February 7, 2003





HOUSE BILL No. 1325

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DIGEST OF HB 1325 (Updated February 4, 2003 10:59 AM - DI 105)



Citations Affected: IC 35-44; IC 35-47; noncode.

Synopsis: False complaints against police. Provides that making a false complaint against a law enforcement officer is a Class B misdemeanor. Makes pointing a laser pointer at a state police motor carrier inspector a Class B misdemeanor.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Goodin , Koch




    January 14, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
    February 6, 2003, amended, reported _ Do Pass.






February 7, 2003

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1325



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 35-44-2-2; (03)HB1325.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-44-2-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.123-2002, SECTION 39, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "consumer product" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
     (b) As used in this section, "misconduct" means a violation of a departmental rule or procedure of a law enforcement agency.
    (b) (c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or other written or oral communication, that:
        (1) the person or another person has placed or intends to place an explosive, a destructive device, or other destructive substance in a building or transportation facility;
        (2) there has been or there will be tampering with a consumer product introduced into commerce; or
        (3) there has been or will be placed or introduced a weapon of mass destruction in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false commits false reporting, a Class D felony.
    (c) (d) A person who:
        (1) gives a false report of the commission of a crime or gives false information in the official investigation of the commission of a crime, knowing the report or information to be false;
        (2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire department of a governmental entity, knowing the alarm to be false;
        (3) makes a false request for ambulance service to an ambulance service provider, knowing the request to be false; or
        (4) gives a false report concerning a missing child (as defined in IC 10-1-7-2) or gives false information in the official investigation of a missing child knowing the report or information to be false; or
        (5) makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to the state or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employs the officer:
            (A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct while performing the officer's duties;
and
             (B) knowing the complaint to be false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any law enforcement process or if it results in harm to an innocent person.
SOURCE: IC 35-47-4.5-4; (03)HB1325.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 35-47-4.5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.70-2000, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. A person who knowingly or intentionally directs light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation that is visible to the human eye or any other electromagnetic radiation from a laser pointer at a public safety officer or a state police motor carrier inspector without the consent of the public safety officer or state police motor carrier inspector commits a Class B misdemeanor.
SOURCE: ; (03)HB1325.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003] IC 35-44-2-2 and IC 35-47-4.5-4, both as amended by this act, apply only to offenses committed after June 30, 2003.