HB 1205.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 1/16/98)

     Provides that a person is guilty of rape of a child in the fourth degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is at least sixteen years old but less than eighteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least five years older than the victim.

     Declares rape of a child in the fourth degree is a gross misdemeanor offense.

     Provides that a person is guilty of child molestation in the fourth degree when the person has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual contact with another who is at least sixteen years old but less than eighteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least five years older than the victim.

     Declares that child molestation in the fourth degree is a gross misdemeanor.