SF 2343 (LSB 5045SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 2343

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2036)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to certain trespassing violations and associated scheduled fines.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 805.8C, subsection 12, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   12.  Trespassing violations.  For trespasses punishable under section 716.8, subsection 1 or 5, the scheduled fine is two hundred sixty five hundred dollars for a first violation, six hundred forty-five one thousand dollars for a second violation, and one thousand two hundred eighty-five five hundred dollars for a third or subsequent violation.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to certain trespassing violations and associated scheduled fines.
   The bill increases fines for a person knowingly trespassing upon the property of another, or who commits a trespass while hunting deer. The bill provides that the scheduled fine is $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $1,500 for a third or subsequent violation.