HB-4360, As Passed Senate, October 15, 2003                                 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4360

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 33, entitled                                              

"An act to prohibit the dissemination, exhibiting, or displaying            

of certain sexually explicit matter to minors; to prohibit                  

certain misrepresentations facilitating the dissemination of                

sexually explicit matter to minors; to provide penalties; to                

provide for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief in                  

certain instances; to impose certain duties upon prosecuting                

attorneys and the circuit court; to preempt local units of                  

government from proscribing certain conduct; and to repeal                  

certain acts and parts of acts,"                                            

by amending sections 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 (MCL 722.671, 722.673,               

722.675, 722.676, and 722.677), sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 as                  

amended by 1999 PA 33; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 1.  As used in this act:                                               

2   (a) "Display" means to put or set out to view or to make                    

3   visible.                                                                    

4   (b) "Disseminate" means to sell, lend, give, exhibit, show,                 

5   or allow to examine or to offer or agree to do the same.                    

1       (c)  (a)  "Exhibit" means to do 1 or more of the following:                 

2                                                                                (i) Present a performance.                                                          

3       (ii) Sell, give, or offer to agree to sell or give a ticket                  

4   to a performance.                                                           

5       (iii) Admit a minor to premises where a performance is being                 

6   presented or is about to be presented.                                      

7   (b) "Disseminate" means to sell, lend, give, exhibit, or                    

8   show or to offer or agree to do the same.

9   (d)  (c)  "Minor" means a person  under less than 18 years                 

10  of age.                                                                     

11  (e) "Restricted area" means any of the following:                           

12                                                                               (i) An area where sexually explicit matter is displayed only                        

13  in a manner that prevents public view of the lower 2/3 of the               

14  matter's cover or exterior.                                                 

15      (ii) A building, or a distinct and enclosed area or room                     

16  within a building, if access by minors is prohibited, notice of             

17  the prohibition is prominently displayed, and access is monitored           

18  to prevent minors from entering.                                            

19      (iii) An area with at least 75% of its perimeter surrounded                  

20  by walls or solid, nontransparent dividers that are sufficiently            

21  high to prevent a minor in a nonrestricted area from viewing                

22  sexually explicit matter within the perimeter if the point of               

23  access provides prominent notice that access to minors is                   

24  prohibited.

25      Sec. 3.  As used in this act:                                               

26      (a) "Sexually explicit matter" means sexually explicit                      

27  visual material, sexually explicit verbal material, or sexually             

1   explicit performance.                                                       

2       (b) "Sexually explicit performance" means a motion picture,                 

3   exhibition, show, representation, or other presentation that, in            

4   whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual excitement, erotic                 

5   fondling, sexual intercourse, or sadomasochistic abuse.                     

6   Sexually explicit performance includes, but is not limited to,             

7   any performance described in this subdivision communicated,                 

8   transmitted, displayed, or otherwise made available by means of             

9   the internet or a computer, computer program, computer system, or           

10  computer network.

11      (c) "Sexually explicit verbal material" means a book,                       

12  pamphlet, magazine, printed matter reproduced in any manner, or             

13  sound recording that contains an explicit and detailed verbal               

14  description or narrative account of sexual excitement, erotic               

15  fondling, sexual intercourse, or sadomasochistic abuse.                     

16  Sexually explicit verbal material includes, but is not limited             

17  to, any verbal material described in this subdivision                       

18  communicated, transmitted, displayed, or otherwise made available           

19  by means of the internet or a computer, computer program,                   

20  computer system, or computer network.

21      (d) "Sexually explicit visual material" means a picture,                    

22  photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar             

23  visual representation that depicts nudity, sexual excitement,               

24  erotic fondling, sexual intercourse, or sadomasochistic abuse, or           

25  a book, magazine, or pamphlet that contains such a visual                   

26  representation.  An undeveloped photograph, mold, or similar                

27  visual material may be sexually explicit material notwithstanding           

1   that processing or other acts may be required to make its                   

2   sexually explicit content apparent.   Sexually explicit visual              

3   material includes, but is not limited to, any visual material               

4   described in this subdivision communicated, transmitted,                    

5   displayed, or otherwise made available by means of the internet             

6   or a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer               

7   network.

8       Sec. 5.  (1) A person is guilty of disseminating sexually                   

9   explicit matter to a minor if that person does either of the                

10  following:                                                                  

11      (a) Knowingly disseminates to a minor sexually explicit                     

12  visual or verbal material that is harmful to minors.                        

13      (b) Knowingly exhibits to a minor a sexually explicit                       

14  performance that is harmful to minors.                                      

15      (2) A person knowingly disseminates sexually explicit matter                

16  to a minor if the person knows both the nature of the matter and            

17  the status of the minor to whom the matter is disseminated.                 

18      (3)  Except as provided in subsection (6), a A person knows                

19  the nature of matter if the person either is aware of its                   

20  character and content or recklessly disregards circumstances                

21  suggesting its character and content.                                       

22      (4)  Except as provided in subsection (6), a A person knows                

23  the status of a minor if the person either is aware that the                

24  person to whom the dissemination is made is under 18 years of age           

25  or recklessly disregards a substantial risk that the person to              

26  whom the dissemination is made is under 18 years of age.                    

27      (5) Disseminating sexually explicit matter to a minor is a                  

1   felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a            

2   fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.  In imposing the fine,           

3   the court shall consider the scope of the defendant's commercial            

4   activity in disseminating sexually explicit matter to minors.               

5   (6) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to an internet or                  

6   computer network service provider who in good faith, and without            

7   knowledge of the nature of a sexually explicit matter or the                

8   status of a minor, provides the medium for disseminating a                  

9   sexually explicit matter to the minor.                                      

10      (7) This section does not apply if a person disseminates                    

11  sexually explicit matter to a minor by means of the internet or a           

12  computer network unless 1 or both of the following apply:                   

13      (a) The matter is obscene as that term is defined in                        

14  section 2 of 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.362.                                      

15      (b) The prosecuting attorney proves that the person                         

16  disseminated the matter to 1 or more specific minors and knew his           

17  or her status as a minor.                                                   

18      (8) A violation or attempted violation of this section                      

19  involving the internet or a computer, computer program, computer            

20  system, or computer network occurs if the violation originates,             

21  terminates, or both originates and terminates in this state.                

22      (9) A violation or attempted violation of this section                      

23  involving the internet or a computer, computer program, computer            

24  system, or computer network may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction           

25  in which the violation originated or terminated.

26      Sec.  6.  Section 5 does not apply to the dissemination of                  

27  sexually explicit matter to a minor by any of the following:                

1       (a) A parent or guardian who disseminates sexually explicit                 

2   matter to his or her child or ward.                                         

3       (b) A teacher or administrator at a public or private                       

4   elementary or secondary school that complies with the revised               

5   school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, and who                    

6   disseminates sexually explicit matter to a student as part of a             

7   school program permitted by law.                                            

8       (c) A licensed physician or licensed psychologist who                       

9   disseminates sexually explicit matter in the treatment of a                 

10  patient.                                                                    

11      (d) A librarian employed by a library of a public or private                

12  elementary or secondary school that complies with the revised               

13  school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or employed by a           

14  public library, who disseminates sexually explicit matter in the            

15  course of that person's employment.                                         

16      (e) Any public or private college or university or any other                

17  person who disseminates sexually explicit matter for a legitimate           

18  medical, scientific, governmental, or judicial purpose.                     

19      (f) A person who disseminates sexually explicit matter that                 

20  is a public document, publication, record, or other material                

21  issued by a state, local, or federal official, department, board,           

22  commission, agency, or other governmental entity, or an accurate            

23  republication of such a public document, publication, record, or            

24  other material.                                                             

25      Sec. 7.  (1) A person is guilty of displaying sexually                      

26  explicit matter to a minor if that person possesses managerial              

27  responsibility for a business enterprise selling  visual matter

1   sexually explicit visual material that visually depicts sexual              

2   intercourse or sadomasochistic abuse and is harmful to minors,              

3   and that person  knowingly does either of the following:

4   (a) Knowingly permits a minor who is not accompanied by a                   

5   parent or guardian to  examine view that matter.                           

6   (b) Displays that matter knowing its nature, unless the                     

7   person does so in a restricted area.

8       (2) A person knowingly permits a minor to  examine view

9   visual matter that depicts sexual intercourse or sadomasochistic            

10  abuse and is harmful to minors if the person knows both the                 

11  nature of the matter and the status of the minor permitted to               

12  examine the matter.                                                         

13      (3) A person knows the nature of the matter if the person                   

14  either is aware of its character and content or recklessly                  

15  disregards circumstances suggesting its character and content.              

16      (4) A person knows the status of a minor if the person either               

17  is aware that the person who is permitted to  examine view the             

18  matter is under 18 years of age or recklessly disregards a                  

19  substantial risk that the person who is permitted to  examine

20  view the matter is under 18 years of age.                                   

21      (5)  Displaying sexually explicit matter to a minor is A                   

22  person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor               

23  punishable by imprisonment for not more than  90 93 days or a              

24  fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.                                   

25  (6) This section does not apply if a person displays                        

26  sexually explicit matter to a minor by means of the internet or a           

27  computer network unless 1 or both of the following apply:                   

1       (a) The matter is obscene as that term is defined in                        

2   section 2 of 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.362.                                      

3       (b) The prosecuting attorney proves that the person displayed               

4   the matter to 1 or more specific minors and knew his or her                 

5   status as a minor.

6       Enacting section 1.  Section 1a of 1978 PA 33, MCL 722.671a,                

7   is repealed.                                                                

8       Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

9   January 1, 2004.