Updates on Bills and Resolutions
HOUSE BILL 345
"An Act raising the compulsory school attendance age; relating to
the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; relating to truancy;
and relating to employment of a minor."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 345
01 "An Act raising the compulsory school attendance age; relating
to the crime of
02 contributing to the delinquency of a minor; relating to truancy; and
relating to
03 employment of a minor."
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
05 * Section 1. AS 11.51.130(a) is amended to read:
06 (a) A person commits the crime of contributing to the delinquency of
a minor
07 if, being 19 years of age or older or being under 19 years of age and
having the
08 disabilities of minority removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590,
the person
09 aids, induces, causes, or encourages a child
10 (1) under 18 years of age to do any act prohibited by state law unless
11 the child's disabilities of minority have been removed for general
purposes under
12 AS 09.55.590;
13 (2) under 18 years of age or allows a child under 18 years of age to
14 enter or remain in the immediate physical presence of the unlawful
manufacture, use,
01 display, or delivery of a controlled substance knowing that the manufacture,
use,
02 display, or delivery is occurring, unless the child's disabilities
of minority have been
03 removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590;
04 (3) under 17 [16] years of age to be repeatedly absent from school,
05 without just cause; or
06 (4) under 18 years of age to be absent from the custody of a parent,
07 guardian, or custodian without the permission of the parent, guardian,
or custodian or
08 without the knowledge of the parent, guardian, or custodian, unless
the child's
09 disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under
AS 09.55.590
10 or the person has immunity under AS 47.10.350 or 47.10.398(a); it is
an affirmative
11 defense to a prosecution under this paragraph that, at the time of
the alleged offense,
12 the defendant
13 (A) reasonably believed that the child was in danger of physical
14 injury or in need of temporary shelter; and
15 (B) within 12 hours after taking the actions comprising the
16 alleged offense, notified a peace officer, a law enforcement agency,
or the
17 Department of Health and Social Services of the name of the child and
the
18 child's location.
19 * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.010(a) is amended to read:
20 (a) Every child who is [BETWEEN] seven years of age or older and under
21 17 [16] years of age shall attend school at the public school in the
district in which the
22 child resides during each school term. Every parent, guardian, or other
person having
23 the responsibility for or control of a child who is [BETWEEN] seven
years of age or
24 older and under 17 [16] years of age shall maintain the child in attendance
at a public
25 school in the district in which the child resides during the entire
school term, except as
26 provided in (b) of this section.
27 * Sec. 3. AS 23.10.340(a) is amended to read:
28 (a) A minor under 17 [16] years of age may not be employed for more
than a
29 combined total of nine hours school attendance and employment in one
day. If
30 employed, the minor's work may be performed only between 5 a.m. and
9 p.m.
31 Employment outside school hours may not exceed 23 hours in one week,
domestic
01 work and baby-sitting excepted.
02 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding
a new section to
03 read:
04 REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. The revisor of statutes is instructed to change
the catch
05 line of AS 23.10.340 from "Children under 16" to "Children
under 17."
