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H.B. 80

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PENALTY FOR HARBORING A FUGITIVE

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Perry L. Buckner

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; AMENDING THE PENALTIES FOR
             6      HARBORING OR CONCEALING A JUVENILE OR ADULT OFFENDER.
             7      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             8      AMENDS:
             9          62A-7-106, as enacted by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1988
             10          76-8-306, as last amended by Chapter 51, Laws of Utah 1995
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 62A-7-106 is amended to read:
             13           62A-7-106. Aiding or concealing youth offender -- Trespass -- Criminal penalties.
             14          (1) A person who commits any of the following offenses is guilty of a class A
             15      misdemeanor:
             16          [(1)] (a) willfully aiding or assisting a youth offender who has been lawfully committed
             17      to a secure facility, in escaping or attempting to escape from that facility;
             18          [(2) knowingly concealing a youth offender after his escape from a secure facility;]
             19          [(3)] (b) entering, or attempting to enter, a building or enclosure appropriated to the use
             20      of youth offenders, without permission;
             21          [(4)] (c) entering any premises belonging to a secure facility and committing or attempting
             22      to commit a trespass or depredation on those premises; or
             23          [(5)] (d) willfully annoying or disturbing the peace and quiet of a secure facility or of a
             24      youth offender in a secure facility.
             25          (2) A person is guilty of a third degree felony who knowingly harbors or conceals a youth
             26      offender who has:
             27          (a) escaped from a secure facility; or


             28          (b) absconded from:
             29          (i) a facility or supervision, as these offenses are defined in Section 76-8-309.5 ; or
             30          (ii) from supervision of the Division of Youth Corrections.
             31          Section 2. Section 76-8-306 is amended to read:
             32           76-8-306. Obstructing justice.
             33          (1) A person is guilty of an offense if, with intent to hinder, prevent, or delay the
             34      discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of [another] an offender for the
             35      commission of a crime, he:
             36          (a) knowing an offense has been committed, conceals it from a magistrate;
             37          (b) harbors or conceals the offender;
             38          (c) provides the offender a weapon, transportation, disguise, or other means for avoiding
             39      discovery or apprehension;
             40          (d) warns the offender of impending discovery or apprehension;
             41          (e) conceals, destroys, or alters any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery,
             42      apprehension, or conviction of the [person] offender;
             43          (f) obstructs by force, intimidation, or deception anyone from performing an act that might
             44      aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of the [person] offender; or
             45          (g) having knowledge that a law enforcement officer has been authorized or has applied
             46      for authorization under either Section 77-23a-10 or 77-23a-15 to intercept a wire, electronic, or
             47      oral communication, gives notice or attempts to give notice of the possible interception to any
             48      person.
             49          (2) (a) An offense under [Subsections]:
             50          (i) Subsection (1)(a) or Subsections (1)(c) through (f) is a class B misdemeanor[, unless];
             51      and
             52          (ii) Subsection (1)(b) is a class A misdemeanor.
             53          (b) If the [actor] person committing an offense under Subsection (2)(a) knows that the
             54      offender committed:
             55          (i) a second or third degree felony, the offense is a third degree felony; and
             56          (ii) a capital offense or a [felony of the] first degree felony, [in which case] the offense is
             57      a second degree felony.
             58          (3) An offense under Subsection (1)(g) is a third degree felony.


             59          (4) Subsection (1)(f) does not apply to an act against a juror. Obstructing the function of
             60      a juror is addressed in Section 76-8-508.5 .
             61          (5) A person is guilty of a third degree felony who harbors or conceals an offender who
             62      has absconded from a facility or from supervision as these offenses are defined in Section
             63      76-8-309.5 .
             64          [(5)] (6) The provisions of Section 76-8-316 [shall] govern an act or threat against a judge
             65      or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or the judge's or member's immediate family.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-10-00 12:25 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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