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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1343 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 32-28-13-10; IC 35-52-32-1.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Recording of false liens. Makes the filing of a false lien a |
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| 8 | 8 | | Level 6 felony, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if the false |
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| 9 | 9 | | lien is filed against a public official. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Pierce K |
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| 12 | 12 | | January 10, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2024 IN 1343—LS 6823/DI 106 Introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 15 | 15 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 16 | 16 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 17 | 17 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 19 | 19 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 21 | 21 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 23 | 23 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1343 |
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| 25 | 25 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 26 | 26 | | criminal law and procedure. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 32-28-13-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 10. (a) A person who, knowing or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 having reason to know that a lien or other encumbrance: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 (1) is false; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 (2) contains a material misrepresentation; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 files the lien or other encumbrance against property owned by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 another person commits malicious interference with property, a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 Level 6 felony, except as provided in subsection (b). |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 (b) The offense described in subsection (a) is a Level 5 felony if |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 it is committed against a public official because of: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 (1) an action taken or not taken by the public official within |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 the scope of the public official's official duties; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 (2) the public official's status as a public official. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 SECTION 2. IC 35-52-32-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1.5. IC 32-28-13-10 defines a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2024 IN 1343—LS 6823/DI 106 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1 crime concerning liens. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2024 IN 1343—LS 6823/DI 106 |
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