HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BAUDLER)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the criminal offense of intimidation with a dangerous weapon or motor vehicle, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 708.6, Code 2011, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   708.6  Intimidation with a dangerous weapon or motor vehicle.
   1.  A person commits intimidation with a dangerous weapon when the person shoots, throws, launches, or discharges a dangerous weapon at, into, or in a building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine, railroad car, or boat, occupied by another person, or within an assembly of people, and thereby places the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury or threatens to commit such an act under circumstances raising a reasonable expectation that the threat will be carried out.
   2.  A person commits intimidation with a motor vehicle when the person drives a motor vehicle at or into a building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine, railroad car, or boat, occupied by another person, or at or into an assembly of people, and thereby places the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury or threatens to commit such an act under circumstances raising a reasonable expectation that the threat will be carried out.
   3.
  a.  A person who commits intimidation with a dangerous weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony.
   b.  A person who commits intimidation with a motor vehicle is guilty of a class “D” felony.
   4.
  a.  A person who commits intimidation with a dangerous weapon with the intent to injure or provoke fear or anger in another is guilty of a class “C” felony.
   b.  A person who commits intimidation with a motor vehicle with the intent to injure or provoke fear or anger in another is guilty of a class “C” felony.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the criminal offense of intimidation with a dangerous weapon or motor vehicle.
   The bill reorganizes Code section 708.6 and creates the criminal offense of intimidation with a motor vehicle. The bill does not modify the existing criminal offense of intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
   Under the bill, a person commits intimidation with a motor vehicle if the person drives a motor vehicle at or into a building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine, railroad car, or boat, occupied by another person, or at or into an assembly of people, placing the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury or threatens to commit such an act under circumstances raising a reasonable expectation that the threat will be carried out.
   A person who commits intimidation with a motor vehicle is guilty of a class “D” felony. 
   A person who commits intimidation with a motor vehicle with the intent to injure or provoke fear or anger in another is guilty of a class “C” felony.
   A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than $10,000.