Iowa senators send toughest sex offender bill to Vilsack for approval
Spurred by the Cedar Rapids girl's abduction and death, Iowa lawmakers pass House File 619 with 48 to 0 Senate vote. The package imposes harsher penalties and supervision for sex offenders and includes over 4 million dollars for new treatment and monitoring.
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Sex offender law changes expand penalties and monitoring
House File 619 enacts life in prison for a second sexual abuse or lascivious acts with a child offense and raises lascivious acts with a child to a Class C felony. It requires DNA samples from registrants, extends registration for violators by 10 years, annual photos, and electronic tracking for parole or probation releases. It also removes earned time for offenders who miss sex offender treatment.
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Iowa lawmakers end session with bipartisan approvals
Lawmakers from both parties praised a difficult session that yielded compromises on methamphetamine and sex offender bills and a 10 year commitment to the Iowa Values Fund. Key gains included education funding rises, a wind energy tax credit, telecommunications deregulation and a substantial human services budget.
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Iowa Senate OKs boundaries bill to fix tax error
The Iowa Senate approved 47-0 a temporary measure to correct property tax assessments for land wrongly placed outside Cedar Rapids school district boundaries by the city assessor. The bill, passed 95-0 in the House, awaits Gov Tom Vilsack action and affects Cedar Rapids, College Community, and Linn-Mar districts in Linn County with a June 30, 2006 deadline.
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University presidents push for more higher ed funding
Two top higher education officials urged legislators to meet the regents budget requests as talks centered on a $22 million boost for next year. Regents leaders want $40 million to recover from four years of cuts while UNI president Koob welcomed any additional funds to expand scholarships and rebuild enrollment from 12800.
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