HB0080 - Sexual battery.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0050 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0080
Sexual battery.
Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
crimes and offenses; defining the crime
2 of
sexual battery; providing a penalty; and providing for
3 an
effective date.
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5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section 1. W.S. 6-2-313 is created to read:
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9 6-2-313. Sexual battery.
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11 (a) Except
under circumstances constituting a
12 violation of W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, 6-2-502
or
13 14-3-105, an actor who, without consent,
subjects another
14 person to any sexual contact is guilty of
sexual battery.
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1 (b) Sexual
battery is a misdemeanor punishable by
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imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not
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more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
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5 Section 2. W.S. 6-2-301(a)(ix) is amended to read:
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7 6-2-301. Definitions.
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9 (a) As used in this article:
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11 (ix) "This
article" means W.S. 6-2-301 through 12
6-2-312
6-2-313.
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14 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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16 (END)
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