This bill would raise the age for statutory rape to 18. It is estimated that 45 additional trials for statutory rape would be conducted adding approximately $50,400 in General Fund costs to the state courts. Additional costs for local prosecution and indigent defense to the counties cannot be estimated at this time. If third degree convictions for statutory rape increased prison confinement for this crime by two, there would be an additional $44,000 in Corrections costs. Additional convictions resulting in probation would add approximately 17 new cases per year for a probation caseload cost increase of $30,600. If District Court Judges added 6 months in jail as a condition of probation to only 25 percent of the cases resulting in a probation sanction, there would be an additional $24,000 in jail reimbursement costs annually. Both incarceration and probation periods would be in excess of 1 year (41 months average in prison and 3 years on probation) causing annual cost increases until the third year at which time the caseload increases and releases would stabilize. Parole costs after the 41 month prison term ,however, would add another $7,200 per year in annual supervision costs starting in the fourth year.

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2/12/97 8:54:13 AM

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