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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 724.31 USE OF WEAPONS OF MASS
1 2 DESTRUCTION.
1 3 1. A person who manufactures, places, disseminates, or
1 4 detonates a weapon of mass destruction with the intent to
1 5 cause death or serious injury to another person commits a
1 6 class "B" felony. However, notwithstanding section 902.9,
1 7 subsection 2, the maximum sentence for a person convicted
1 8 under this section shall be a period of confinement of not
1 9 more than fifty years.
1 10 2. A person who manufactures, places, disseminates, or
1 11 detonates a weapon of mass destruction with the intent to
1 12 damage, destroy, sicken, or kill livestock or crops commits a
1 13 class "C" felony.
1 14 3. As used in this section, a "weapon of mass destruction"
1 15 means an instrument, device, or substance designed to cause
1 16 death or serious injury to a person, or an instrument, device,
1 17 or substance designed to sicken or destroy livestock or crops,
1 18 and that is capable of inflicting death or serious injury upon
1 19 a person, or sickening or destroying livestock or crops.
1 20 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 729A.2A FORCIBLE FELONY – HATE
1 21 CRIME.
1 22 A person who commits a hate crime as defined in section
1 23 729A.2 when committing a forcible felony as defined in section
1 24 702.11 is guilty of a class "B" felony. If a person is
1 25 sentenced for a hate crime under section 729A.2 and for a
1 26 forcible felony, the sentencing judge shall order the sentence
1 27 pursuant to this section to begin at the expiration of the
1 28 sentence for the hate crime and the forcible felony. Except
1 29 as otherwise provided in section 903A.7, if consecutive
1 30 sentences are specified in the order of commitment, the
1 31 several terms shall be construed as one continuous term of
1 32 imprisonment.
1 33 Sec. 3. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – TERRORISM
1 34 REVIEW. The state department of transportation shall review
1 35 existing policies and procedures to determine if more
2 1 stringent security measures are necessary to prevent the
2 2 spread of terrorism through the use of aircraft and aircraft
2 3 transportation infrastructures. The review shall include but
2 4 is not limited to an assessment of private aviation services,
2 5 pilot training within the state including training to fly crop
2 6 dusters, and background checks on pilots. The department
2 7 shall consult with other states and the proper federal
2 8 agencies when conducting the review. The department shall
2 9 issue findings based upon the review and file the findings
2 10 with the general assembly by November 30, 2002.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill requires the state department of transportation
2 13 to review safety measures at airports, establishes new crimes,
2 14 and provides penalties.
2 15 The bill creates the crime of use of weapons of mass
2 16 destruction. The bill provides that a person who
2 17 manufactures, places, disseminates, or detonates a weapon of
2 18 mass destruction with the intent to cause death or serious
2 19 injury to another person commits a class "B" felony,
2 20 punishable by confinement of not more than 50 years. The bill
2 21 provides that a person who manufactures, places, disseminates,
2 22 or detonates a weapon of mass destruction with the intent to
2 23 damage, destroy, sicken, or kill livestock or crops commits a
2 24 class "C" felony. The bill defines a "weapon of mass
2 25 destruction" as an instrument or substance designed to cause
2 26 death or serious injury to a person, or an instrument or
2 27 substance designed to sicken or destroy livestock or crops and
2 28 capable of such death, injury, sickening, or destruction.
2 29 The bill also provides that a person who commits a hate
2 30 crime as defined in Code section 729A.2 when committing a
2 31 forcible felony is also guilty of a separate class "B" felony.
2 32 The bill provides that if a person is sentenced for a hate
2 33 crime under Code section 729A.2 and for a forcible felony, the
2 34 person shall serve the additional sentence for committing a
2 35 hate crime when committing a forcible felony consecutively
3 1 with any other sentence.
3 2 The bill requires the state department of transportation to
3 3 review existing policies and procedures to determine if more
3 4 stringent security measures are necessary to prevent the
3 5 spread of terrorism through the use of aircraft and aircraft
3 6 transportation infrastructures.
3 7 LSB 5373HH 79
3 8 jm/cf/24
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