Text: HF02242 Text: HF02244 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 123.47, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. A person who is under legal age, other than a licensee 1 4 or permittee, who violates this section regarding the purchase 1 5 of or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, or 1 6 possessing or having control of alcoholic liquor, wine, or 1 7 beer, commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine ofone1 8 five hundred dollars for the first offense. A second or 1 9 subsequent offense shall be a simple misdemeanor punishable by 1 10 a fine oftwofive hundred dollars and the suspension of the 1 11 person's motor vehicle operating privileges for a period not 1 12 to exceed one year. The court may, in its discretion, order 1 13 the person who is under legal age to perform community service 1 14 work under section 909.3A, of an equivalent value to the fine 1 15 imposed under this section. However, if the person who 1 16 commits the violation of this section is under the age of 1 17 eighteen, the matter shall be disposed of in the manner 1 18 provided in chapter 232. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill relates to the criminal penalties for a person 1 21 under legal age who purchases, attempts to purchase, or 1 22 possesses an alcoholic beverage. 1 23 The bill provides that a person under legal age who 1 24 purchases, attempts to purchase, or possesses an alcoholic 1 25 beverage is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a 1 26 fine of $500 for a first or subsequent offense. Under 1 27 existing law, a person under legal age is guilty of a simple 1 28 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $100 for a first offense, 1 29 and a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $200 for a 1 30 second or subsequent offense. A driver's license of a person 1 31 under legal age is also suspended for a second or subsequent 1 32 offense under existing law. 1 33 LSB 6092YH 78 1 34 jm/cf/24
Text: HF02242 Text: HF02244 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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