Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 55

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5-7-8.

Synopsis: Furnishing alcohol to a minor. Increases the penalty for furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor to: (1) a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense; (2) a Class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense; and (3) a Class D felony if the illegal furnishing of the alcoholic beverage results in serious bodily injury to or the death of any person. Provides that a violation occurs if a person recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor. (Current law provides that a violation occurs if a person recklessly furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor.)

Effective: July 1, 2007.





Alting, Wyss




    January 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.







Introduced

First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)


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SENATE BILL No. 55



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

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

SOURCE: IC 7.1-5-7-8; (07)IN0055.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 7.1-5-7-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 8. (a) It is a Class C Class B misdemeanor for a person to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
     (b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is:
        (1) a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this section; and
        (2) a Class D felony if the consumption, ingestion, or use of the alcoholic beverage is the proximate cause of the serious bodily injury or death of any person.

    (b) (c) This section shall not be construed to impose civil liability upon any educational institution of higher learning, including but not limited to public and private universities and colleges, business schools, vocational schools, and schools for continuing education, or its agents for injury to any person or property sustained in consequence of a violation of this section unless such institution or its agent sells,

barters, exchanges, provides, or furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

SOURCE: ; (07)IN0055.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007] IC 7.1-5-7-8, as amended by this act, applies only to offenses committed after June 30, 2007.