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Senate File 439

Partial Bill History

• Bill Introduced: S.J. 734
• Committee Report Issued: S.J. 742 H.J. 1369
• Passed House: H.J. 1564
• Passed Senate: S.J. 847 S.J. 1253
• Signed by Governor: S.J. 1454
• Complete Bill History

Bill Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Section 1.  Section 718.6, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    718.6  FALSE REPORTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES OR
  1  4 COMMUNICATIONS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES.
  1  5    1.  A person who reports or causes to be reported false
  1  6 information to a fire department, or a law enforcement
  1  7 authority, or other public safety entity, knowing that the
  1  8 information is false, or who reports the alleged occurrence of
  1  9 a criminal act knowing the same act did not occur, commits a
  1 10 simple misdemeanor, unless the alleged criminal act reported
  1 11 is a serious or aggravated misdemeanor or felony, in which
  1 12 case the person commits a serious misdemeanor.
  1 13    2.  A person who telephones an emergency 911 communications
  1 14 center knowing that the person is not reporting an emergency
  1 15 or otherwise needing emergency information or assistance
  1 16 commits a simple misdemeanor.
  1 17    3.  A person who knowingly provides false information to a
  1 18 law enforcement officer who enters the information on a
  1 19 citation commits a simple misdemeanor, unless the criminal act
  1 20 for which the citation is issued is a serious or aggravated
  1 21 misdemeanor or felony, in which case the person commits a
  1 22 serious misdemeanor.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act shall not take effect
  1 24 unless an appropriation is enacted or the state's share of the
  1 25 cost is specified in accordance with section 25B.2, subsection
  1 26 3.  
  1 27 SF 439
  1 28 mk/cc/26
     

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