Text: HSB00529 Text: HSB00531 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 719.4, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1 2 Supplement 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. A person convicted of a felony, or charged with or 1 4 arrested for the commission of a felony, who intentionally 1 5 escapes, or attempts to escape, from a detention facility, 1 6 community-based correctional facility, or institution to which 1 7 the person has been committed by reason of the conviction, 1 8 charge, or arrest, or from the custody of any public officer, 1 9orpublic employee, or any other person to whom the person has 1 10 been entrusted, commits a class "D" felony. 1 11 2. A person convicted of, charged with, or arrested for a 1 12 misdemeanor, who intentionally escapes, or attempts to escape, 1 13 from a detention facility, community-based correctional 1 14 facility, or institution to which the person has been 1 15 committed by reason of the conviction, charge, or arrest, or 1 16 from the custody of any public officer,orpublic employee, or 1 17 any other person to whom the person has been entrusted, 1 18 commits a serious misdemeanor. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 719.4, Code Supplement 1999, is amended by 1 20 adding the following new subsection: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Except for subsection 4, an offense 1 22 committed under this section includes any offense committed 1 23 wholly outside the state. 1 24 Sec. 3. Section 803.1, subsection 1, Code 1999, is amended 1 25 by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph c: 1 26 NEW PARAGRAPH. cc. The offense is based upon a statute 1 27 that specifically prohibits conduct wholly outside of the 1 28 state. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill amends Code section 803.1 concerning the state's 1 31 criminal jurisdiction. The bill provides that a criminal 1 32 offense committed outside the state may be prosecuted in this 1 33 state if a statute specifically prohibits the conduct outside 1 34 the state. 1 35 Existing law generally permits the state to only prosecute 2 1 an offender who committed an offense that occurred at least 2 2 partly in this state. 2 3 The bill also amends Code section 719.4 regarding the 2 4 criminal offense of escape or absence from custody. The bill 2 5 provides that an escape or absence from custody that occurs 2 6 outside the state may be prosecuted in this state. 2 7 The bill further provides that an offender who escapes from 2 8 the custody of any person to whom the offender has been 2 9 entrusted, commits the offense of escape. Under existing law 2 10 a person commits escape if the person escapes from the custody 2 11 of a public officer or employee. 2 12 LSB 5042HC 78 2 13 jm/cls/14
Text: HSB00529 Text: HSB00531 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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