76-5-401.2 - Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old.
76-5-401.2. Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old.
(1) As used in this section, "minor" means a person who is 16 years of age or older, butyounger than 18 years of age, at the time the sexual conduct described in Subsection (2)occurred.
(2) A person commits unlawful sexual conduct with a minor if, under circumstances notamounting to an offense listed under Subsection (3), an actor who is 10 or more years older thanthe minor at the time of the sexual conduct:
(a) has sexual intercourse with the minor;
(b) engages in any sexual act with the minor involving the genitals of one person and themouth or anus of another person, regardless of the sex of either participant;
(c) causes the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of the minor byany foreign object, substance, instrument, or device, including a part of the human body, with theintent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse orgratify the sexual desire of any person, regardless of the sex of any participant; or
(d) touches the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of the minor, or touches thebreast of a female minor, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with the minor, or causes a minorto take indecent liberties with the actor or another person, with the intent to cause substantialemotional or bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire ofany person regardless of the sex of any participant.
(3) The offenses referred to in Subsection (2) are:
(a) (i) rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402;
(ii) object rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402.2;
(iii) forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 76-5-403;
(iv) forcible sexual abuse, in violation of Section 76-5-404; or
(v) aggravated sexual assault, in violation of Section 76-5-405; or
(b) an attempt to commit any offense under Subsection (3)(a).
(4) A violation of Subsection (2)(a), (b), or (c) is a third degree felony.
(5) A violation of Subsection (2)(d) is a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 275, 2008 General Session