Bill Text: IN HB1220 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Penalty for consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [HB1220 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1220-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5-7-8.5.
Synopsis: Penalty for consumption of alcohol by a minor. Provides
that a person who knowingly or intentionally permits a minor to
possess or consume an alcoholic beverage on real property that the
person owns or controls commits a Class B misdemeanor, and
increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a
prior unrelated conviction, and a Class D felony if the consumption of
the alcoholic beverage is the proximate cause of the serious bodily
injury or death of any person. Provides that a postsecondary
educational institution is exempt from liability under this provision
unless the educational institution provides an alcoholic beverage to the
minor.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
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(1) Class A misdemeanor if the person has a conviction for a prior unrelated offense under this section; and
(2) Class D felony if the consumption of the alcoholic beverage is the proximate cause of the serious bodily injury or death of any person.
(b) This section shall not be construed to impose liability on a postsecondary educational institution, including 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 the institution or its agent sells, barters, exchanges, provides, or furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
