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HOUSE BILL NO. 641 – Drug crimes, near day care, penalty

HOUSE BILL NO. 641

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H0641................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
DRUG CRIMES - Amends existing law to provide for sentencing in cases
involving certain drug crimes where the violation occurred within one
thousand feet of a head start, preschool, day care center, family day care
home or group day care facility or sponsored activity; and to prohibit the
expungement of convictions for certain drug crimes from juvenile records
where the crimes occurred within one thousand feet of a head start,
preschool, day care center, family day care home or group day care facility
or sponsored activity.
                                                                        
02/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/20    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 56-13-1
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bell, Black,
      Block, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Jaquet, Jones,
      Kellogg, Lake, Langford, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
      Mitchell, Naccarato, Nielsen, Ridinger, Ring, Roberts, Robison,
      Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
      Stevenson, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Boe, Henbest, Kulczyk, Langhorst, Moyle, Pasley-Stuart,
      Raybould, Ringo, Sayler, Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail
      Absent and excused -- Bedke
    Floor Sponsor - Harwood
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 641
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO DRUG CRIMES; AMENDING SECTION 37-2739B, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
  3        SENTENCING IN CASES INVOLVING CERTAIN  DRUG  CRIMES  WHERE  THE  VIOLATION
  4        OCCURRED  WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET OF A HEAD START, PRESCHOOL, DAY CARE
  5        CENTER, FAMILY DAY CARE HOME OR GROUP DAY CARE FACILITY OR  ANY  SPONSORED
  6        ACTIVITY  BY SAID FACILITIES; AND AMENDING SECTION 20-525A, IDAHO CODE, TO
  7        PROHIBIT THE EXPUNGEMENT OF CONVICTIONS FOR CERTAIN DRUG CRIMES FROM JUVE-
  8        NILE RECORDS WHERE THE CRIMES OCCURRED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A  HEAD
  9        START,  PRESCHOOL, DAY CARE CENTER, FAMILY DAY CARE HOME OR GROUP DAY CARE
 10        FACILITY OR ANY SPONSORED ACTIVITY BY SAID FACILITIES.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 1.  That Section 37-2739B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        37-2739B.  FIXED  MINIMUM  SENTENCES  IN  DRUG  CASES. (a) The legislature
 15    intends to allow fixed minimum sentences for certain aggravating factors found
 16    in cases brought under the uniform controlled substances act. The  legislature
 17    hereby  finds  and  declares  that trafficking in controlled substances in the
 18    state of Idaho is a primary contributor to a societal problem that causes loss
 19    of life, personal injury and theft of property, and exacts a  tremendous  toll
 20    on  the  citizens  of  this state. To afford better protection to our citizens
 21    from those who traffic in controlled substances, the fixed minimum  sentencing
 22    contained  in  subsections (b) and (c) of this section is enacted. By enacting
 23    fixed minimum sentences, the legislature does not  seek  to  limit  a  court's
 24    power to impose a greater sentence pursuant to section 19-2513, Idaho Code.
 25        (b)  Any person who is found guilty of violating the provisions of section
 26    37-2732(a)(1)(A), Idaho Code, or of any attempt or conspiracy to commit such a
 27    crime,  may be sentenced to a fixed minimum term of confinement to the custody
 28    of the state board of correction, which term shall be at least five (5)  years
 29    and may extend to life, for each of the following aggravating factors found by
 30    the trier of fact:
 31        (1)  That  the  defendant has previously been found guilty of or convicted
 32        of a violation of section 37-2732(a)(1)(A), Idaho Code, or of  an  attempt
 33        or  conspiracy  to commit such a crime, or an offense committed in another
 34        jurisdiction which, if committed in this jurisdiction, would be punishable
 35        as a violation of section 37-2732(a)(1)(A), Idaho Code, or as  an  attempt
 36        or conspiracy to commit such an offense.
 37        (2)  That the violation occurred on or within one thousand (1,000) feet of
 38        the  property  of  any public or private primary or secondary school, head
 39        start, preschool, day care center, family day care home or group day  care
 40        facility  as  defined in section 39-1102, Idaho Code, or in those portions
 41        of any building, park, stadium or other structure or grounds  which  were,
 42        at  the  time of the violation, being used for an activity sponsored by or
 43        through such a school, head start, preschool, day care center, family  day
                                                                        
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  1        care  home or group day care facility as defined in section 39-1102, Idaho
  2        Code.
  3        (3)  That the violation consisted of the delivery or attempted delivery of
  4        a controlled substance to a minor child under the  age  of  eighteen  (18)
  5        years.
  6        (c)  The fixed minimum terms provided in this section may be imposed where
  7    the  aggravating  factors are separately charged in the information or indict-
  8    ment and admitted by the accused or found to be true by the trier of  fact  at
  9    the  trial  of  the  substantive crime; provided, however, that the prosecutor
 10    shall give notice to the defendant of intent to seek a fixed penalty at  least
 11    fourteen (14) days prior to trial. During a fixed minimum term of confinement
 12    imposed  under  this section, the offender shall not be eligible for parole or
 13    discharge or credit or reduction of sentence for good conduct except for meri-
 14    torious service. Each fixed minimum term imposed shall be served consecutively
 15    to the others, and consecutively to any minimum term  of  confinement  imposed
 16    for the substantive offense.
 17        (d)  Any person who is found guilty of violating the provisions of section
 18    37-2732(a)(1)(A), Idaho Code, or of any attempt or conspiracy to commit such a
 19    crime, and who is sentenced to serve at least one (1) minimum term of confine-
 20    ment  under  this  section,  may be fined an amount up to twice that otherwise
 21    provided for the substantive offense.
                                                                        
 22        SECTION 2.  That Section 20-525A, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 23    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 24        20-525A.  EXPUNGEMENT  OF  RECORD -- HEARING -- FINDINGS NECESSARY -- SPE-
 25    CIAL INDEX -- EFFECT OF ORDER. (1) Any person who has been  adjudicated  in  a
 26    case  under this act may, after the expiration of five (5) years from the date
 27    of termination of the continuing jurisdiction of the court, or,  in  case  the
 28    juvenile was committed to the juvenile corrections center, five (5) years from
 29    the  date of his release from the juvenile corrections center, or after reach-
 30    ing age eighteen (18), whichever occurs  last,  petition  the  court  for  the
 31    expungement  of  his  record. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall
 32    set a date for a hearing and shall notify the prosecuting attorney of the pen-
 33    dency of the petition and of the date of the hearing. The prosecuting attorney
 34    and any other person who may have relevant information  about  the  petitioner
 35    may testify at the hearing.
 36        (2)  The  court  may  not  expunge  a  conviction for any of the following
 37    crimes from a juvenile's record:
 38        (a)  Administering poison with intent to kill (18-4014, Idaho Code);
 39        (b)  Aggravated battery (18-907, Idaho Code);
 40        (c)  Armed robbery (chapter 65, title 18, Idaho Code);
 41        (d)  Arson (chapter 8, title 18, Idaho Code);
 42        (e)  Assault with intent to commit a serious felony (18-909, Idaho Code);
 43        (f)  Assault with intent to murder (18-4015, Idaho Code);
 44        (g)  Assault or battery upon  certain  personnel,  felony  (18-915,  Idaho
 45        Code);
 46        (h)  Forcible  sexual  penetration  by  use  of a foreign object (18-6608,
 47        Idaho Code);
 48        (i)  Infamous  crime  against  nature,  committed  by  force  or  violence
 49        (18-6605, Idaho Code);
 50        (j)  Injury to child, felony (18-1501, Idaho Code);
 51        (k)  Kidnapping (18-4501, Idaho Code);
 52        (l)  Murder of any degree (18-4001 and 18-4003, Idaho Code);
 53        (m)  Rape, excluding statutory rape (18-6101 and 18-6108, Idaho Code);
                                                                        
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  1        (n)  Ritualized abuse of a child (18-1506A, Idaho Code);
  2        (o)  Sexual exploitation of a child (18-1507, Idaho Code);
  3        (p)  Unlawful use of destructive device or bomb (18-3320, Idaho Code);
  4        (q)  Voluntary manslaughter (18-4006 1., Idaho Code);
  5        (r)  A violation of the provisions of  section  37-2732(a)(1)(A),  (B)  or
  6        (C),  Idaho  Code,  when  the violation occurred on or within one thousand
  7        (1,000) feet of the property of any public or private primary or secondary
  8        school, head start, preschool, day care center, family day  care  home  or
  9        group  day  care facility as defined in section 39-1102, Idaho Code, or in
 10        those portions of any  building,  park,  stadium  or  other  structure  or
 11        grounds which were, at the time of the violation, being used for an activ-
 12        ity sponsored by or through such a school, head start, preschool, day care
 13        center, family day care home or group day care facility as defined in sec-
 14        tion 39-1102, Idaho Code;
 15        (s)  A  violation  of  the  provisions  of  section  37-2732B, Idaho Code,
 16        related to drug trafficking or manufacturing of illegal drugs.
 17        (3)  If the court finds after hearing that the  petitioner  has  not  been
 18    adjudicated  as  a juvenile for any of the crimes identified in subsection (2)
 19    of this section, and has not been convicted of a felony, or of  a  misdemeanor
 20    wherein  violence  toward  another person was attempted or committed since the
 21    termination of the court's jurisdiction or his release from the juvenile  cor-
 22    rections  center,  and that no proceeding involving such felony or misdemeanor
 23    is pending or being instituted against him, and if the court further finds  to
 24    its  satisfaction that the petitioner has been held accountable, is developing
 25    life skills necessary to become a contributing member  of  the  community  and
 26    that  the  expungement  of  the petitioner's record will not compromise public
 27    safety, it shall order all records in the petitioner's case in the custody  of
 28    the  court and all such records in the custody of any other agency or official
 29    sealed; and shall further order all references to  said  adjudication  removed
 30    from  all indices and from all other records available to the public. However,
 31    a special index of the expungement proceedings and records shall  be  kept  by
 32    the court ordering expungement, which index shall not be available to the pub-
 33    lic  and  shall  be revealed only upon order of a court of competent jurisdic-
 34    tion. Copies of the order shall be sent to each agency or  official  named  in
 35    the  order.  Upon  the  entry of the order the proceedings in the petitioner's
 36    case shall be deemed never to have occurred and the  petitioner  may  properly
 37    reply  accordingly  upon  any inquiry in the matter. Inspection of the records
 38    may thereafter be permitted only by the court upon petition by the person  who
 39    is the subject of the records or by any other court of competent jurisdiction,
 40    and only to persons named in the petition.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



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                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 13818C1

     The purpose of this legislation is to amend Section 37-2739B
and Section 20-525A, Idaho Code, FIXED MINIMUM SENTENCE IN DRUG
CASES occurring within 1000 feet of public or private primary or
secondary schools.  This bill will add Head Start, preschools,
daycare centers, family day care homes, or group day care
facilities as defined in Section 39-1102, Idaho Code.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

     The fiscal impact is difficult to determine with certainty
as it depends upon the increased number of offenders charged with
drug crimes occurring within the one-thousand feet of Head Start
schools, preschools, and daycare facilities. The impact to the
general fund will be equal to the cost of imprisoning the number
of offenders, if any, charged, convicted, and sentenced to
prison.


Contact
Name: Representative Dick Harwood 
Phone: 332-1000



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   H 641