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First Substitute H.B. 304

Representative David L. Hogue proposes to substitute the following bill:


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PENALTY FOR EXPOSING MINORS TO

             2     
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: David L. Hogue

             6      This act modifies the Criminal Code by providing that the offense of dealing harmful
             7      material to minors includes the act of intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allowing minors
             8      access to movies containing material harmful to minors. This act provides penalties for this
             9      offense, and increases the severity of the penalties for repeat offenses.
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          76-10-1206, as last amended by Chapter 53, Laws of Utah 2000
             13      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             14          Section 1. Section 76-10-1206 is amended to read:
             15           76-10-1206. Dealing in material harmful to a minor.
             16          (1) A person is guilty of dealing in material harmful to minors when, knowing that a
             17      person is a minor, or having failed to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the proper age of a
             18      minor, he:
             19          (a) intentionally distributes or offers to distribute, exhibits or offers to exhibit to a minor
             20      any material harmful to minors;
             21          (b) intentionally produces, presents, or directs any performance before a minor, that is
             22      harmful to minors; or
             23          (c) intentionally participates in any performance before a minor, that is harmful to minors.
             24          (2) (a) A person, including any owner or operator under Subsection (2)(b), is guilty of
             25      dealing in material harmful to minors when, knowing that a person is a minor, or having failed to


             26      exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the actual age of a minor, he:
             27          (i) h [ intentionally, knowingly, or ] h recklessly h OR WITH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE h allows
             27a      a minor to have access to viewing a
             28      motion picture containing material harmful to minors; or
             29          (ii) fails to take reasonable measures, in context of the location where the motion picture
             30      is being exhibited, to prevent a minor from having access to viewing a motion picture containing
             31      material harmful to minors.
             32          (b) A person under (2)(a) includes a person who is the owner or operator of a commercial
             33      establishment open to the public and where a motion picture containing material harmful to minors
             34      is being exhibited, whether or not the owner or operator is present at the commercial establishment
             35      at the time of the violation of this Subsection (2).
             36          (c) Each offense involving a minor under this Subsection (2) is a separate offense.
             37          [(2)] (3) (a) Each separate offense under [this section] Subsection (1) is a third degree
             38      felony punishable by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $300 plus $10 for each article
             39      exhibited up to the maximum allowed by law and by incarceration, without suspension of sentence
             40      in any way, for a term of not less than 14 days. This [section] Subsection (3)(a) supersedes Section
             41      77-18-1 .
             42          (b) Each separate offense under Subsection (2) is a class h [ A ] B h misdemeanor
             42a      h [ punishable by
             43      a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $300 plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the
             44      maximum allowed by law and by incarceration of not more than 14 days
] h
.
             45          [(3)] (4) (a) If a defendant has already been convicted once under [this section] Subsection
             46      (1), each separate further offense is a second degree felony punishable by a minimum mandatory
             47      fine of not less than $5,000 plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the maximum allowed by law
             48      and by incarceration, without suspension of sentence in any way, for a term of not less than one
             49      year. This [section] Subsection (4)(a) supersedes Section 77-18-1 .
             50          (b) If a defendant has already been convicted once under Subsection (2), each separate
             51      second offense under Subsection (2) is a h [ third degree felony punishable by a minimum mandatory
             52      fine of not less than $1,000 plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the maximum allowed by law
             53      and by incarceration of not more than 14 days
] CLASS A MISDEMEANOR h
.
             54          (5) If a defendant has already been convicted two or more times under Subsection (2), each
             55      separate further offense under Subsection (2) is a h [ second ] THIRD h degree felony h [ punishable
             55a      by a
             55a      minimum
             56      mandatory fine of not less than $5,000 plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the maximum
] h


             57      h [ allowed by law and by incarceration, without suspension of sentence in any way, for a term of not
             58      less than one year. This Subsection (5) supersedes Section 77-18-1
] h
.
             59          (6) If an act committed under Subsection (2) amounts to an offense subject to a greater
             60      penalty than under Subsection (3)(b), (4)(b), or (5), this section does not prohibit prosecution and
             61      sentencing for the more serious offense.


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