§ 120.70 Luring a child.

  1. A person is guilty of luring a child when he or she lures  a  child
into  a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, isolated area, building, or
part thereof, for the purpose of committing against such  child  any  of
the  following  offenses: an offense as defined in section 70.02 of this
chapter; an offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this chap-
ter;  a felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred thirty
of this chapter; an offense as defined in section 135.25 of  this  chap-
ter;  an  offense  as defined in sections 230.30, 230.33 [or], 230.34 or
230.34-a of this chapter; an offense  as  defined  in  sections  255.25,
255.26,  or 255.27 of this chapter; or an offense as defined in sections
263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of this chapter. For purposes of this subdivi-
sion "child" means a person less than seventeen years of age. Nothing in
this section shall be deemed to preclude, if the  evidence  warrants,  a
conviction  for  the  commission  or  attempted commission of any crime,
including but not limited to a crime  defined  in  article  one  hundred
thirty-five of this chapter.
(As amended by L.2018 c.189 effective 11/13/18.)

  2.  Luring a child is a class E felony, provided, however, that if the
underlying offense the actor  intended  to  commit  against  such  child
constituted  a class A or a class B felony, then the offense of luring a
child in violation of this section shall be deemed respectively, a class
C felony or class D felony.
(Added by L.2008 c.405 effective 10/4/08.)