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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 386 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR AN ASSAULT ON A JAILER 1 5 OR CORRECTIONAL STAFF. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 708.3A, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 10 as follows: 1 11 708.3A ASSAULTS ON PEACE OFFICERS, JAILERS, CORRECTIONAL 1 12 STAFF, FIRE FIGHTERS, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 1 13 1. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 1 14 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 1 15 health care provider, or fire fighter, whether paid or 1 16 volunteer, with the knowledge that the person against whom the 1 17 assault is committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional 1 18 staff, health care provider, or fire fighter and with the 1 19 intent to inflict a serious injury upon the peace officer, 1 20 jailer, correctional staff, health care provider, or fire 1 21 fighter, is guilty of a class "D" felony. 1 22 2. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 1 23 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 1 24 health care provider, or fire fighter, whether paid or 1 25 volunteer, who knows that the person against whom the assault 1 26 is committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 1 27 health care provider, or fire fighter and who uses or displays 1 28 a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault, is guilty 1 29 of a class "D" felony. 1 30 3. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 1 31 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 1 32 health care provider, or fire fighter, whether paid or 1 33 volunteer, who knows that the person against whom the assault 1 34 is committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 1 35 health care provider, or fire fighter, and who causes bodily 2 1 injury or mental illness, is guilty of an aggravated 2 2 misdemeanor. 2 3 4. Any other assault, as defined in section 708.1, 2 4 committed against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, 2 5 health care provider, or fire fighter, whether paid or 2 6 volunteer, by a person who knows that the person against whom 2 7 the assault is committed is a peace officer, jailer, 2 8 correctional staff, health care provider, or fire fighter, is 2 9 a serious misdemeanor. 2 10 5. As used in this section, "health care provider" means 2 11 an emergency medical care provider as defined in chapter 147A 2 12 or a person licensed or registered under chapter 148, 148C, 2 13 148D, 150, 150A, or 152 who is providing or who is attempting 2 14 to provide emergency medical services, as defined in section 2 15 147A.1, or who is providing or who is attempting to provide 2 16 health services as defined in section 135.61 in a hospital. A 2 17 person who commits an assault under this section against a 2 18 health care provider in a hospital, or at the scene or during 2 19 out-of-hospital patient transportation in an ambulance, is 2 20 presumed to know that the person against whom the assault is 2 21 committed is a health care provider. 2 22 6. As used in this section, "correctional staff" means a 2 23 person who is not a peace officer but who is employed by the 2 24 department of corrections or a judicial district department of 2 25 correctional services to work at or in a correctional 2 26 institution, community-based correctional facility, or an 2 27 institution under the management of the Iowa department of 2 28 corrections which is used for the purposes of confinement of 2 29 persons who have committed public offenses. 2 30 7. As used in this section, "jailer" means a person who is 2 31 employed by a county or other political subdivision of the 2 32 state to work at a county jail or other facility used for 2 33 purposes of the confinement of persons who have committed 2 34 public offenses, but who is not a peace officer. 2 35 3 1 3 2 3 3 RON J. CORBETT 3 4 Speaker of the House 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 MARY E. KRAMER 3 9 President of the Senate 3 10 3 11 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 12 is known as House File 386, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 3 17 Chief Clerk of the House 3 18 Approved , 1999 3 19 3 20 3 21 3 22 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 23 Governor
Text: HF00385 Text: HF00387 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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