Source: http://richland.k12.la.us/caps/Statutes/140043-3.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 03:50:20+00:00

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(1) The victim, who is not the spouse of the offender, is under the age of fifteen years and is at least three years younger than the offender.
(i) The victim has paraplegia, quadriplegia, or is otherwise physically incapable of preventing the act due to a physical disability.
(ii) The victim is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, of understanding the nature of the act, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim’s incapacity.
(b) The act is without the consent of the victim, and the victim is sixty-five years of age or older.
B. Lack of knowledge of the victim’s age shall not be a defense.
C. (1) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery shall be punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, for not more than ten years.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery on a victim under the age of thirteen years when the offender is seventeen years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
(3) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
(4) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall develop, adopt, and promulgate rules in the manner provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, that provide for the payment of such costs. Such rules shall contain specific guidelines which shall be used to determine the ability of the offender to pay the required costs and shall establish the reasonable costs to be charged. Such rules may provide for a sliding scale of payment so that an offender who is able to pay a portion, but not all, of such costs may be required to pay such portion.
Added by Acts 1985, No. 287, § 1. Amended by Acts 1995, No. 946, § 2; Acts 2001, No. 301, § 1; Acts 2006, No. 103, § 1; Acts 2008, No. 33, § 1; Acts 2011, No. 67, § 1.

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