The date of sentencing is the date of the oral pronouncement of the sentence by the trial court, even if an appeal is taken.

B. "Accompanied by sexual assault" as used with respect to attempted murder, murder and crimes involving substantially similar conduct in other jurisdictions is satisfied if the sentencing court at the time of sentence imposition makes such a finding.

Sec. B-20. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§§4-C and 4-D are enacted to read:

4-C.__If the State pleads and proves that a Class A crime of gross sexual assault was committed by a person who had previously been convicted and sentenced for a Class B or Class C crime of unlawful sexual contact, or an essentially similar crime in another jurisdiction, that prior conviction must be given serious consideration by the court in exercising its sentencing discretion.

4-D.__If the State pleads and proves that a crime under section 253, subsection 1, paragraph C or under section 282, subsection 1, paragraph C or F was committed against a person who had not attained 12 years of age at the time of the offense, the age of the victim must be given serious consideration by the court in exercising its sentencing discretion.

PART C

Sec. C-1. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§6-A, ķA, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 665, §4, is amended to read:

A. For the purposes of this section, "child-related sexual offense" means the following sexual offenses if, at the time of the commission of the offense, the victim was under 18 years of age:

(1) Sexual exploitation of a minor, under Title 17 17- A, section 2922 282;

(2) Gross sexual assault, under Title 17-A, section 253;