76-5-413.  Custodial sexual relations with youth receiving state services — Penalties — Defenses and limitations.

(1) 

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Terms Used In Utah Code 76-5-413

  • Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  As used in this section:

(i)  “Actor” means:

(A)  an individual employed by the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201, or an employee of a private provider or contractor; or

(B)  an individual employed by the juvenile court of the state, or an employee of a private provider or contractor.

(ii)  “Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201.

(iii)  “Juvenile court” means the juvenile court of the state created in Section 78A-6-102.

(iv)  “Private provider or contractor” means a person that contracts with the:

(A)  department to provide services or functions that are part of the operation of the department; or

(B)  juvenile court to provide services or functions that are part of the operation of the juvenile court.

(v)  “Youth receiving state services” means an individual:

(A)  younger than 18 years old, except as provided under Subsection (1)(a)(v)(B), who is:

(I)  in the custody of the department under Section 80-6-703; or

(II)  receiving services from any division of the department if any portion of the costs of these services is covered by public money; or

(B)  younger than 21 years old:

(I)  who is in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, or the Division of Child and Family Services; or

(II)  whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

(b)  Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.

(2) 

(a)  Under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed in Subsection (4), an actor commits custodial sexual relations with a youth receiving state services if:

(i)  the actor commits any of the acts described in Subsection (2)(b); and

(ii) 

(A)  the actor knows that the individual is a youth receiving state services; or

(B)  a reasonable person in the actor’s position should have known under the circumstances that the individual was a youth receiving state services.

(b)  Acts referred to in Subsection (2)(a)(i) are:

(i)  having sexual intercourse with a youth receiving state services;

(ii)  engaging in any sexual act with a youth receiving state services involving the genitals of one individual and the mouth or anus of another individual; or

(iii) 

(A)  causing the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of a youth receiving state services by any foreign object, substance, instrument, or device, including a part of the human body; and

(B)  with the intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any individual or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any individual.

(c)  Any touching, even if accomplished through clothing, is sufficient to constitute the relevant element of a violation of Subsection (2)(a).

(3) 

(a)  A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.

(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), if the youth receiving state services is younger than 18 years old, a violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony.

(c)  If the act committed under Subsection (2) amounts to an offense subject to a greater penalty under another provision of state law than is provided under this Subsection (3), this Subsection (3) does not prohibit prosecution and sentencing for the more serious offense.

(4)  The offenses referred to in Subsection (2) are:

(a)  unlawful sexual activity with a minor, in violation of Section 76-5-401;

(b)  rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402;

(c)  rape of a child, in violation of Section 76-5-402.1;

(d)  object rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402.2;

(e)  object rape of a child, in violation of Section 76-5-402.3;

(f)  forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 76-5-403;

(g)  sodomy on a child, in violation of Section 76-5-403.1;

(h)  forcible sexual abuse, in violation of Section 76-5-404;

(i)  sexual abuse of a child, in violation of Section 76-5-404.1;

(j)  aggravated sexual abuse of a child, in violation of Section 76-5-404.3;

(k)  aggravated sexual assault, in violation of Section 76-5-405; or

(l)  an attempt to commit an offense listed in Subsections (4)(a) through (4)(k).

(5) 

(a)  It is not a defense to the commission of, or an attempt to commit, the offense described in Subsection (2) if the youth receiving state services is younger than 18 years old, that the actor:

(i)  mistakenly believed the youth receiving state services to be 18 years old or older at the time of the alleged offense; or

(ii)  was unaware of the true age of the youth receiving state services.

(b)  Consent of the youth receiving state services is not a defense to any violation or attempted violation of Subsection (2).

(6)  It is a defense that the commission by the actor of an act under Subsection (2) is the result of compulsion, as the defense is described in Subsection 76-2-302(1).

Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 255, 2022 General Session

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