Senate File 2203 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2203 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO CONTEST EVENTS WHERE AN ANIMAL IS INJURED, 1 5 TORMENTED, OR KILLED, BY PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR SPECTATORS. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 717D.1, subsection 8, Code 2007, is 1 10 amended to read as follows: 1 11 8. "Spectator" means a person who attends an establishment 1 12for purposes of witnessingknowingly to watch or observe a 1 13 contest event. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 717D.2, subsection 9, Code 2007, is 1 15 amended to read as follows: 1 16 9. Gambling at a contest event conducted in this state, 1 17 including but not limited to wagering on the outcome of a 1 18 contest involving animals. 1 19 10. Act as a spectator of a contest event conducted in 1 20 this state, regardless of whether the person paid admission to 1 21 witness the contest event. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 717D.4, Code 2007, is amended to read as 1 23 follows: 1 24 717D.4 PENALTIES. 1 25 1. Except as provided insubsection 2section 717D.2, 1 26 subsection 10, a person who violates a provision of this 1 27 chapteris guilty ofcommits a class "D" felony. 1 28 2. A person who violates section 717D.2, subsection 10, by 1 29 acting as a spectator of a contest event conducted in this 1 30 stateis guilty of ancommits the following: 1 31 a. An aggravated misdemeanor for the first offense. 1 32 b. A class "D" felony for a second or subsequent offense. 1 33 1 34 1 35 2 1 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 2 President of the Senate 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 PATRICK J. MURPHY 2 7 Speaker of the House 2 8 2 9 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 10 is known as Senate File 2203, Eighty=second General Assembly. 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 15 Secretary of the Senate 2 16 Approved , 2008 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 CHESTER J. CULVER 2 21 Governor