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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3243

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Lee, Moore, Zimmerman, McManus, Metcalf, Stratton, Benitz, Peterson, McCaslin, Saling, Johnson, Barr, Deccio, Hayner, Patterson and McDonald)

Read first time 2/11/85.

AN ACT Relating to the unlawful harboring of a minor; and amending RCW 13.32A.080.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 22, chapter 155, Laws of 1979 as amended by section 6, chapter 298, Laws of 1981 and RCW 13.32A.080 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) (a) A person commits the crime of unlawful harboring of a minor if the person provides shelter to a minor without the consent of a parent of the minor and after the person knows that the minor is away from the home of the parent, without the parent's permission, and if the person intentionally:

          (i) Fails to release the minor to a law enforcement officer after being requested to do so by the officer; or

          (ii) Fails to disclose the location of the minor to a law enforcement officer after being requested to do so by the officer, if the person knows the location of the minor and had either taken the minor to that location or had assisted the minor in reaching that location; or

          (iii) Obstructs a law enforcement officer from taking the minor into custody; or

          (iv) Fails to notify the parent, a law enforcement officer, or the department within twelve hours after the person has reasonable cause to believe that the minor is away from the home of the parent without the parent's permission; or

(v) Assists the minor in avoiding or attempting to avoid the custody of the law enforcement officer.

          (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant had custody of the minor pursuant to a court order.

          (2) Harboring a minor is punishable as a misdemeanor if the offender has not been previously convicted under this section and a gross misdemeanor if the offender has been previously convicted under this section.

          (3) Any person who provides shelter to a child, absent from home, ((may)) shall notify the department's local community service office of the child's presence.

          (4) An adult responsible for involving a child in the commission of an offense may be prosecuted under existing criminal statutes including, but not limited to:

          (a) Distribution of a controlled substance to a minor, as defined in RCW 69.50.406;

          (b) Promoting prostitution as defined in chapter 9A.88 RCW; and

          (c) Complicity of the adult in the crime of a minor, under RCW 9A.08.020.

(5) Any person participating in good faith in providing notification under this section shall be immune from any liability arising from providing the notification under any law of this state or its political subdivisions.