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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 708.3B INMATE ASSAULTS -- BODILY 1 2 FLUIDS OR SECRETIONS. 1 3 1. A person who, while confined in an institution or 1 4 facility under the control of the department of corrections, 1 5 commits any of the following acts is guilty of a class "D" 1 6 felony: 1 7 a. An assault, as defined under section 708.1, which 1 8 results in contact with bodily fluids or secretions. 1 9 b. An act which results in bodily fluids or secretions 1 10 being cast or expelled upon another person. 1 11 2. A violation of this section is a crime committed while 1 12 confined in a detention facility or penal institution for 1 13 purposes of section 901.8, and the sentence for violation of 1 14 this section shall begin at the expiration of any existing 1 15 sentence that the person is serving. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill provides that assaults by persons who are 1 18 confined in institutions or facilities under the control of 1 19 the department of corrections which result in contact with 1 20 bodily fluids or secretions or acts which result in bodily 1 21 fluids or secretions being cast or expelled upon another 1 22 person are class "D" felonies. Persons convicted of class "D" 1 23 felonies must be confined for no more than five years and may 1 24 be sentenced to a fine of at least $500, but not more than 1 25 $7,500. The sentence imposed for a violation of the new 1 26 provision must also run consecutively to any sentence that the 1 27 person is serving. 1 28 LSB 1299DP 77 1 29 lh/sc/14
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