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New bill would ban runaways
« on: January 17, 2006, 04:27:00 PM »
By Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News
January 17, 2006

A Highlands Ranch Republican wants to make it a crime to run away from home.

Rep. Ted Harvey today introduced legislation making running away from home for any child 17 and younger a class 2 misdemeanor. House Bill 1123 also allows parents to have the charge dismissed the first time a child is charged.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/g ... 26,00.html
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