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1 1 HOUSE FILE 250
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR AN ASSAULT ON MEMBERS OF
1 5 CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. Section 708.3A, subsections 1 through 4, Code
1 10 2003, are amended to read as follows:
1 11 1. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section
1 12 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
1 13 member or employee of the board of parole, health care
1 14 provider, employee of the department of human services, or
1 15 fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, with the knowledge
1 16 that the person against whom the assault is committed is a
1 17 peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, member or employee
1 18 of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the
1 19 department of human services, or fire fighter and with the
1 20 intent to inflict a serious injury upon the peace officer,
1 21 jailer, correctional staff, member or employee of the board of
1 22 parole, health care provider, employee of the department of
1 23 human services, or fire fighter, is guilty of a class "D"
1 24 felony.
1 25 2. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section
1 26 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
1 27 member or employee of the board of parole, health care
1 28 provider, employee of the department of human services, or
1 29 fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, who knows that the
1 30 person against whom the assault is committed is a peace
1 31 officer, jailer, correctional staff, member or employee of the
1 32 board of parole, health care provider, employee of the
1 33 department of human services, or fire fighter and who uses or
1 34 displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault, is
1 35 guilty of a class "D" felony.
2 1 3. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section
2 2 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
2 3 member or employee of the board of parole, health care
2 4 provider, employee of the department of human services, or
2 5 fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, who knows that the
2 6 person against whom the assault is committed is a peace
2 7 officer, jailer, correctional staff, member or employee of the
2 8 board of parole, health care provider, employee of the
2 9 department of human services, or fire fighter, and who causes
2 10 bodily injury or mental illness, is guilty of an aggravated
2 11 misdemeanor.
2 12 4. Any other assault, as defined in section 708.1,
2 13 committed against a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff,
2 14 member or employee of the board of parole, health care
2 15 provider, employee of the department of human services, or
2 16 fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, by a person who knows
2 17 that the person against whom the assault is committed is a
2 18 peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, member or employee
2 19 of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the
2 20 department of human services, or fire fighter, is a serious
2 21 misdemeanor.
2 22 Sec. 2. Section 708.3A, Code 2003, is amended by adding
2 23 the following new subsection:
2 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. As used in this section, "employee of
2 25 the department of human services" means a person who is an
2 26 employee of an institution controlled by the director of human
2 27 services that is listed in section 218.1, or who is an
2 28 employee of the civil commitment unit for sex offenders
2 29 operated by the department of human services. A person who
2 30 commits an assault under this section against an employee of
2 31 the department of human services at a department of human
2 32 services' institution or unit is presumed to know that the
2 33 person against whom the assault is committed is an employee of
2 34 the department of human services.
2 35
3 1
3 2
3 3 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
3 4 Speaker of the House
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
3 9 President of the Senate
3 10
3 11 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
3 12 is known as House File 250, Eightieth General Assembly.
3 13
3 14
3 15
3 16 MARGARET THOMSON
3 17 Chief Clerk of the House
3 18 Approved , 2004
3 19
3 20
3 21
3 22 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 23 Governor
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