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CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: David Ure

                  AN ACT RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL CODE AND JUVENILES; AMENDING THE
                  OFFENSE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR TO INCLUDE
                  INFRACTIONS; AND PROVIDING THAT THE OFFENSE OF CONTRIBUTING DOES NOT
                  REQUIRE THAT THE JUVENILE COMMIT THE DELINQUENT OFFENSE.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      76-10-2301, as enacted by Chapter 249, Laws of Utah 1999
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 76-10-2301 is amended to read:
                       76-10-2301. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor -- Definitions -- Penalties.
                      (1) For purposes of this part:
                      (a) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or [over] older.
                      (b) "Minor" means a person [under the age of] younger than 18 years of age.
                      (2) Any adult who commits any act or engages in any conduct which he knows or should
                  know would have the effect of causing or encouraging a minor to commit an act which would be
                  a misdemeanor or infraction criminal violation of any federal or state statute or any county or
                  municipal ordinance if committed by an adult is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
                      (3) A violation of Subsection (2) does not require that the minor be found to be delinquent
                  or to have committed a delinquent act.
                      [(3)] (4) An offense committed under Subsection (2) is in addition to any completed or
                  inchoate offense which the actor may have committed personally or as a party.

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