| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
Section 1. Section 702.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Child endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child1 in violation of section 726.6, subsection 2A.
Sec. 2. Section 726.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
A person who is the parent, guardian, or person having custody or control over a child or a minor under the age of eighteen with a mental or physical disability, or a person who is a member of the household in which a child or such a minor resides, commits child endangerment when the person does any of the following:
Sec. 3. Section 726.6, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
b. By an intentional act or series of intentional acts, uses unreasonable force, torture or cruelty that results
in physical
bodily injury, or that is intended to cause serious injury.
Sec. 4. Section 726.6, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. For the purposes of subsection 1, "person having control over a child or a minor" means any of the following:
a. A person who has accepted, undertaken, or assumed supervision of a child or such a minor from the parent or guardian of the child or minor.
b. A person who has undertaken or assumed temporary supervision of a child or such a minor without explicit consent from the parent or guardian of the child or minor.
c. A person who operates a motor vehicle with a child or such a minor present in the vehicle.
NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. A person who commits child endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child or minor is guilty of a class "D" felony.
Sec. 5. Section 726.6, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
3. A person who commits child endangerment not resulting in bodily injury or serious injury to a child or minor is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
Approved February 16, 2001
1 See chapter 176, §79 herein
Updated: 22-Oct-2001 07:23 PM
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