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IA Code § 904A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.4 - Duties of the board of parole.

904A.4 Duties of the board of parole.   1. The board of parole shall interview and consider inmates for parole and work release and a majority vote of the members is required to grant a parole or work release.   2. The board of parole shall interview inmates according to administrative rules adopted by the board.   3. The board of parole shall gather and review information regarding new parole and work release programs being instituted or considered nationwide and determine which programs may be useful for this state. The board shall review the current parole and work release programs and procedures used in this state on an annual basis.   4. The board of parole shall increase utilization of data processing and computerization to assist in the orderly conduct of the parole and work release system.   5. The board of parole shall conduct such studies of the parole and work release system as are requested by the governor and the general assembly.   6. The board of parole shall provide technical assistance and counseling related to the board’s purposes to public and private entities.   7. The board of parole shall review and make recommendations to the governor regarding all applications for reprieves, pardons, commutation of sentences, remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of citizenship rights as required by chapter 914.   8. a. The board of parole shall implement a risk assessment program which shall provide risk assessment analysis for the board.   b. The board of parole shall also develop a risk assessment validated for domestic abuse-related offenses in consultation with the department of corrections. The board may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to the use of the domestic abuse risk assessment.  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1514; 88 Acts, ch 1091, §3; 89 Acts, ch 282, §3; 2017 Acts, ch 83, §8
IA Code § 904A.4A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.4A - Chairperson of the board of parole — duties.

904A.4A Chairperson of the board of parole — duties.   The chairperson of the board of parole shall do all of the following:   1. Act as the board’s liaison with the governor regarding executive clemency, parole, and work release matters.   2. Direct, supervise, evaluate, and assign the day-to-day administration of the board of parole.   3. Supervise and monitor parole revocations and appeals.   4. Supervise final work release revocation case reviews.   5. Supervise the development of rules, policies, and procedures, subject to the approval of the board, in cooperation with the department of corrections, pertaining to the supervision of executive clemency, parole, and work release.   6. Supervise the development of long-range parole and work release planning.   7. Act as the representative of the board relative to the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of legislation that is being considered by the general assembly.   8. Develop a budget for the board subject to the approval of the board and prepare all reports required by law.   9. Hire and supervise all staff pursuant to the provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.  89 Acts, ch 282, §4; 2012 Acts, ch 1134, §18
IA Code § 904A.4B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.4B - Executive director of the board of parole — duties.

904A.4B Executive director of the board of parole — duties. Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1134, §19.
IA Code § 904A.4C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.4C - Vice chairperson of the board of parole.

904A.4C Vice chairperson of the board of parole.   The vice chairperson of the board of parole shall be appointed from the membership of the board of parole by the governor. The vice chairperson shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall have such responsibilities and duties as are determined by the chairperson. The vice chairperson shall act as the chairperson in the absence or disability of the chairperson or in the event of a vacancy in that office, until such time as a new chairperson is appointed by the governor.  2000 Acts, ch 1177, §2, 5
IA Code § 904A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.5 - Administration of board of parole.

904A.5 Administration of board of parole.   The chairperson of the board of parole is responsible directly to the governor. The board of parole is attached to the department of corrections for routine administrative and support services only.  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1515; 89 Acts, ch 282, §6
IA Code § 904A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 904A - BOARD OF PAROLE|Section 904A.6 - Salaries and expenses.

904A.6 Salaries and expenses.   Each member, except the chairperson and the vice chairperson, of the board shall be paid per diem as determined by the general assembly. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the board shall be paid a salary as determined by the general assembly. Each member of the board and all employees are entitled to receive, in addition to their per diem or salary, their necessary maintenance and travel expenses while engaged in official business.  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1516; 89 Acts, ch 282, §7; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §3, 5  See also §7E.6
IA Code § 905.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.1 - Definitions.

905.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Administrative agent” means the county selected by the district board to perform accounting, budgeting, personnel, facilities management, insurance, payroll and other supportive services on the behalf of the district board, or the district department itself, if so designated by the district board.   2. “Community-based correctional program” means correctional programs and services, including but not limited to an intermediate criminal sanctions program in accordance with the corrections continuum in section 901B.1, designed to supervise and assist individuals who are charged with or have been convicted of a felony, an aggravated misdemeanor or a serious misdemeanor, or who are on probation or parole in lieu of or as a result of a sentence of incarceration imposed upon conviction of any of these offenses, or who are contracted to the district department for supervision and housing while on work release. A community-based correctional program shall be designed by a district department in a manner that provides services in a manner free of disparities based upon an individual’s race or ethnic origin.   3. “Director” means the director of a judicial district department of correctional services.   4. “District board” means the board of directors of a judicial district department of correctional services.   5. “District department” means a judicial district department of correctional services, established as required by section 905.2.   6. “Project” means a locally functioning part of a community-based correctional program, officed and operating in a physical location separate from the offices of the district department.   7. “Project advisory committee” means a committee of no more than seven persons which shall act in an advisory capacity to the director on matters pertaining to the planning, operation, and other pertinent functions of each project in the judicial district. The members of the project advisory committee for each project shall be initially appointed by the director from among the general public. Not more than one half of the project advisory committee shall hold public office or public employment during membership on the committee. A person who holds public office as a county supervisor and serves on the board of directors under section 905.3 shall not be a member of a project advisory committee under this section. The terms of the initial members of the project advisory committee shall be staggered to permit the terms of just over half of the members to expire in two years and those of the remaining members to expire in one year. Subsequent appointments to the project advisory committee shall be by vote of a majority of the whole project advisory committee for two-year terms.  [C75, 77, §217.24, 217.25; C79, 81, §905.1; 81 Acts, ch 207, §1]  83 Acts, ch 89, §1; 83 Acts, ch 96, §134, 159; 91 Acts, ch 99, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1193, §16; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §213
IA Code § 905.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.2 - District departments established.

905.2 District departments established.   There is established in each judicial district in this state a public agency to be known as the “................................ judicial district department of correctional services.” Each district department shall furnish or contract for those services necessary to provide a community-based correctional program which meets the needs of that judicial district. The district department is under the direction of a board of directors, selected as provided in section 905.3, and shall be administered by a director employed by the board. A district department is a state agency for purposes of chapter 669.  [C79, 81, §905.2]  86 Acts, ch 1172, §3  Referred to in §8D.2, 8D.13, 669.2, 708.2B, 905.1  Probation, see §907.1
IA Code § 905.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.5 - Functions of administrative agents.

905.5 Functions of administrative agents.   1. The county designated under section 905.4, subsection 3, as administrative agent for each district department, or the district department itself, if designated as administrative agent by the district board, shall submit that district department’s budget and supporting information to the Iowa department of corrections in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8. The state department shall incorporate the budgets of each of the district departments into its own budget request, to be processed as prescribed by the uniform budget, accounting and administrative procedures established by the department of management. Funds appropriated pursuant to the budget requests of the respective district departments shall be allocated on a quarterly basis, and the department of management shall authorize advancement of the funds so allocated to each district department’s administrative agent, or to the district department itself if the district department acts as administrative agent, at the beginning of each fiscal quarter.   2. For all administrative purposes, all employees of each district department shall be considered employees of the district department.   3. A county designated as the administrative agent shall perform only those administrative functions assigned to it by the district board and shall not perform any activity unless directed to do so by the district board.  [C79, 81, §905.5; 81 Acts, ch 207, §3]  83 Acts, ch 96, §136, 159
IA Code § 905.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.6 - Duties of director.

905.6 Duties of director.   The director employed by the district board under section 905.4, subsection 2, shall be qualified in the administration of correctional programs. The director shall:   1. Perform the duties and have the responsibilities delegated by the district board or specified by the Iowa department of corrections pursuant to this chapter.   2. Manage the district department’s community-based correctional program, in accordance with the policies of the district board and the Iowa department of corrections.   3. Employ, with approval of the district board, and supervise the employees of the district department, including reserve peace officers, if a force of reserve peace officers has been established.   4. Prepare all budgets and fiscal documents, and certify for payment all expenses and payrolls lawfully incurred by the district department. The director may invest funds which are not needed for current expenses, jointly with one or more cities, city utilities, counties, or rural water districts created under chapter 357A pursuant to a joint investment agreement. All investment of funds shall be subject to sections 12B.10 and 12B.10A and other applicable law.   5. Act as secretary to the district board, prepare its agenda and record its proceedings. The district shall provide a copy of minutes from each meeting of the district board to the legislative services agency.   6. Develop and submit to the district board a plan for the establishment, implementation, and operation of a community-based correctional program in that judicial district, which program conforms to the guidelines drawn up by the Iowa department of corrections under this chapter and which conform to rules, policies, and procedures pertaining to the supervision of parole and work release adopted by the director of the Iowa department of corrections concerning the community-based correctional program.   7. Negotiate and, upon approval by the district board, implement contracts or other arrangements for utilization of local treatment and service resources authorized by section 905.4, subsection 9.   8. Administer the batterers’ treatment program for domestic abuse offenders required in section 708.2B.   9. Notify the board of parole, thirty days prior to release, of the release from a residential facility operated by the district department of a person serving a sentence under section 902.12.  [C79, 81, §905.6; 81 Acts, ch 207, §4]  83 Acts, ch 96, §137, 159; 88 Acts, ch 1084, §3; 91 Acts, ch 218, §29; 91 Acts, ch 267, §421; 95 Acts, ch 77, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 104, §8; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 156, §14  Referred to in §905.4
IA Code § 905.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.7 - Assistance by state department.

905.7 Assistance by state department.   The Iowa department of corrections shall provide assistance and support to the respective judicial districts to aid them in complying with this chapter, and shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing guidelines in accordance with and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements that each district department:   1. Provide pretrial release, presentence investigations, probation services, parole services, work release services, programs for offenders convicted under chapter 321J, and residential treatment centers throughout the district, as necessary.   2. Locate community-based correctional program services in or near municipalities providing a substantial number of treatment and service resources.   3. Follow practices and procedures which maximize the availability of federal funding for the district department’s community-based correctional program and assist the department of transportation which is authorized to follow practices and procedures designed to maximize the availability of federal funding for the enforcement and implementation of drunk driver prevention and other highway safety programs.   4. Provide for gathering and evaluating performance data relative to the district department’s community-based correctional program and make other detailed reports to the Iowa department of corrections as requested by the board of corrections or the director of the department of corrections.   5. Maintain personnel and fiscal records on a uniform basis.   6. Provide a program to assist the court in placing defendants who as a condition of probation are sentenced to perform unpaid community service.   7. Provide for community participation in the planning and programming of the district department’s community-based correctional program.   8. Provide for standards by rule for mental fitness which shall govern the initial recruitment, selection, and appointment of parole and probation officers.  [C75, 77, §217.26, 217.28, 217.29; C79, 81, §905.7; 82 Acts, ch 1069, §2]  83 Acts, ch 89, §3; 83 Acts, ch 96, §138, 139, 159; 85 Acts, ch 21, §51; 87 Acts, ch 118, §6; 93 Acts, ch 171, §21; 99 Acts, ch 182, §7  Referred to in §905.8, 905.9
IA Code § 905.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.8 - State funds allocated — long-range planning — reports to legislative services agency.

905.8 State funds allocated — long-range planning — reports to legislative services agency.   1. The Iowa department of corrections shall provide for the allocation among judicial districts in the state of state funds appropriated for the establishment, operation, support, and evaluation of community-based correctional programs and services. However, state funds shall not be allocated under this section to a judicial district unless the Iowa department of corrections has reviewed and approved that district department’s community-based correctional program for compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the guidelines adopted under section 905.7.   2. The deputy director of the department of corrections responsible for community-based correctional programs shall reallocate funds allocated by the department among the judicial districts as necessary to assure an equitable allocation of district departmental staff throughout the state and to comply with section 905.10.   3. The deputy director of the department of corrections responsible for community-based correctional programs shall comply with section 904.108, subsection 1, paragraph “i”.   4. The department of corrections shall not revise the allocations to the district departments of correctional services from the amounts allocated to the district departments, unless notice of the revisions is given prior to their effective date to the legislative services agency. The notice shall include information on the department’s rationale for making the changes and details concerning the workload and performance measures upon which the revisions are based.   5. The department of corrections shall report to the legislative services agency on a quarterly basis the current expenditures of the department’s various allocations to the district departments of correctional services with a comparison of actual to budgeted expenditures.   6. The department of corrections shall use the department of management’s budget system in developing the budget information for the eight district departments of correctional services, and each of the district departments shall be treated as a separate budget unit with each program modality classified as a separate organization code.   7. The department of corrections shall furnish performance measure data designed to enable comparison of this data with historical expenditure information, and shall assist the legislative services agency in developing information to be used in legislative oversight of all district department programs operated by the department.  [C75, 77, §217.27; C79, 81, §905.8]  83 Acts, ch 96, §140, 159; 88 Acts, ch 1160, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1247, §20; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §905.9
IA Code § 905.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.9 - Report of review — sanction.

905.9 Report of review — sanction.   Upon completion of a review of a district community-based correctional program, made under section 905.8, the Iowa department of corrections shall submit its findings to the district board in writing. If the Iowa department of corrections concludes that the district department’s community-based correctional program fails to meet any of the requirements of this chapter and of the guidelines adopted under section 905.7, it shall also request in writing a response to this finding from the district board. If a response is not received within sixty days after the date of that request, or if the response is unsatisfactory, the Iowa department of corrections may call a public hearing on the matter. If after the hearing, the Iowa department of corrections is not satisfied that the district’s community-based correctional program will expeditiously be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter and of the guidelines adopted under section 905.7, it may assume responsibility for administration of the district’s community-based correctional program on an interim basis.  [C79, 81, §905.9]  83 Acts, ch 96, §141, 159
IA Code § 905.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.10 - Postinstitutional programs and services.

905.10 Postinstitutional programs and services.   Persons participating in postinstitutional services, except those persons paroled and those persons contracted to the district department, remain under the jurisdiction of the Iowa department of corrections. The district department of correctional services shall maintain adequate personnel to provide postinstitutional residential services, programs for offenders convicted under chapter 321J, parole services, and supervision of persons transferred into the state under the interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers.  [C79, 81, §905.10]  83 Acts, ch 96, §142, 159; 87 Acts, ch 118, §7  Referred to in §905.8
IA Code § 905.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE|Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM|Section 905.11 - Residential facility residency requirement — certain felons.

905.11 Residential facility residency requirement — certain felons.   A person who is serving a sentence under section 902.12, the maximum term of which exceeds ten years, and who is released on parole or work release shall reside in a residential facility operated by the district department until such time as the district department recommends to the board of parole that the person may be supervised in the community rather than in a residential facility and the board of parole approves the recommendation.  2003 Acts, ch 156, §15; 2016 Acts, ch 1051, §2