00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 243(JUD)                                                                    
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 [, UNLESS THE VICTIM WAS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE AT                                           
10       THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED OFFENSE].