SF 2214 (LSB 5817SS (2) 84)

SENATE FILE 2214

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the knowing misrepresentation or knowing omission of a person’s financial information on the person’s application for free legal assistance from a nonprofit legal aid organization and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 714.8, Code Supplement 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  Knowingly misrepresents or knowingly omits the person’s financial information on an application for free legal assistance from a nonprofit legal aid organization in this state. 
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that a person who knowingly misrepresents or knowingly omits the person’s financial information on an application for free legal assistance from a nonprofit legal aid organization in this state is guilty of a fraudulent practice. A person guilty of a fraudulent practice may be charged with a simple misdemeanor, a serious misdemeanor, an aggravated misdemeanor, a class “D” felony, or a class “C” felony depending upon the value of the money or property involved at the time the fraudulent practice is committed.