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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 708.12 THROWING OR EXPELLING
1 2 BODILY FLUIDS OR MATERIAL ON JAIL OR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
1 3 EMPLOYEES – PENALTY.
1 4 An inmate of a jail or correctional facility commits a
1 5 serious misdemeanor if all of the following occur:
1 6 1. The inmate tosses, throws, or expels blood, seminal
1 7 fluid, urine, or feces.
1 8 2. The act is committed with the intent to harm, harass,
1 9 annoy, threaten, or alarm a person whom the inmate knows or
1 10 reasonably should have known is an employee of the jail or
1 11 correctional facility.
1 12 3. The employee comes into contact with the blood, seminal
1 13 fluid, urine, or feces.
1 14 EXPLANATION
1 15 This bill establishes a new serious misdemeanor for the
1 16 intentional tossing, throwing, or expelling of blood, seminal
1 17 fluid, urine, or feces by inmates on employees of a jail or
1 18 correctional facility. In order for the offense to be
1 19 established, the inmate must have tossed, thrown, or expelled
1 20 blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces; the act must have been
1 21 committed with the intent to harm, harass, annoy, threaten, or
1 22 alarm a jail or correctional facility employee; and the
1 23 employee must have come into contact with the blood, seminal
1 24 fluid, urine, or feces. Serious misdemeanors are punishable
1 25 by imprisonment of not more than one year and a fine of at
1 26 least $250 but not more than $1,500.
1 27 LSB 2018HH 77
1 28 lh/sc/14
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