00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 243                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to sexual assault or abuse of a minor."                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.41.445(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (b)  In a prosecution under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.440, whenever a provision of                                
05       law defining an offense depends upon a victim's being under a certain age, it is an                               
06       affirmative defense that, at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant                                       
07                 (1)  reasonably believed the victim to be that age or older; and                                
08                 (2)  undertook reasonable measures to verify that the victim was                                    
09       that age or older; "reasonable measures" includes checking government-issued                                  
10       photo identification or checking with the victim's parents; "reasonable                                       
11       measures" does not include mere statements by the victim or the victim's friends                              
12       that the victim is that age or older [, UNLESS THE VICTIM WAS UNDER 13                                        
13       YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED OFFENSE].