BILL NUMBER: AB 803	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to amend Section 801.1 of the Penal Code, relating to
criminal procedure.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 803, as amended, Strickland. Statute of limitations: sex
crimes.
   Existing law requires that prosecution for certain felony sex
offenses commence within 10 years after commission of the offense.
However, prosecution for certain felony sex offenses that are alleged
to have been committed when the victim was under the age of 18 years
may be commenced any time prior to the victim's 28th birthday.
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions   instead permit prosecution for
certain felony sex crimes to be commenced at any time  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 801.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   801.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described
in this chapter, prosecution for a felony offense described in
Section 261, 286, 288, 288.5, 288a, or 289, or Section 289.5, as
enacted by Chapter 293 of the Statutes of 1991 relating to
penetration by an unknown object, that is alleged to have been
committed when the victim was under the age of 18 years, may be
commenced at any time  prior to the victim's 28th birthday
 .
   (b) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in this
chapter, if subdivision (a) does not apply, prosecution for a felony
offense described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 290 shall be commenced within 10 years
after commission of the offense.