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1 1 Section 1. Section 232.45, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code
1 2 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. The child is fifteen years of age or younger or if the
1 4 delinquent offense under paragraph "b" is an offense which
1 5 requires registration under chapter 692A and the child is
1 6 seventeen years of age or younger.
1 7 EXPLANATION
1 8 This bill raises to age 17 the maximum age at which a
1 9 juvenile who has committed a delinquent act which requires
1 10 registration as a sex offender under chapter 692A, and which
1 11 is currently excluded from the jurisdiction of the juvenile
1 12 court, may be eligible for consideration as a youthful
1 13 offender by the juvenile and district courts. Currently a
1 14 juvenile can be no older than 15 years of age in order to be
1 15 eligible for consideration as a youthful offender.
1 16 Offenses which trigger registration under Code chapter 692A
1 17 include offenses defined as criminal offenses against a minor,
1 18 sexually violent offenses, and offenses which would cause a
1 19 person to be classified as a sexually violent predator under
1 20 federal law. Of those offenses, only those which would
1 21 constitute a forcible felony are excluded from the
1 22 jurisdiction of the juvenile court under Code section 232.8,
1 23 subsection 1, paragraph "c". A "forcible felony" is defined
1 24 under section 702.11 as any felonious child endangerment,
1 25 assault, murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, arson in
1 26 the first degree, or burglary in the first degree. However,
1 27 sexual abuse in the third degree committed between spouses,
1 28 sexual abuse in violation of section 709.4, subsection 2,
1 29 paragraph "c", subparagraph (4), or sexual exploitation by a
1 30 counselor or therapist in violation of section 709.15, are not
1 31 forcible felonies.
1 32 LSB 3136HH 77
1 33 lh/sc/14
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