Delaware General Assembly





CHAPTER 241

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 284

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL RELATIONS IN A DETENTION FACILITY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend §1259, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by deleting the first and second sentences thereof in their and substituting a new first sentence in its places as follows:

"A person is guilty of sexual relations in a detention facility when, being an employee working at a detention facility, a contractor or employee of a contractor at a detention facility, or a volunteer at a detention facility, the person engages in consensual sexual intercourse or sexual penetration with a person in custody on the premises of a detention facility.".

Approved April 09, 2010