Senate File 48

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                                       BY  LAMBERTI


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the criminal offense of indecent exposure, and
  2    providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1637SS 80
  5 jm/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 709.9, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    709.9  INDECENT EXPOSURE.
  1  4    1.  A person who exposes the person's genitals or pubes to
  1  5 another not the person's spouse, or who commits a sex act in
  1  6 the presence of or view of a third person, commits a serious
  1  7 misdemeanor indecent exposure, if the following apply:
  1  8    1.  a.  The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual
  1  9 desires of either party; and.
  1 10    2.  b.  The person knows or reasonably should know that the
  1 11 act is offensive to the viewer.
  1 12    2.  A person who commits indecent exposure commits a class
  1 13 "D" felony if the other person or viewer is a minor.  Any
  1 14 indecent exposure which is not a class "D" felony is a serious
  1 15 misdemeanor.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill relates to the criminal offense of indecent
  1 18 exposure.  The bill increases the penalty for indecent
  1 19 exposure from a serious misdemeanor to a class "D" felony if
  1 20 the victim of the offense is a minor.
  1 21    A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
  1 22 more than one year and a fine of at least $250 but not more
  1 23 than $1,500.  A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement
  1 24 for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but
  1 25 not more than $7,500.
  1 26 LSB 1637SS 80
  1 27 jm/pj/5.1
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