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1 1 Section 1. Section 708.7, subsections 2 through 4, Code
1 2 2001, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. A person commits harassment in the first degree when
1 4 the person commits harassment involving a threat to commit a
1 5 forcible felony, or commits harassment and has previously been
1 6 convicted of harassment three or more times under this section
1 7 or any similar statute during the preceding ten years.
1 8 Harassment in the first degree is an aggravated
1 9 misdemeanor, except that a person who commits harassment in
1 10 the first degree against a peace officer, jailer, correctional
1 11 staff, health care provider, or fire fighter as set forth in
1 12 section 708.3A, with the knowledge that the person against
1 13 whom the harassment is committed is a peace officer, jailer,
1 14 correctional staff, health care provider, or fire fighter, is
1 15 guilty of a class "D" felony.
1 16 3. A person commits harassment in the second degree when
1 17 the person commits harassment involving a threat to commit
1 18 bodily injury, or commits harassment and has previously been
1 19 convicted of harassment two times under this section or any
1 20 similar statute during the preceding ten years.
1 21 Harassment in the second degree is a serious misdemeanor,
1 22 except that a person who commits harassment in the second
1 23 degree against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
1 24 health care provider, or fire fighter as set forth in section
1 25 708.3A, with the knowledge that the person against whom the
1 26 harassment is committed is a peace officer, jailer,
1 27 correctional staff, health care provider, or fire fighter, is
1 28 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
1 29 4. Any other act of harassment is harassment in the third
1 30 degree. Harassment in the third degree is a simple
1 31 misdemeanor, except that a person who commits harassment in
1 32 the third degree against a peace officer, jailer, correctional
1 33 staff, health care provider, or fire fighter as set forth in
1 34 section 708.3A, with the knowledge that the person against
1 35 whom the harassment is committed is a peace officer, jailer,
2 1 correctional staff, health care provider, or fire fighter, is
2 2 guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
2 3 EXPLANATION
2 4 This bill amends Code section 708.7 relating to harassment
2 5 by providing that a person who commits harassment of a peace
2 6 officer, jailer, correctional staff, health care provider, or
2 7 fire fighter as described in Code section 708.3A, with the
2 8 knowledge that the person against whom the harassment is
2 9 committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
2 10 health care provider, or fire fighter, is subject to increased
2 11 penalties.
2 12 The bill provides that if a person harasses a peace
2 13 officer, jailer, correctional staff, health care provider, or
2 14 fire fighter with a threat to commit a forcible felony or has
2 15 previously been convicted of harassment three or more times in
2 16 the preceding 10 years, that person commits a class "D"
2 17 felony. The bill also provides that if a person harasses a
2 18 peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, health care
2 19 provider, or fire fighter with a threat to commit bodily harm
2 20 and has been convicted of harassment two times during the
2 21 preceding two years, that person commits an aggravated
2 22 misdemeanor. Any other act of harassment against the above-
2 23 named persons is a serious misdemeanor.
2 24 A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement for no more
2 25 than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than
2 26 $7,500. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by
2 27 confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least
2 28 $500 but not more than $5,000. A serious misdemeanor is
2 29 punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine
2 30 of at least $250 but not more than $1,500.
2 31 LSB 6385HH 79
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