Enticement of a minor.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0023

SENATE FILE
NO.

SF0065

Enticement of a minor.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Hicks and Coe and Representative(s) Burkhart, Gingery and Krone

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
c
rimes and offenses;
defining the offense of

enticement of a minor; providing criminal penalties;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 6
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2
‑
205 is created to read:

6
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2
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205
.

Enticement of
a minor
; penalties.

(a)

A person

is guilty of
enticing a minor if
the person
:

(
i
)

K
nowingly entices, lures or orders or attempts to entice, lure or ord
er a minor under the age
of
fif
teen (1
5
) years into any area or structure that is
obscured from or inaccessible to the public or into a motor vehicle
;

(ii)

D
oes not have the
express
or implied permission
of the minor's parent, guardian or other person responsible for the general supervision of the minor;

(i
i
i)

I
s eighteen (18) years of age o
r
older;
and

(
iv
)

Is unknown to the minor.

(b)

It is an affirmative defense to a prose
cution under this section that the
person's
actions were reasonable
under the circumstances and
he
did not have any intent to harm the health, safety or welfare of the minor.

(c
)

Enticement of a minor
is a
felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than
five (5)
years
, a fine of not more than ten
thousand dollars ($1
0
,000.00)
,
or both.

Section 2.

Th
is act is effective July 1, 2013
.

(END)

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