SB 5: "An Act relating to reporting of certain crimes."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 5 01 "An Act relating to reporting of certain crimes." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 11.56.765(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) A person, other than the victim, commits the crime of failure to report a 05 violent crime [COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD] if the person 06 (1) witnesses what the person knows or reasonably should know is 07 (A) the murder or attempted murder of a person [CHILD] by 08 another; 09 (B) the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a person 10 [CHILD] by another; 11 (C) the sexual penetration or attempted sexual penetration by 12 another 13 (i) of a person [CHILD] without consent of the person 14 [CHILD]; 15 (ii) of a person [CHILD] that is mentally incapable;
01 (iii) of a person [CHILD] that is incapacitated; or 02 (iv) of a person [CHILD] that is unaware that a sexual 03 act is being committed; or 04 (D) the assault of a person [CHILD] by another causing 05 serious physical injury to the person [CHILD]; and 06 (2) [KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE 07 CHILD IS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE; AND 08 (3)] does not in a timely manner report that crime to a peace officer or 09 law enforcement agency. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 11.53.765(d) is amended to read: 11 (d) Failure to report a violent crime [COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD] is 12 a class A misdemeanor.