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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5346

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senator Nelson).

Read first time February 12, 1991.Defining the crime of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.

     AN ACT Relating to communication with a minor for immoral purposes; and amending RCW 9.68A.090.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 9.68A.090 and 1989 c 32 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

A person is guilty of communication with a minor for immoral purposes if the person is eighteen years of age or older and commands, solicits, encourages, requests, or propositions any minor to commit an act with the person or anyone else when the act would be a felony sexual offense under either Title 9 or 9A RCW.

     A person who communicates with a minor for immoral purposes is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, unless that person has previously been convicted under this section or of a felony sexual offense under chapter 9.68A, 9A.44, or 9A.64 RCW or of any other felony sexual offense in this or any other state, in which case the person is guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.