Current Status Bill Number:1006 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980210 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher Drafted Document Number:jud9039.wcm Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Criminal sexual conduct with minors, sexual intercourse with fourteen year old; Crimes, Sex offenses, Minors
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Senate 19980210 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-655, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MINORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE IF THE PERSON ENGAGES IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A VICTIM WHO IS AT LEAST FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE BUT WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-655 of the 1976 Code of Laws is amended to read:
"Section 16-3-655. (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if the actor engages in sexual battery with the victim who is less than eleven years of age.
(2) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the actor engages in sexual battery with a victim who is fourteen years of age or less but who is at least eleven years of age.
(3) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the actor engages in sexual battery with a victim who is at least fourteen years of age but who is less than sixteen eighteen years of age and the actor is in a position of familial, custodial, or official authority to coerce the victim to submit or is older than the victim."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.