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Citations Affected: IC 35-42-2-2 .

Synopsis: Criminal recklessness. Makes criminal recklessness a Class C felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if it is committed by shooting a firearm into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people are likely to gather. (Current law makes criminal recklessness a Class C felony if it is committed by shooting a firearm from a vehicle into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people are likely to gather.)

Effective: July 1, 2001.

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    January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Procedures.

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

    SECTION 1. IC 35-42-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "hazing" means forcing or requiring another person:
        (1) with or without the consent of the other person; and
        (2) as a condition of association with a group or organization;
to perform an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury.
    (b) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally performs:
        (1) an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person; or
        (2) hazing;
commits criminal recklessness, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a:
        (1) Class A misdemeanor if the conduct includes the use of a vehicle;
        (2) Class D felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) Class C felony if it is committed by shooting a firearm from a

vehicle into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people are likely to gather.
    (c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally:
        (1) inflicts serious bodily injury on another person; or
        (2) performs hazing that results in serious bodily injury to a person;
commits criminal recklessness, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if committed by means of a deadly weapon.
    (d) A person, other than a person who has committed an offense under this section or a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if the violator was an adult, who:
        (1) makes a report of hazing in good faith;
        (2) participates in good faith in a judicial proceeding resulting from a report of hazing;
        (3) employs a reporting or participating person described in subdivision (1) or (2); or
        (4) supervises a reporting or participating person described in subdivision (1) or (2);
is not liable for civil damages or criminal penalties that might otherwise be imposed because of the report or participation.
    (e) A person described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) is presumed to act in good faith.
    (f) A person described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) may not be treated as acting in bad faith solely because the person did not have probable cause to believe that a person committed:
        (1) an offense under this section; or
        (2) a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if the offender was an adult.
    SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001] IC 35-42-2-2 , as amended by this act, applies only to crimes committed after June 30, 2001.