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    This bill requires any person who reasonably believes they witnessed a murder, rape, or lewd act involving a child under 14 to notify law enforcement. Failure to notify would be a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,500 fine and up to 6 months in jail. Certain relatives of the victim or offender and those with a reasonable fear for their safety are exempt from this requirement. The bill also states that local agencies will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the new crime created under this act.

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    This bill requires any person who reasonably believes they witnessed a murder, rape, or lewd act involving a child under 14 to notify law enforcement. Failure to notify would be a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,500 fine and up to 6 months in jail. Certain relatives of the victim or offender and those with a reasonable fear for their safety are exempt from this requirement. The bill also states that local agencies will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the new crime created under this act.

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    This bill requires any person who reasonably believes they witnessed a murder, rape, or lewd act involving a child under 14 to notify law enforcement. Failure to notify would be a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,500 fine and up to 6 months in jail. Certain relatives of the victim or offender and those with a reasonable fear for their safety are exempt from this requirement. The bill also states that local agencies will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the new crime created under this act.

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    The Sherrice Iverson Child Victim Protection Act

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    This bill requires any person who reasonably believes they witnessed a murder, rape, or lewd act involving a child under 14 to notify law enforcement. Failure to notify would be a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,500 fine and up to 6 months in jail. Certain relatives of the victim or offender and those with a reasonable fear for their safety are exempt from this requirement. The bill also states that local agencies will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the new crime created under this act.

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    Assembly Bill No.

    1422

    CHAPTER 477

    An act to add Section 152.3 to the Penal Code, relating to reporting


    of crimes.
    [Approved by Governor September 16, 2000. Filed
    with Secretary of State September 18, 2000.]

    LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST


    AB 1422, Torlakson. Reporting of crimes.
    Existing law makes it a felony or a misdemeanor for any person
    who, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime, takes
    money or property of another, any gratuity or reward, or any
    engagement or promise thereof, upon any agreement or
    understanding to compound or conceal the crime, or to abstain from
    any prosecution thereof, or to withhold any evidence thereof, except
    as specified.
    This bill would require, with specified exceptions, any person who
    reasonably believes that he or she has observed the commission of
    either a murder or rape where the victim is a child under the age of
    14 years or a lewd or lascivious act with a child under the age of 14
    years, as specified, to notify a peace officer by telephone or any other
    means. The failure to notify as required would be a misdemeanor
    punishable by a fine of $1,500, or by imprisonment in a county jail for
    up to 6 months, or both. By creating a new crime, this bill would
    impose a state-mandated local program.
    The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
    agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
    Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
    reimbursement.
    This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
    act for a specified reason.

    The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

    SECTION 1. This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the
    Sherrice Iverson Child Victim Protection Act.
    SEC. 2. Section 152.3 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
    152.3. (a) Any person who reasonably believes that he or she has
    observed the commission of any of the following offenses where the
    victim is a child under the age of 14 years shall notify a peace officer,
    as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3
    of Part 2:
    (1) Murder.

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    (2) Rape.
    (3) A violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 288
    of the Penal Code.
    (b) This section shall not be construed to affect privileged
    relationships as provided by law.
    (c) The duty to notify a peace officer imposed pursuant to
    subdivision (a) is satisfied if the notification or an attempt to provide
    notice is made by telephone or any other means.
    (d) Failure to notify as required pursuant to subdivision (a) is a
    misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than one
    thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), by imprisonment in a county
    jail for not more than six months, or by both that fine and
    imprisonment.
    (e) The requirements of this section shall not apply to the
    following:
    (1) A person who is related to either the victim or the offender,
    including a husband, wife, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent,
    grandchild, or other person related by consanguinity or affinity.
    (2) A person who fails to report based on a reasonable mistake of
    fact.
    (3) A person who fails to report based on a reasonable fear for his
    or her own safety or for the safety of his or her family.
    SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
    Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the
    only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will
    be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
    eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
    or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
    Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
    Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.

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