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2006 Kansas Code - 21-3520

      21-3520.   Unlawful sexual relations. (a) Unlawful sexual relations is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy with a person who is not married to the offender if:

      (1)   The offender is an employee of the department of corrections or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services for a correctional institution and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is an inmate; or

      (2)   the offender is a parole officer or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide supervision services for persons on parole, conditional release or postrelease supervision and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is an inmate who has been released on parole or conditional release or postrelease supervision under the direct supervision and control of the offender; or

      (3)   the offender is a law enforcement officer, an employee of a jail, or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in a jail and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is confined by lawful custody to such jail; or

      (4)   the offender is a law enforcement officer, an employee of a juvenile detention facility or sanctions house, or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in such facility or sanctions house and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is confined by lawful custody to such facility or sanctions house; or

      (5)   the offender is an employee of the juvenile justice authority or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in a juvenile correctional facility and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who is confined by lawful custody to such facility; or

      (6)   the offender is an employee of the juvenile justice authority or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide direct supervision and offender control services to the juvenile justice authority and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is 16 years of age or older and (A) released on conditional release from a juvenile correctional facility under the supervision and control of the juvenile justice authority or juvenile community supervision agency or (B) placed in the custody of the juvenile justice authority under the supervision and control of the juvenile justice authority or juvenile community supervision agency and the offender has knowledge that the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is currently under supervision;

      (7)   the offender is an employee of the department of social and rehabilitation services or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in a social and rehabilitation services institution and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, not otherwise subject to subsection (a)(1)(C) of K.S.A. 21-3502, and amendments thereto, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy, not otherwise subject to subsection (a)(3)(C) of K.S.A. 21-3506, and amendments thereto, is a person 16 years of age or older who is a patient in such institution;

      (8)   the offender is a teacher or a person in a position of authority and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching or sodomy is 16 or 17 years of age and a student enrolled at the school where the offender is employed. If the offender is the parent of the student, the provisions of K.S.A. 21-3603, and amendments thereto, shall apply, not this subsection;

      (9)   the offender is a court services officer or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide supervision services for persons under court services supervision and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who has been placed on probation under the supervision and control of court services and the offender has knowledge that the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is currently under the supervision of court services; or

      (10)   the offender is a community correctional services officer or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide supervision services for persons under community corrections supervision and the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is a person 16 years of age or older who has been assigned to a community correctional services program under the supervision and control of community corrections and the offender has knowledge that the person with whom the offender is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy is currently under supervision of community corrections.

      (b)   For purposes of this act:

      (1)   "Correctional institution" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto;

      (2)   "inmate" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto;

      (3)   "parole officer" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto;

      (4)   "postrelease supervision" means the same as prescribed in the Kansas sentencing guidelines act in K.S.A. 21-4703, and amendments thereto;

      (5)   "juvenile detention facility" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 38-1602, and amendments thereto;

      (6)   "juvenile correctional facility" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 38-1602, and amendments thereto;

      (7)   "sanctions house" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 38-1602, and amendments thereto;

      (8)   "institution" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 76-12a01, and amendments thereto; and

      (9)   "teacher" means and includes teachers, supervisors, principals, superintendents and any other professional employee in any public or private school;

      (10)   "community corrections" means the entity responsible for supervising adults and juvenile offenders for confinement, detention, care or treatment, subject to conditions imposed by the court pursuant to the community corrections act, K.S.A. 75-5290, and amendments thereto, and the Kansas juvenile justice code, K.S.A. 38-1601 et seq., and amendments thereto;

      (11)   "court services" means the entity appointed by the district court that is responsible for supervising adults and juveniles placed on probation and misdemeanants placed on parole by district courts of this state;

      (12)   "law enforcement officer" means the same as prescribed by K.S.A. 21-3110, and amendments thereto; and

      (13)   "juvenile community supervision agency" means an entity that receives grants for the purpose of providing direct supervision to juveniles in the custody of the juvenile justice authority.

      (c)   Unlawful sexual relations is a severity level 10, person felony.

      History:   L. 1993, ch. 142, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 164, § 8; L. 2001, ch. 208, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 163, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 185, § 1; July 1.

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