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HOUSE BILL NO. 360

INTRODUCED BY P. CLARK

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AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL SENTENCING LAWS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN FELONY SEXUAL OFFENSES; AND AMENDING SECTION 46-18-104, MCA.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:



     Section 1.  Section 46-18-104, MCA, is amended to read:

     "46-18-104.  Definitions. As used in 46-18-101, 46-18-105, 46-18-201, 46-18-225, and this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

     (1)  "Community corrections" or "community corrections facility or program" means a community corrections facility or program as defined in 53-30-303.

     (2)  (a) "Crime of violence" means:

     (a)(i)  a crime in which an offender uses or possesses and threatens to use a deadly weapon during the commission or attempted commission of a crime;

     (b)(ii) a crime in which the offender causes a serious bodily injury or death to a person other than the offender; or

     (c)(iii) any sexual an offense in which the offender causes bodily injury to the victim or uses threat, intimidation, or force against the victim. under:

     (A) 45-5-502 for which the maximum potential sentence is life imprisonment or imprisonment in a state prison for a term exceeding 1 year;

     (B) 45-5-503, except as provided in subsection (2)(b); or

     (C) 45-5-507 if the victim is under 16 years of age and the offender is 3 or more years older than the victim or if the offender inflicts bodily injury upon anyone in the course of committing the offense.

     (b) In a prosecution under 45-5-503, if the sexual intercourse was without consent based solely on the victim's age, the victim willingly participated, and the offender is not more than 3 years older than the victim, the offense is not a crime of violence for purposes of this section.

     (3)  "Nonviolent felony offender" means a person who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony offense other than a crime of violence or who has been convicted of a felony offense other than a crime of violence."

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