00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(FIN)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the possession, manufacture, use, display, or delivery of                                           
02 controlled substances while children are present."                                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 11.51.130(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  A person commits the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor                                         
06 if, being 19 years of age or older or being under 19 years of age and having the                                        
07 disabilities of minority removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590, the person                                    
08 aids, induces, causes, or encourages a child                                                                            
09   (1)  under 18 years of age to do any act prohibited by state law unless                                              
10 the child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under                                       
11 AS 09.55.590;                                                                                                           
12   (2)  under 18 years of age  or allows a child under 18 years of age  to                                            
13 enter or remain in the  immediate physical presence of  [SAME ROOM IN A                                               
14 BUILDING WHERE] the unlawful  possession, manufacture, use, display, or                                                

01 delivery  [SALE] of a  controlled substance knowing that the possession,                                              
02 manufacture, use, display, or delivery is occurring,  [DRUG OCCURS] unless the                                         
03 child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under                                           
04 AS 09.55.590;                                                                                                           
05   (3)  under 16 years of age to be repeatedly absent from school, without                                              
06 just cause; or                                                                                                          
07   (4)  under 18 years of age to be absent from the custody of a parent,                                                
08 guardian, or custodian without the permission of the parent, guardian, or custodian or                                  
09 without the knowledge of the parent, guardian, or custodian, unless the child's                                         
10 disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590                                      
11 or the person has immunity under AS 47.10.350 or 47.10.398(a); it is an affirmative                                     
12 defense to a prosecution under this paragraph that, at the time of the alleged offense,                                 
13 the defendant                                                                                                           
14   (A)  reasonably believed that the child was in danger of physical                                                   
15 injury or in need of temporary shelter; and                                                                             
16   (B)  within 12 hours after taking the actions comprising the                                                        
17 alleged offense, notified a peace officer, a law enforcement agency, or the                                             
18 Department of Health and Social Services of the name of the child and the                                               
19 child's location.