75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 842
 
                         House Bill 2263
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Attorney General Hardy
  Myers for Department of Justice)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Expands kidnapping in first degree to include kidnapping with
purpose of committing sex crime against victim who is under 12
years of age.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to kidnapping; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
  163.235.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 163.235 is amended to read:
  163.235. (1) A person commits the crime of kidnapping in the
first degree if the person violates ORS 163.225 with any of the
following purposes:
  (a) To compel any person to pay or deliver money or property as
ransom;
  (b) To hold the victim as a shield or hostage;
  (c) To cause physical injury to the victim;   { - or - }
  (d) To terrorize the victim or another person { + ; or
  (e) To further the commission or attempted commission of any of
the following crimes against the victim:
  (A) Rape in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.375 (1)(b);
  (B) Sodomy in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.405
(1)(b); or
  (C) Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, as defined
in ORS 163.411 (1)(b) + }.
  (2) Kidnapping in the first degree is a Class A felony.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 163.235 by section 1 of
this 2009 Act apply to offenses committed on or after the
effective date of this 2009 Act. + }
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