Text: HSB00505 Text: HSB00507 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 802.3, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. a. An indictment or information for sexual 1 4 exploitation by a counselor or therapist under section 709.15 1 5 shall be found within five years of the date the victim was 1 6 last treated by the counselor or therapist. 1 7 b. An indictment or information for theft of firearms 1 8 constituting a felony or aggravated or serious misdemeanor 1 9 shall be found within five years after the commission of the 1 10 theft. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 802.4, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 12 follows: 1 13 802.4 SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR ORDINANCE. 1 14 1. A prosecution for a simple misdemeanor or violation of 1 15 a municipal or county rule or ordinance shall be commenced 1 16 within one year after its commission, except as specified in 1 17 subsection 2. 1 18 2. A prosecution for a theft of firearms constituting a 1 19 simple misdemeanor shall be commenced within five years after 1 20 its commission. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill changes the statute of limitations for theft of 1 23 firearms constituting a felony or aggravated or serious 1 24 misdemeanor from three to five years, and from one to five 1 25 years for a simple misdemeanor. 1 26 Under Code section 714.2, the theft of firearms exceeding 1 27 $100 in value would constitute a felony or aggravated or 1 28 serious misdemeanor, depending upon the value of the firearms 1 29 in question. The theft of firearms not exceeding $100 in 1 30 value would constitute a simple misdemeanor. 1 31 LSB 5031YC 78 1 32 jj/gg/8
Text: HSB00505 Text: HSB00507 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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