SENATE BILL No. 1364

 

 

September 8, 2004, Introduced by Senator GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 708c.                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 708c.  (1) A person shall not do either of the                         

                                                                                

2   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

3       (a) Operate a motor vehicle on or upon a highway or street or               

                                                                                

4   other place open to the general public or generally accessible to           

                                                                                

5   motor vehicles, including an area designated for the parking of             

                                                                                

6   vehicles, while a sexually explicit image is being displayed in             

                                                                                

7   the vehicle in a manner in which an individual outside the                  

                                                                                

8   vehicle can see the image.                                                  

                                                                                

9       (b) Display a sexually explicit visual image in a vehicle                   

                                                                                

10  located upon a highway or street or other place open to the                 

                                                                                

11  general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles,                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   including an area designated for the parking of vehicles, in a              

                                                                                

2   manner in which an individual outside the vehicle can see the               

                                                                                

3   image.                                                                      

                                                                                

4       (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a                       

                                                                                

5   misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days            

                                                                                

6   or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.                                

                                                                                

7       (3) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

8       (a) "Highway or street" means that term as defined in section               

                                                                                

9   20.                                                                         

                                                                                

10      (b) "Sexually explicit visual image" means an image of any of               

                                                                                

11  the following:                                                              

                                                                                

12                                                                               (i) Human nudity.                                                                   

                                                                                

13      (ii) Sexual intercourse, oral or anal sex, bestiality, or                    

                                                                                

14  masturbation.