Senate File 333 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HAHN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act enhancing the criminal penalty for committing an assault
  2    to further the commission of a theft from a retailer.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1988SS 83
  5 jm/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  708.2D  SHOPLIFTING == ASSAULT.
  1  2    1.  As used in this section:
  1  3    a.  "Employee of a retailer" means an employee, contract
  1  4 employee, or agent of a retailer.
  1  5    b.  "Retailer" means a person or business entity engaged in
  1  6 this state in the business of selling products on a retail
  1  7 basis.
  1  8    2.  A person who commits a theft from a retailer and
  1  9 commits an assault against an employee of a retailer to
  1 10 further the commission of the theft, commits an assault that
  1 11 shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree
  1 12 higher than the underlying assault offense under section
  1 13 708.2.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill enhances the criminal penalty for committing an
  1 16 assault to further the commission of a theft from a retailer.
  1 17    The bill provides that a person who commits a theft from a
  1 18 retailer and commits an assault against an employee of a
  1 19 retailer to further the commission of the theft, commits an
  1 20 assault that shall be punished one degree higher than the
  1 21 assault penalty under Code section 708.2.
  1 22    The bill defines a "retailer" to mean a person or business
  1 23 entity engaged in this state in the business of selling
  1 24 products on a retail basis, and an "employee of a retailer"
  1 25 means an employee, contract employee, or agent of the
  1 26 retailer.
  1 27 LSB 1988SS 83
  1 28 jm/rj/5.1