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Iowa Code § 904.101 — Definitions
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Subchapter I: Administration Generally, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 904.101
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the board of corrections established in section 904.104.
2. “Community-based correctional program” means correctional programs and services, under the direction of a district director and the department, 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, under the direction and control of the department, in a manner that provides services in a manner free of disparities based upon an individual’s race or ethnic origin.
3. “Community-based corrections facility” means property or buildings owned or operated by the department for a community-based correctional program.
4. “Department” means the Iowa department of corrections established in section 904.102.
5. “Director” means the director of the department.
6. “District advisory board” means the advisory board of a district department.
7. “District department” means a judicial district department of correctional services established under section 904.104A.
8. “District director” means the director of a district department, appointed by the director under section 904.301A.
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