229A.5C - CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED WHILE DETAINED OR SUBJECT TO AN ORDER OF COMMITMENT.

        229A.5C  CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED WHILE DETAINED OR
      SUBJECT TO AN ORDER OF COMMITMENT.
         1.  If a person who is detained pursuant to section 229A.5 or who
      is subject to an order of civil commitment under this chapter commits
      a public offense, the civil commitment proceedings or treatment
      process shall be suspended until the criminal proceedings, including
      any term of confinement, are completed.  The person shall also not be
      eligible for bail pursuant to section 811.1.
         2.  Upon the filing of a complaint, indictment, or information,
      the person shall be transferred to the county jail in the county
      where the public offense occurred until the criminal proceedings have
      been completed.  If the person is sentenced to a term of confinement
      in a county jail, the person shall serve the sentence at the county
      jail.  If the person is sentenced to the custody of the director of
      the department of corrections, the person shall serve the sentence at
      a correctional institution.
         3.  A person who is subject to an order of civil commitment under
      this chapter shall not be released from jail or paroled or released
      to a facility or program located outside the county jail or
      correctional institution other than to a secure facility operated by
      the department of human services.
         4.  A person who committed a public offense while in a
      transitional release program or on release with or without
      supervision may be returned to a secure facility operated by the
      department of human services upon completion of any term of
      confinement that resulted from the commission of the public offense.

         5.  If the civil commitment proceedings for a person are suspended
      due to the commission of a public offense by the person, the
      ninety-day trial demand lapses.  Upon completion of any term of
      confinement that resulted from the commission of the public offense,
      a new ninety-day trial demand automatically begins.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2002 Acts, ch 1139, §5, 27