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SENATE BILL NO. 4982
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Senators Owen, Craswell, Metcalf, McCaslin, Thompson and Hayner
Read first time 1/24/86 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to child victims of sexual abuse; and amending RCW 9A.44.100.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 9A.88.100, chapter 260, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 9A.44.100 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of indecent liberties when he knowingly causes another person who is not his spouse to have sexual contact with him or another:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the other person is less than fourteen years of age; or
(c) When the person is less than sixteen years of age and the perpetrator is more than forty-eight months older than the person and is in a position of authority over the person; or
(d) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.
(2) For
purposes of this section((,)):
(a) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person done for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of either party.
(b) "Person in a position of authority" means any person who is a parent or acting in the place of a parent and is charged with any of a parent's rights, duties, or responsibilities to a child, or a person who is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, welfare, education, or supervision of a child, either independently or through another, no matter how briefly, at the time of the act.