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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 717B.9, subsections 1, 2, and 4, Code 1 2 1995, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. A person who knowingly, and willfully or maliciously 1 4 torments, strikes, administers a nonpoisonous desensitizing 1 5 substance to, or otherwise interferes with a police service 1 6 dog, without inflicting serious injury on the dog, commits a 1 7simpleserious misdemeanor. 1 8 2. A person who knowingly, and willfully or maliciously 1 9 does any of the following commits a class "D" felony: 1 10 a.tortures,Tortures a police service dog. 1 11 b.injuresInjures, so as to disfigure or disable, a 1 12 police service dog. 1 13 c. Sets a booby trap device for purposes of injuring, so 1 14 as to disfigure or disable, or killing a police service dog. 1 15 d. Pays or agrees to pay a bounty for purposes of injury, 1 16 so as to disfigure or disable, or killing a police service 1 17 dog. 1 18 e.kills, orKills a police service dog. 1 19 f.administersAdministers poison to a police service dog,1 20commits a serious misdemeanor. 1 21 4. This section does not apply to a peace officer or 1 22 veterinarian who terminates the life of such a dog for the 1 23 purpose of relieving the dog of undue pain or suffering, or to1 24a person who justifiably acts in defense of self or another. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill raises the penalties applicable to acts defined 1 27 as cruelty to police service dogs and removes language 1 28 relating to justifiable acts in defense of self or others. 1 29 The knowing and willful or malicious tormenting or striking of 1 30 a police service dog, as well as the administration of 1 31 nonpoisonous desensitizing substances to or other interference 1 32 with a police service dog, is elevated from a simple to a 1 33 serious misdemeanor. The knowing and willful or malicious 1 34 torture, disfiguring, disabling, killing, or poisoning of a 1 35 police service dog is elevated from a serious misdemeanor to a 2 1 class "D" felony. The penalty for a serious misdemeanor is a 2 2 fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500 or both fine 2 3 and imprisonment of up to one year in jail. The maximum 2 4 penalty for a class "D" felony is confinement of up to five 2 5 years in the penitentiary and a fine of not less than $500 and 2 6 not more than $7,500. 2 7 LSB 1443XC 76 2 8 lh/sc/14
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