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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 709.8, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Any person who violates a provision of this section shall, 1 4 upon conviction, be guilty of a class "D" felony for a first 1 5 offense and a class "C" felony for a second or subsequent 1 6 offense. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 709.9, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 8 follows: 1 9 709.9 INDECENT EXPOSURE. 1 10 A personwhocommits indecent exposure when the person 1 11 exposes the person's genitals or pubes to another not the 1 12 person's spouse, orwhowhen the person commits a sex act in 1 13 the presence of or view of a third person, commits a serious1 14misdemeanor, ifand both of the following conditions are met: 1 15 1. The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual 1 16 desires of either party; and. 1 17 2. The person knows or reasonably should know that the act 1 18 is offensive to the viewer. 1 19 Indecent exposure is a serious misdemeanor for a first 1 20 offense, an aggravated misdemeanor for a second offense, and a 1 21 class "D" felony for a third or subsequent offense. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 709.12, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, 1 23 is amended to read as follows: 1 24 A person eighteen years of age or older is upon conviction 1 25 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor for a first offense and a 1 26 class "D" felony for a second or subsequent offense if the 1 27 person commits any of the following acts with a child, not the 1 28 person's spouse, with or without the child's consent, for the 1 29 purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either 1 30 of them: 1 31 Sec. 4. Section 709.14, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1995, 1 32 is amended to read as follows: 1 33 Lascivious conduct with a minor is a serious misdemeanor 1 34 for a first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor for a second 1 35 offense, and a class "D" felony for a third or subsequent 2 1 offense. 2 2 EXPLANATION 2 3 This bill increases the penalties for certain sex offenses 2 4 against a person under the age of 18 years. The bill provides 2 5 as follows: 2 6 1. Lascivious acts with a child (section 709.8) remains a 2 7 class "D" felony only for the first offense. A second or 2 8 subsequent offense under that section is a class "C" felony. 2 9 2. Indecent exposure (section 709.9) remains a serious 2 10 misdemeanor for only the first offense. A second offense is 2 11 an aggravated misdemeanor and third and subsequent offenses 2 12 are class "D" felonies. 2 13 3. Indecent contact with a child (section 709.12) remains 2 14 an aggravated misdemeanor for only the first offense. A 2 15 second or subsequent offense under that section is a class "D" 2 16 felony. 2 17 4. Lascivious conduct with a minor (section 709.14) 2 18 remains a serious misdemeanor for only the first offense. The 2 19 second offense under that section is an aggravated misdemeanor 2 20 and third and subsequent offenses are class "D" felonies. 2 21 LSB 3716SV 76 2 22 mk/cf/24.1
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