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House File 458

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  1  1                                          HOUSE FILE 458
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR FILING A
  1  5    CRIMINAL CHARGE OF INCEST OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY A
  1  6    COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  802.2A  INCEST – SEXUAL
  1 11 EXPLOITATION BY A COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST.
  1 12    1.  An information or indictment for incest under section
  1 13 726.2 committed on or with a person who is under the age of
  1 14 eighteen shall be found within ten years after the person upon
  1 15 whom the offense is committed attains eighteen years of age.
  1 16 An information or indictment for any other incest shall be
  1 17 found within ten years after its commission.
  1 18    2.  An indictment or information for sexual exploitation by
  1 19 a counselor or therapist under section 709.15 committed on or
  1 20 with a person who is under the age of eighteen shall be found
  1 21 within ten years after the person upon whom the offense is
  1 22 committed attains eighteen years of age.  An information or
  1 23 indictment for any other sexual exploitation shall be found
  1 24 within ten years of the date the victim was last treated by
  1 25 the counselor or therapist.
  1 26    Sec. 2.  Section 802.3, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 27 follows:
  1 28    802.3  FELONY – AGGRAVATED OR SERIOUS MISDEMEANOR.
  1 29    1.  In all cases, except those enumerated in subsection 2
  1 30 and in sections 802.1 and, 802.2, and 802.2A, an indictment or
  1 31 information for a felony or aggravated or serious misdemeanor
  1 32 shall be found within three years after its commission.
  1 33    2.  An indictment or information for sexual exploitation by
  1 34 a counselor or therapist under section 709.15 shall be found
  1 35 within ten years of the date the victim was last treated by
  2  1 the counselor or therapist.  
  2  2 
  2  3 
  2  4                                                             
  2  5                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  2  6                               Speaker of the House
  2  7 
  2  8 
  2  9                                                             
  2 10                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 11                               President of the Senate
  2 12 
  2 13    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2 14 is known as House File 458, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
  2 15 
  2 16 
  2 17                                                             
  2 18                               MARGARET THOMSON
  2 19                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 20 Approved                , 2001
  2 21 
  2 22 
  2 23                            
  2 24 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 25 Governor
     

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