|
| Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §254, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 383, §21 and | affected by §156, is further amended to read: |
|
| | 2. It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection 1, | paragraphs A, A-1 and, A-2 and F, that the actor reasonably | believed the other person is at least 16 years of age. |
|
| | Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §260 is enacted to read: |
|
| §260.__Unlawful sexual touching |
|
| | 1.__Unlawful sexual touching.__A person is guilty of unlawful | sexual touching if the actor intentionally subjects another | person to any sexual touching and: |
|
| A.__The other person has not expressly or impliedly | acquiesced in the sexual touching.__Violation of this | paragraph is a Class D crime; |
|
| B.__The other person is unconscious or otherwise physically | incapable of resisting and has not consented to the sexual | touching.__Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
|
| C.__The other person, not the actor's spouse, is in fact | less than 14 years of age and the actor is at least 5 years | older.__Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
|
| D.__The other person suffers from a mental disability that | is reasonably apparent or known to the actor that in fact | renders the other person substantially incapable of | appraising the nature of the touching involved or of | understanding that the other person has the right to deny or | withdraw consent.__Violation of this paragraph is a Class D | crime; |
|
| E.__The other person, not the actor's spouse, is in official | custody as a probationer or parolee or is detained in a | hospital, prison or other institution and the actor has | supervisory or disciplinary authority over the other person.__ | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
|
| F.__The other person, not the actor's spouse, is in fact | less than 18 years of age and is a student enrolled in a | private or public elementary, secondary or special education | school, facility or institution and the actor is a teacher, | employee or other official having instructional, supervisory | or disciplinary authority over the student.__Violation of | this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
|
|