SENATE BILL No. 918

 

 

January 15, 2004, Introduced by Senators SANBORN and STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The Michigan penal code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 539j.                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 539j.  (1) A person shall not do either of the                         

                                                                                

2   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

3       (a) Photograph or otherwise record a visual image of the                    

                                                                                

4   undergarments worn by an individual under circumstances in which            

                                                                                

5   the individual would have a reasonable expectation of privacy,              

                                                                                

6   without the consent of that individual or, if the individual is a           

                                                                                

7   child or an individual who is legally incapacitated, without the            

                                                                                

8   consent of an individual having lawful authority to provide that            

                                                                                

9   consent.                                                                    

                                                                                

10      (b) Photograph or otherwise record a visual image of the                    

                                                                                

11  genitalia or buttocks of any individual, or the breasts of a                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   female individual, under circumstances in which the individual              

                                                                                

2   would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the                 

                                                                                

3   consent of that individual or, if the individual is a child or an           

                                                                                

4   individual who is legally incapacitated, without the consent of             

                                                                                

5   an individual having lawful authority to provide that consent.              

                                                                                

6       (2) A person who violates or attempts to violate this                       

                                                                                

7   section is guilty of a crime as follows:                                    

                                                                                

8       (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the person is                    

                                                                                

9   guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more             

                                                                                

10  than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.                   

                                                                                

11      (b) A person who violates this section for commercial gain,                 

                                                                                

12  or who commits a second or subsequent violation punishable under            

                                                                                

13  subdivision (a), is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment           

                                                                                

14  for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00,             

                                                                                

15  or both.                                                                    

                                                                                

16      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect 90                    

                                                                                

17  days after the date it is enacted.