Expands the crime of ethnic intimidation to include intimidating a person because of that person's physical or mental disability, age, or sexual orientation. Changes the name of the crime of ethnic intimidation to a hate crime. Makes conforming amendments.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute. Civil damages for destruction or bodily injury 4 caused by a hate crime. Because of its minor fiscal 11 impact, the general assembly has determined that this act can be 12 implemented within existing appropriations, and therefore no separate 13 appropriation of state moneys is necessary to carry out the purposes of 14 this act. Effective date - applicability.