Bill Text: IA HF2031 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the limitation of actions for the offense of accessory after the fact involving a kidnapping, and providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - Subcommittee, Branhagen, Baxter, and Dawson. H.J. 76. [HF2031 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2031-Introduced.html

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House File 2031 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  KOOIKER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the limitation of actions for the offense
  2    of accessory after the fact involving a kidnapping, and
  3    providing penalties.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  802.2C  Accessory after the fact.
  1  2    An indictment or information for the offense of accessory
  1  3 after the fact in violation of section 703.3 that involves a
  1  4 kidnapping in violation of section 710.2, 710.3, or 710.4 shall
  1  5 be found within ten years after commission of the offense of
  1  6 accessory after the fact.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 802.3, Code 2016, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    802.3  Felony == aggravated or serious misdemeanor.
  1 10    In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.1,
  1 11 802.2, 802.2A, 802.2B, 802.2C, or 802.10, an indictment or
  1 12 information for a felony or aggravated or serious misdemeanor
  1 13 shall be found within three years after its commission.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 17    This bill relates to the limitation of action (statute of
  1 18 limitations) for the criminal offense of accessory after the
  1 19 fact involving kidnapping.
  1 20    The bill provides that an indictment or information for
  1 21 the offense of accessory after the fact in violation of Code
  1 22 section 703.3 that involves a kidnapping in violation of Code
  1 23 section 710.2 (kidnapping in the first degree), Code section
  1 24 710.3 (kidnapping in the second degree), or Code section 710.4
  1 25 (kidnapping in the third degree) shall be found within 10
  1 26 years after the commission of the offense of accessory after
  1 27 the fact.  Current law provides that such violation shall be
  1 28 found within three years after the commission of the offense of
  1 29 accessory after the fact.
  1 30    A person who commits the offense of accessory after the fact
  1 31 involving kidnapping in the first degree, second degree, or
  1 32 third degree commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 33    An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for
  1 34 no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more
  1 35 than $6,250.
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