House File 69 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 69 BY HEARTSILL (As Amended and Passed by the House March 7, 2017 ) A BILL FOR An Act modifying penalties for trespassing. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 HF 69 (6) 87 jh/sc/md
H.F. 69 Section 1. Section 716.8, subsections 1 and 5, Code 2017, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 1. Any person who knowingly trespasses upon the property of 3 another commits a simple misdemeanor , except that any person 4 who intentionally trespasses as defined in section 716.7, 5 subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (7), commits a 6 serious misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under 7 section 805.8C, subsection 11 . 8 5. A person who commits a trespass while hunting deer, 9 other than a farm deer as defined in section 170.1 or preserve 10 whitetail as defined in section 484C.1 , commits a simple 11 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 12 805.8C, subsection 11 . The person shall also be subject to 13 civil penalties as provided in sections 481A.130 and 481A.131 . 14 A deer taken by a person while committing such a trespass shall 15 be subject to seizure as provided in section 481A.12 . 16 Sec. 2. Section 716.8, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 17 following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. Any person who intentionally trespasses 19 as defined in section 716.7, subsection 2, paragraph “a” , 20 subparagraph (7), commits a serious misdemeanor. 21 Sec. 3. Section 805.8C, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 22 following new subsection: 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 11. Trespassing violations. For trespasses 24 punishable under section 716.8, subsection 1 or 5, the 25 scheduled fine is two hundred dollars for a first violation, 26 five hundred dollars for a second violation, and one thousand 27 dollars for a third or subsequent violation. 28 -1- HF 69 (6) 87 jh/sc/md 1/ 1