Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1100

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 35-44-3-9.5.

Synopsis: Inmate possession of a cellular device prohibited. Makes it a Class C felony for a person incarcerated in a penal facility to possess a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communications device.

Effective: July 1, 2010.





Goodin




    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1100



    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 35-44-3-9.5; (10)IN1100.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-44-3-9.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 9.5. A person who knowingly or intentionally while incarcerated in a penal facility possesses:
         (1) a device, equipment, a chemical substance, or other material that:
            (1) (A) is used; or
            (2) (B) is intended to be used;
        in a manner that is readily capable of causing bodily injury; or
        (2) a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communications device;

commits a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if the device, equipment, chemical substance, or other material is a deadly weapon.
SOURCE: ; (10)IN1100.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010] IC 35-44-3-9.5, as amended by this act, applies only to crimes committed after June 30, 2010.