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CSSB 118(JUD): "An Act relating to online enticement of minors."

00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 118(JUD) 01 "An Act relating to online enticement of minors." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 11.41 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 11.41.452. Online enticement of a minor. (a) A person commits the 05 crime of online enticement of a minor if the person, being 18 years of age or older, 06 knowingly uses a computer to communicate with another person to entice, solicit, or 07 encourage the person to engage in an act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) - (7) and 08 (1) the other person is a child under 16 years of age; or 09 (2) the person believes that the other person is a child under 16 years 10 of age. 11 (b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the 12 person enticed, solicited, or encouraged was not actually a child under 16 years of age. 13 (c) In a prosecution under this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution 14 to show that the act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) - (7) was actually committed. 15 (d) Except as provided in (e) of this section, online enticement is a class C

01 felony. 02 (e) Online enticement is a class B felony if the defendant was, at the time of 03 the offense, required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 or 04 a similar law of another jurisdiction. 05 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 06 read: 07 APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to offenses occurring on or after the effective 08 date of this Act.