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AB-2718 Child molestation.(2007-2008)

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Amended  IN  Senate  June 04, 2008
Amended  IN  Senate  May 28, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 09, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2718


Introduced  by  Assembly Member Sharon Runner

February 22, 2008


An act to amend Section 647.6 of add Section 647.61 to the Penal Code, relating to crimes.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2718, as amended, Sharon Runner. Child molestation.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to annoy or molest a child under the age of 18 years. Existing law also provides that every person who violates this provision after a previous felony conviction under this provision, or a previous conviction of other specified provisions, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 4, or 6 years.
This bill would authorize, in cases in which a person demonstrates an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a child or children, which includes the dissemination of personal information or photographs, the remedy of injunctive relief against further activity involving that child or children, as specified.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 647.61 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

647.61.
 Notwithstanding any other law, any person who, by clear and convincing evidence, demonstrates an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a child or children, which includes the dissemination of information or photographs of the child or children who are the subjects of the sexual interest, may be enjoined pursuant to Section 527 of the Code of Civil Procedure from further activity that includes direct or indirect contact with, or the dissemination of any personal information or photographic representations of, that child or those children.

SECTION 1.Section 647.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
647.6.

(a)(1)Every person who annoys or molests any child under 18 years of age shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(2)Every person who, motivated by an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in children, engages in conduct with an adult whom he or she believes to be a child under 18 years of age, which conduct, if directed toward a child under 18 years of age, would be a violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)Notwithstanding any other law, any person who, by clear and convincing evidence, demonstrates an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a child or children, which includes the dissemination of personal information or photographs of the child or children who are the subject of the sexual interest, may be enjoined pursuant to Section 527 of the Code of Civil Procedure from further activity that includes direct or indirect contact with, or the dissemination of any personal information or photographic representations of, that child or children.

(c)Every person who violates this section after having entered, without consent, an inhabited dwelling house, or trailer coach as defined in Section 635 of the Vehicle Code, or the inhabited portion of any other building, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, and by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(d)(1)Every person who violates this section shall be punished upon the second and each subsequent conviction by imprisonment in the state prison.

(2)Every person who violates this section after a previous felony conviction under Section 261, 264.1, 269, 285, 286, 288a, 288.5, or 289, any of which involved a minor under 16 years of age, or a previous felony conviction under this section, a conviction under Section 288, or a felony conviction under Section 311.4 involving a minor under 14 years of age shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.

(e)(1)In any case in which a person is convicted of violating this section and probation is granted, the court shall require counseling as a condition of probation, unless the court makes a written statement in the court record, that counseling would be inappropriate or ineffective.

(2)In any case in which a person is convicted of violating this section, and as a condition of probation, the court prohibits the defendant from having contact with the victim, the court order prohibiting contact shall not be modified except upon the request of the victim and a finding by the court that the modification is in the best interest of the victim. As used in this paragraph, “contact with the victim” includes all physical contact, being in the presence of the victim, communication by any means, any communication by a third party acting on behalf of the defendant, and any gifts.

(f)Nothing in this section prohibits prosecution under any other provision of law.