
a
jail
or
municipal
holding
facility
3
shall
inquire
whether
the
prisoner
is
a
veteran,
and
if
4
so,
shall
inform
the
prisoner,
within
twenty-four
hours
5
of
incarceration,
that
the
prisoner
may
be
entitled
to
a
6
visit
from
a
veteran
service
officer
to
determine
if
veteran
7
services
are
required
or
available.
The
personnel
of
a
jail
or
8
municipal
holding
facility
shall
inform
the
county
commission
9
of
veteran
affairs
of
the
county
where
the
jail
or
facility
is
10
located
of
the
incarceration
of
a
veteran
within
twenty-four
11
hours
of
the
veteran’s
incarceration.
Within
seventy-two
12
hours
of
determining
a
prisoner
is
a
veteran
incarceration
,
13
the
personnel
of
a
jail
or
municipal
holding
facility
shall
14
provide
the
prisoner
with
the
contact
information
for
the
15
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
of
the
county
where
the
16
jail
or
facility
is
located,
and
the
prisoner
shall
be
allowed
17
to
contact
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
to
request
18
a
visit
from
a
veteran
service
officer.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
provides
that
a
county
commission
be
notified
of
23
the
incarceration
of
a
veteran
at
a
jail
or
municipal
holding
24
facility.
25
Code
section
356.6A(1)
currently
provides
that
the
personnel
26
of
a
jail
or
municipal
holding
facility
shall
inquire
whether
a
27
prisoner
is
a
veteran
and,
if
so,
shall
inform
the
prisoner,
28
within
24
hours
of
the
veteran’s
incarceration,
that
the
29
prisoner
may
be
entitled
to
a
visit
from
a
veteran
service
30
officer
to
determine
if
veteran
services
are
required
or
31
available.
The
personnel
of
a
jail
or
municipal
holding
32
facility
must
also
provide
the
prisoner,
within
72
hours
of
the
33
veteran’s
incarceration,
with
the
contact
information
for
the
34
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
of
the
county
where
the
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jail
or
facility
is
located,
and
the
prisoner
shall
be
allowed
1
to
contact
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
to
request
2
a
visit
from
a
veteran
service
officer.
3
The
bill
provides
that,
within
24
hours
of
the
veteran’s
4
incarceration,
personnel
of
the
jail
or
municipal
holding
5
facility
shall
inform
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
6
of
the
county
where
the
jail
or
facility
is
located
of
the
7
incarceration
of
a
veteran.
A
veteran
is
defined
as
a
person
8
who
was
a
member
of
the
regular
component
of
the
armed
forces
9
of
the
United
States,
national
guard,
or
reserves.
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