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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 709.15A SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY A
1 2 PERSON IN AUTHORITY.
1 3 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context
1 4 otherwise requires:
1 5 a. "Person in authority" means a person who is twenty-one
1 6 years of age or older and has supervisory or other authority
1 7 over a person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age. A
1 8 person in authority includes but is not limited to an
1 9 educational practitioner issued a license, certificate, or
1 10 authorization under chapter 272, a peace officer, a member of
1 11 the clergy, or an employer or job supervisor.
1 12 b. "Sexually exploits" means engaging in conduct that is
1 13 for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires
1 14 of a person in authority or a person sixteen or seventeen
1 15 years of age and includes but is not limited to kissing;
1 16 touching of the clothed or unclothed inner thigh, breast,
1 17 groin, buttock, anus, pubes, or genitals; or committing a sex
1 18 act as defined in section 702.17.
1 19 2. A person in authority who sexually exploits a person
1 20 sixteen or seventeen years of age commits an aggravated
1 21 misdemeanor.
1 22 EXPLANATION
1 23 This bill establishes the crime of sexual exploitation of a
1 24 minor who is age 16 or 17 by a person who is age 21 or older
1 25 and has supervisory or other authority over the minor. A
1 26 person in authority includes an educational practitioner who
1 27 is licensed or who has been issued a certificate or
1 28 authorization under the state licensing provisions in Code
1 29 chapter 272, a peace officer, a member of the clergy, or an
1 30 employer or job supervisor.
1 31 The bill's provisions would be codified as new Code section
1 32 709.15A in the sexual abuse Code chapter. The crime of sexual
1 33 exploitation by a person in authority is punishable as an
1 34 aggravated misdemeanor (maximum penalty of a prison sentence
1 35 of not more than two years and fine of $500 to $5,000).
2 1 Sexual exploitation is defined as engaging in conduct that
2 2 is for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual
2 3 desires of the person in authority or the minor and includes
2 4 but is not limited to kissing; touching of the clothed or
2 5 unclothed inner thigh, breast, groin, buttock, anus, pubes, or
2 6 genitals; or committing a sex act as defined in Code section
2 7 702.17.
2 8 LSB 2398HV 78
2 9 jp/sc/14
Text: HF00681 Text: HF00683 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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