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--- version:5210S.02I - Introduced+++ version:Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version@@ -1,351 +1,542 @@-EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted-and is intended to be omitted in the law.-SECOND REGULAR SESSION-SENATE BILL NO. 1164-103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY-INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BRATTIN.-5210S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary+5210S.04C+ 1+SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE+FOR+SENATE BILLS NOS. 1164 & 1476AN ACT-To repeal section 573.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to judicial-proceedings, with penalty provisions.+To repeal sections 67.2540, 226.531, and 573.010,+RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof five new sections+relating to adult cabaret performances, with penalty+provisions.+Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:- Section A. Section 573.010, RSMo, is repealed and three 1-new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2-537.048, 573.010, and 573.520, to read as follows:3- 537.048. 1. As used in this section, the following 1-terms mean: 2- (1) "Actions or materials that appeal to a prurient 3-interest in sex", actions or materials that are 4-characterized by, fixate on, depict, or exhibit sex, 5-sexually explicit content, sexual desire, a state of nudity 6-or state of seminudity, or obscene or pornographic material; 7- (2) "Adult cabaret establishment", a nightclub, bar, 8-restaurant, or similar establishment in which persons 9-regularly appear in a state of nudity or a state of 10-seminudity in the performance of their duties; 11- (3) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a 12-location, other than an adult cabaret establishment, by an 13-adult cabaret performer and which contains actions or 14-materials that appeal to a prurient interest in sex; 15- (4) "Adult cabaret performer", an entertainer who 16-provided an adult cabaret performance, including, but not 17- SB 1164 2-limited to, a topless dancer, go-go dancer, exotic dancer, 18-stripper, or male or female impersonator; 19- (5) "State of nudity", the showing of the human 20-genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or female 21-breast less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the 22-nipple or areola; 23- (6) "State of seminudity", a state of dress in which 24-opaque clothing fails to cover the human genitals, pubic 25-area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, nipple and areola of the 26-female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the 27-areola at its highest point and extending across the width 28-of the breast at such point, or the showing of the 29-buttocks. The term "state of seminudity" shall include the 30-entire lower portion of the female breast, but shall not 31-include any portion of the cleavage of the human female 32-breast exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is 33-not exposed in whole or part. 34- 2. Any person who is a resident of the city, town, or 35-village where an adult cabaret performance is conducted 36-shall have a cause of action for damages or relief, as 37-specified in subsection 3 of this section, against an adult 38-cabaret performer whose adult cabaret performance, proven by 39-a preponderance of the evidence, contains actions or 40-material that appeal to a prurient interest in sex and that 41-occur: 42- (1) On public property; or 43- (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance 44-could be viewed by a person who is under the age of eighteen. 45- 3. A court may award any damages or injunctive relief 46-as it deems necessary, including any actual damages, 47-punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees, to a 48-prevailing plaintiff, except no damages, apart from nominal 49- SB 1164 3-damages, shall be awarded in more than one action arising 50-out of a single occurrence. 51- 4. Any action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section 52-shall be brought in the circuit court of the county where 53-the adult cabaret performance occurred. Any person entitled 54-to bring an action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section 55-may institute an action as a representative of a class 56-against one or more defendants. 57- 573.010. As used in this chapter the following terms 1-shall mean: 2- (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, juice bar, 3-restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment, 4-regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which 5-regularly features persons who appear semi-nude; 6- (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a 7-location other than an adult cabaret that features topless 8-dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or 9-female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals 10-to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers who provide 11-entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest in sex, 12-regardless of whether performed for consideration; 13- (3) "Characterized by", describing the essential 14-character or dominant theme of an item; 15- [(3)] (4) "Child", any person under the age of 16-fourteen; 17- [(4)] (5) "Child pornography": 18- (a) Any obscene material or performance depicting 19-sexual conduct, sexual contact as defined in section 20-566.010, or a sexual performance and which has as one of its 21-participants or portrays as an observer of such conduct, 22-contact, or performance a minor; or 23- SB 1164 4- (b) Any visual depiction, including any photograph, 24-film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated 25-image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, 26-mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct 27-where: 28- a. The production of such visual depiction involves 29-the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; 30- b. Such visual depiction is a digital image, computer 31-image, or computer-generated image that is, or is 32-indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually 33-explicit conduct, in that the depiction is such that an 34-ordinary person viewing the depiction would conclude that 35-the depiction is of an actual minor engaged in sexually 36-explicit conduct; or 37- c. Such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or 38-modified to show that an identifiable minor is engaging in 39-sexually explicit conduct. "Identifiable minor" means a 40-person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was 41-created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was 42-used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual 43-depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by 44-the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing 45-characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other 46-recognizable feature. The term identifiable minor shall not 47-be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the 48-identifiable minor; 49- [(5)] (6) "Employ", "employee", or "employment", any 50-person who performs any service on the premises of a 51-sexually oriented business, on a full-time, part-time, or 52-contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an 53-employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise. 54-Employee does not include a person exclusively on the 55- SB 1164 5-premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or for 56-the delivery of goods to the premises; 57- [(6)] (7) "Explicit sexual material", any pictorial or 58-three-dimensional material depicting human masturbation, 59-deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, direct 60-physical stimulation or unclothed genitals, sadomasochistic 61-abuse, or emphasizing the depiction of postpubertal human 62-genitals; provided, however, that works of art or of 63-anthropological significance shall not be deemed to be 64-within the foregoing definition; 65- [(7)] (8) "Furnish", to issue, sell, give, provide, 66-lend, mail, deliver, transfer, circulate, disseminate, 67-present, exhibit or otherwise provide; 68- [(8)] (9) "Material", anything printed or written, or 69-any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film, 70-videotape or videotape production, or pictorial 71-representation, or any recording or transcription, or any 72-mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or stored 73-computer data, or anything which is or may be used as a 74-means of communication. Material includes undeveloped 75-photographs, molds, printing plates, stored computer data 76-and other latent representational objects; 77- [(9)] (10) "Minor", any person less than eighteen 78-years of age; 79- [(10)] (11) "Nudity" or "state of nudity", the showing 80-of the human genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, 81-or the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering 82-of any part of the nipple or areola; 83- [(11)] (12) "Obscene", any material or performance if, 84-taken as a whole: 85- (a) Applying contemporary community standards, its 86-predominant appeal is to prurient interest in sex; and 87- SB 1164 6- (b) The average person, applying contemporary 88-community standards, would find the material depicts or 89-describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and 90- (c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks 91-serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; 92- [(12)] (13) "Operator", any person on the premises of 93-a sexually oriented business who causes the business to 94-function, puts or keeps the business in operation, or is 95-authorized to manage the business or exercise overall 96-operational control of the business premises. A person may 97-be found to be operating or causing to be operated a 98-sexually oriented business whether or not such person is an 99-owner, part owner, or licensee of the business; 100- [(13)] (14) "Performance", any play, motion picture 101-film, videotape, dance or exhibition performed before an 102-audience of one or more; 103- [(14)] (15) "Pornographic for minors", any material or 104-performance if the following apply: 105- (a) The average person, applying contemporary 106-community standards, would find that the material or 107-performance, taken as a whole, has a tendency to cater or 108-appeal to a prurient interest of minors; and 109- (b) The material or performance depicts or describes 110-nudity, sexual conduct, the condition of human genitals when 111-in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or 112-sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive 113-to the average person applying contemporary adult community 114-standards with respect to what is suitable for minors; and 115- (c) The material or performance, taken as a whole, 116-lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific 117-value for minors; 118- SB 1164 7- [(15)] (16) "Premises", the real property upon which a 119-sexually oriented business is located, and all appurtenances 120-thereto and buildings thereon, including but not limited to 121-the sexually oriented business, the grounds, private 122-walkways, and parking lots or parking garages or both; 123- [(16)] (17) "Promote", to manufacture, issue, sell, 124-provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, 125-distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or 126-advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same, by any means 127-including a computer; 128- [(17)] (18) "Regularly", the consistent and repeated 129-doing of the act so described; 130- [(18)] (19) "Sadomasochistic abuse", flagellation or 131-torture by or upon a person as an act of sexual stimulation 132-or gratification; 133- [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the 134-showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across 135-the top of the areola and extending across the width of the 136-breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female 137-buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the 138-human female breast, but shall not include any portion of 139-the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini, 140-dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel 141-provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part; 142- [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct", actual or simulated, 143-normal or perverted acts of human masturbation; deviate 144-sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse; or physical contact 145-with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, 146-buttocks, or the breast of a female in an act of apparent 147-sexual stimulation or gratification or any sadomasochistic 148-abuse or acts including animals or any latent objects in an 149-act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification; 150- SB 1164 8- [(21)] (22) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or 151-simulated: 152- (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, 153-oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between 154-persons of the same or opposite sex; 155- (b) Bestiality; 156- (c) Masturbation; 157- (d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or 158- (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic 159-area of any person; 160- [(22)] (23) "Sexually oriented business" includes: 161- (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store. "Adult 162-bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial 163-establishment which, as one of its principal business 164-activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of 165-consideration any one or more of the following: books, 166-magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or 167-photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, 168-compact discs, digital video discs, slides, or other visual 169-representations which are characterized by their emphasis 170-upon the display of specified sexual activities or specified 171-anatomical areas. A principal business activity exists 172-where the commercial establishment: 173- a. Has a substantial portion of its displayed 174-merchandise which consists of such items; or 175- b. Has a substantial portion of the wholesale value of 176-its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or 177- c. Has a substantial portion of the retail value of 178-its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or 179- d. Derives a substantial portion of its revenues from 180-the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of such 181-items; or 182- SB 1164 9- e. Maintains a substantial section of its interior 183-business space for the sale or rental of such items; or 184- f. Maintains an adult arcade. "Adult arcade" means 185-any place to which the public is permitted or invited 186-wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, 187-electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion 188-picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing 189-devices are regularly maintained to show images to five or 190-fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the 191-images so displayed are characterized by their emphasis upon 192-matter exhibiting specified sexual activities or specified 193-anatomical areas; 194- (b) An adult cabaret; 195- (c) An adult motion picture theater. "Adult motion 196-picture theater" means a commercial establishment where 197-films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar 198-photographic reproductions, which are characterized by their 199-emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities or 200-specified anatomical areas are regularly shown to more than 201-five persons for any form of consideration; 202- (d) A semi-nude model studio. "Semi-nude model 203-studio" means a place where persons regularly appear in a 204-state of semi-nudity for money or any form of consideration 205-in order to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, 206-sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other 207-persons. Such definition shall not apply to any place where 208-persons appearing in a state of semi-nudity do so in a 209-modeling class operated: 210- a. By a college, junior college, or university 211-supported entirely or partly by taxation; 212- b. By a private college or university which maintains 213-and operates educational programs in which credits are 214- SB 1164 10-transferable to a college, junior college, or university 215-supported entirely or partly by taxation; or 216- c. In a structure: 217- (i) Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the 218-structure and no other advertising that indicates a semi- 219-nude person is available for viewing; and 220- (ii) Where, in order to participate in a class, a 221-student must enroll at least three days in advance of the 222-class; 223- (e) A sexual encounter center. "Sexual encounter 224-center" means a business or commercial enterprise that, as 225-one of its principal purposes, purports to offer for any 226-form of consideration physical contact in the form of 227-wrestling or tumbling between two or more persons when one 228-or more of the persons is semi-nude; 229- [(23)] (24) "Sexual performance", any performance, or 230-part thereof, which includes sexual conduct by a child who 231-is less than eighteen years of age; 232- [(24)] (25) "Specified anatomical areas" include: 233- (a) Less than completely and opaquely covered: human 234-genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a 235-point immediately above the top of the areola; and 236- (b) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, 237-even if completely and opaquely covered; 238- [(25)] (26) "Specified sexual activity", includes any 239-of the following: 240- (a) Intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or 241-sodomy; or 242- (b) Excretory functions as a part of or in connection 243-with any of the activities described in paragraph (a) of 244-this subdivision; 245- SB 1164 11- [(26)] (27) "Substantial", at least thirty percent of 246-the item or items so modified; 247- [(27)] (28) "Visual depiction", includes undeveloped 248-film and videotape, and data stored on computer disk or by 249-electronic means which is capable of conversion into a 250-visual image. 251- 573.520. 1. A person commits the offense of engaging 1-in an adult cabaret performance if such performance is: 2- (1) On public property; or 3- (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance 4-could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. 5- 2. The offense of engaging in an adult cabaret 6-performance is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and 7-a class E felony for any second or subsequent offense. 8- 3. The provisions of this section shall: 9- (1) Preempt an ordinance or a regulation, restriction, 10-or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a 11-political subdivision prior to August 28, 2026, if such 12-ordinance, regulation, restriction, or license conflicts 13-with this section; and 14- (2) Prevent or preempt a political subdivision from 15-enacting and enforcing in the future other ordinances, 16-regulations, restrictions, or licenses that are in conflict 17-with this section. 18-✓+ Section A. Sections 67.2540, 226.531, and 573.010, RSMo,+are repealed and five new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to+be known as sections 67.2540, 226.531, 537.048, 573.010, and+573.520, to read as follows:+ 67.2540. As used in sections 67.2540 to 67.2556, the+following terms mean:+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or+similar establishment in which persons regularly appear in a+state of nudity[, as defined in section 573.500,] or+seminudity in the performance of their duties;+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless+of whether performed for consideration;+ (3) "Employee", a person who is at least twenty-one+years of age and who performs any service on the premises of+a sexually oriented business on a full-time, part-time, or+contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an+employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise, and+whether or not said person is paid a salary, wage, or other+compensation by the operator of said business. The term++ 2+employee does not include a person exclusively on the+premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or+equipment on the premises, or for the delivery of goods to+the premises;+ [(3)] (4) "Nudity" or a "state of nudity", the showing+of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, vulva,+anus, anal cleft or anal cleavage with less than a fully+opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less+than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or+the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly+turgid state;+ [(4)] (5) "Nuisance", any place in or upon which+lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted,+permitted, continued, or exists, or any place, in or upon+which lewd, indecent, lascivious, or obscene films, or films+designed to be projected for exhibition, are photographed,+manufactured, developed, screened, exhibited, or otherwise+prepared or shown, and the personal property and contents+used in conducting and maintaining any such place for any+such purpose. The provisions of this section shall not+affect any newspaper, magazine, or other publication entered+as second class matter by the post office department;+ [(5)] (6) "Person", an individual, proprietorship,+partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity;+ [(6)] (7) "Seminude" or in a "seminude condition", a+state of dress in which opaque clothing fails to cover the+genitals, anus, anal cleft or cleavage, pubic area, vulva,+nipple and areola of the female breast below a horizontal+line across the top of the areola at its highest point.+Seminudity shall include the entire lower portion of the+female breast, but shall not include any portion of the+cleavage of the human female breast exhibited by wearing+apparel provided the areola is not exposed in whole or part;++ 3+ [(7)] (8) "Sexually oriented business", an adult+cabaret [or], any business which offers its patrons goods of+which a substantial or significant portion are sexually+oriented material, or any business other than an adult+cabaret that offers an adult cabaret performance. It shall+be presumed that a business that derives thirty percent or+less of its revenue from sexually oriented materials is+presumed not to be a sexually oriented business. [No] A+building, premises, structure, or other facility that+contains any sexually oriented business shall not contain+any other kind of sexually oriented business, except that of+an adult cabaret performance;+ [(8)] (9) "Sexually oriented materials", any pictorial+or three-dimensional material, or film, motion picture, DVD,+video cassette, or similar photographic reproduction, that+depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or+sadomasochistic abuse, as defined in section 573.010;+ [(9)] (10) "Specified criminal activity" includes the+following offenses:+ (a) Prostitution or promotion of prostitution;+dissemination of obscenity; sale, distribution, or display+of harmful material to a minor; sexual performance by a+child; possession or distribution of child pornography;+public lewdness; indecent exposure; indecency with a child;+engaging in organized criminal activity; sexual assault;+molestation of a child; gambling prohibited under Missouri+law; or distribution of a controlled substance; or any+similar offenses described in this subdivision under the+criminal or penal code of other states or countries;+ (b) For which:+ a. Less than two years have elapsed since the date of+conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed++ 4+for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the+conviction is of a misdemeanor offense;+ b. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of+conviction or the date of release from confinement for the+conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction+is of a felony offense; or+ c. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of+the last conviction or the date of release from confinement+for the last conviction, whichever is the later date, if the+convictions are of two or more misdemeanor offenses or+combination of misdemeanor offenses occurring within any+twenty-four-month period;+ (c) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall+not prevent a sexually oriented business from being+considered a nuisance and closed under section 67.2546;+ [(10)] (11) "Specified sexual activities" includes the+following acts:+ (a) The fondling or other erotic touching of human+genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;+ (b) Sex acts, actual or simulated, including+intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or sodomy; or+ (c) Excretory functions as part of or in connection+with any of the activities set forth in this subdivision.+ 226.531. 1. As used in this section the following+terms mean:+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or+similar establishment in which persons appear in a state of+nudity, as defined in section [573.500] 573.010, or+seminudity, in the performance of their duties;+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who++ 5+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless+of whether performed for consideration;+ (3) "Seminudity", a state of dress in which opaque+clothing fails to cover the genitals, anus, anal cleft or+cleavage, pubic area, vulva, nipple and areola of the female+breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola+at its highest point. Seminudity shall include the entire+lower portion of the female breast, but shall not include+any portion of the cleavage of the human female breast+exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is not+exposed in whole or part;+ [(3)] (4) "Sexually oriented business", any business+which offers its patrons goods of which a substantial+portion are sexually oriented materials or any business+other than an adult cabaret that offers an adult cabaret+performance. Any business where more than ten percent of+display space is used for sexually oriented materials shall+be presumed to be a sexually oriented business;+ [(4)] (5) "Sexually oriented materials", any textual,+pictorial, or three-dimensional material that depicts+nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or+sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive+to the average person applying contemporary adult community+standards with respect to what is suitable for minors.+ 2. No billboard or other exterior advertising sign for+an adult cabaret or sexually oriented business shall be+located within one mile of any state highway except if such+business is located within one mile of a state highway then+the business may display a maximum of two exterior signs on+the premises of the business, consisting of one+identification sign and one sign solely giving notice that+the premises are off limits to minors. The identification+sign shall be no more than forty square feet in size and++ 6+shall include no more than the following information: name,+street address, telephone number, and operating hours of the+business.+ 3. Signs existing on August 28, 2004, which did not+conform to the requirements of this section, may be allowed+to continue as a nonconforming use, but should be made to+conform within three years from August 28, 2004.+ 4. Any owner of such a business who violates the+provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C+misdemeanor. Each week a violation of this section+continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.+ 5. This section is designed to protect the following+public policy interests of this state, including but not+limited to: to mitigate the adverse secondary effects of+sexually oriented businesses, to improve traffic safety, to+limit harm to minors, and to reduce prostitution, crime,+juvenile delinquency, deterioration in property values, and+lethargy in neighborhood improvement efforts.+ 537.048. 1. As used in this section, the following+terms mean:+ (1) "Actions or materials that appeal to a prurient+interest in sex", actions or materials that are+characterized by, fixate on, depict, or exhibit sex,+sexually explicit content, sexual desire, a state of nudity+or state of seminudity, or obscene or pornographic material;+ (2) "Adult cabaret establishment", a nightclub, bar,+restaurant, or similar establishment in which persons+regularly appear in a state of nudity or a state of+seminudity in the performance of their duties;+ (3) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a+location, other than an adult cabaret establishment, by an+adult cabaret performer and which contains actions or+materials that appeal to a prurient interest in sex;++ 7+ (4) "Adult cabaret performer", an entertainer who+provided an adult cabaret performance, including, but not+limited to, a topless dancer, go-go dancer, exotic dancer,+stripper, or male or female impersonator;+ (5) "State of nudity", the showing of the human+genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or female+breast less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the+nipple or areola;+ (6) "State of seminudity", a state of dress in which+opaque clothing fails to cover the human genitals, pubic+area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, nipple and areola of the+female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the+areola at its highest point and extending across the width+of the breast at such point, or the showing of the buttocks.+The term "state of seminudity" shall include the entire+lower portion of the female breast, but shall not include+any portion of the cleavage of the human female breast+exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is not+exposed in whole or part.+ 2. Any person who is a resident of the city, town, or+village where an adult cabaret performance is conducted+shall have a cause of action for damages or relief, as+specified in subsection 3 of this section, against an adult+cabaret performer whose adult cabaret performance, proven by+a preponderance of the evidence, contains actions or+material that appeal to a prurient interest in sex and that+occur:+ (1) On public property; or+ (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance+could be viewed by a person who is under the age of eighteen.+ 3. A court may award any damages or injunctive relief+as it deems necessary, including any actual damages,+punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees, to a++ 8+prevailing plaintiff, except no damages, apart from nominal+damages, shall be awarded in more than one action arising+out of a single occurrence.+ 4. Any action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section+shall be brought in the circuit court of the county where+the adult cabaret performance occurred. Any person entitled+to bring an action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section+may institute an action as a representative of a class+against one or more defendants.+ 573.010. As used in this chapter the following terms+shall mean:+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, juice bar,+restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment,+regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which+regularly features persons who appear semi-nude;+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless+of whether performed for consideration;+ (3) "Characterized by", describing the essential+character or dominant theme of an item;+ [(3)] (4) "Child", any person under the age of+fourteen;+ [(4)] (5) "Child pornography":+ (a) Any obscene material or performance depicting+sexual conduct, sexual contact as defined in section+566.010, or a sexual performance and which has as one of its+participants or portrays as an observer of such conduct,+contact, or performance a minor; or+ (b) Any visual depiction, including any photograph,+film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated++ 9+image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic,+mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct+where:+ a. The production of such visual depiction involves+the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;+ b. Such visual depiction is a digital image, computer+image, or computer-generated image that is, or is+indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually+explicit conduct, in that the depiction is such that an+ordinary person viewing the depiction would conclude that+the depiction is of an actual minor engaged in sexually+explicit conduct; or+ c. Such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or+modified to show that an identifiable minor is engaging in+sexually explicit conduct. "Identifiable minor" means a+person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was+created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was+used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual+depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by+the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing+characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other+recognizable feature. The term identifiable minor shall not+be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the+identifiable minor;+ [(5)] (6) "Employ", "employee", or "employment", any+person who performs any service on the premises of a+sexually oriented business, on a full-time, part-time, or+contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an+employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise.+Employee does not include a person exclusively on the+premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or for+the delivery of goods to the premises;++ 10+ [(6)] (7) "Explicit sexual material", any pictorial or+three-dimensional material depicting human masturbation,+deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, direct+physical stimulation or unclothed genitals, sadomasochistic+abuse, or emphasizing the depiction of postpubertal human+genitals; provided, however, that works of art or of+anthropological significance shall not be deemed to be+within the foregoing definition;+ [(7)] (8) "Furnish", to issue, sell, give, provide,+lend, mail, deliver, transfer, circulate, disseminate,+present, exhibit or otherwise provide;+ [(8)] (9) "Material", anything printed or written, or+any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film,+videotape or videotape production, or pictorial+representation, or any recording or transcription, or any+mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or stored+computer data, or anything which is or may be used as a+means of communication. Material includes undeveloped+photographs, molds, printing plates, stored computer data+and other latent representational objects;+ [(9)] (10) "Minor", any person less than eighteen+years of age;+ [(10)] (11) "Nudity" or "state of nudity", the showing+of the human genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft,+or the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering+of any part of the nipple or areola;+ [(11)] (12) "Obscene", any material or performance if,+taken as a whole:+ (a) Applying contemporary community standards, its+predominant appeal is to prurient interest in sex; and+ (b) The average person, applying contemporary+community standards, would find the material depicts or+describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and++ 11+ (c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks+serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value;+ [(12)] (13) "Operator", any person on the premises of+a sexually oriented business who causes the business to+function, puts or keeps the business in operation, or is+authorized to manage the business or exercise overall+operational control of the business premises. A person may+be found to be operating or causing to be operated a+sexually oriented business whether or not such person is an+owner, part owner, or licensee of the business;+ [(13)] (14) "Performance", any play, motion picture+film, videotape, dance or exhibition performed before an+audience of one or more;+ [(14)] (15) "Pornographic for minors", any material or+performance if the following apply:+ (a) The average person, applying contemporary+community standards, would find that the material or+performance, taken as a whole, has a tendency to cater or+appeal to a prurient interest of minors; and+ (b) The material or performance depicts or describes+nudity, sexual conduct, the condition of human genitals when+in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or+sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive+to the average person applying contemporary adult community+standards with respect to what is suitable for minors; and+ (c) The material or performance, taken as a whole,+lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific+value for minors;+ [(15)] (16) "Premises", the real property upon which a+sexually oriented business is located, and all appurtenances+thereto and buildings thereon, including but not limited to+the sexually oriented business, the grounds, private+walkways, and parking lots or parking garages or both;++ 12+ [(16)] (17) "Promote", to manufacture, issue, sell,+provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish,+distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or+advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same, by any means+including a computer;+ [(17)] (18) "Regularly", the consistent and repeated+doing of the act so described;+ [(18)] (19) "Sadomasochistic abuse", flagellation or+torture by or upon a person as an act of sexual stimulation+or gratification;+ [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the+showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across+the top of the areola and extending across the width of the+breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female+buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the+human female breast, but shall not include any portion of+the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini,+dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel+provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part;+ [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct", actual or simulated,+normal or perverted acts of human masturbation; deviate+sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse; or physical contact+with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area,+buttocks, or the breast of a female in an act of apparent+sexual stimulation or gratification or any sadomasochistic+abuse or acts including animals or any latent objects in an+act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification;+ [(21)] (22) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or+simulated:+ (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital,+oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between+persons of the same or opposite sex;+ (b) Bestiality;++ 13+ (c) Masturbation;+ (d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or+ (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic+area of any person;+ [(22)] (23) "Sexually oriented business" includes:+ (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store. "Adult+bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial+establishment which, as one of its principal business+activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of+consideration any one or more of the following: books,+magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or+photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes,+compact discs, digital video discs, slides, or other visual+representations which are characterized by their emphasis+upon the display of specified sexual activities or specified+anatomical areas. A principal business activity exists+where the commercial establishment:+ a. Has a substantial portion of its displayed+merchandise which consists of such items; or+ b. Has a substantial portion of the wholesale value of+its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or+ c. Has a substantial portion of the retail value of+its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or+ d. Derives a substantial portion of its revenues from+the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of such+items; or+ e. Maintains a substantial section of its interior+business space for the sale or rental of such items; or+ f. Maintains an adult arcade. "Adult arcade" means+any place to which the public is permitted or invited+wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically,+electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion+picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing++ 14+devices are regularly maintained to show images to five or+fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the+images so displayed are characterized by their emphasis upon+matter exhibiting specified sexual activities or specified+anatomical areas;+ (b) An adult cabaret;+ (c) An adult motion picture theater. "Adult motion+picture theater" means a commercial establishment where+films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar+photographic reproductions, which are characterized by their+emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities or+specified anatomical areas are regularly shown to more than+five persons for any form of consideration;+ (d) A semi-nude model studio. "Semi-nude model+studio" means a place where persons regularly appear in a+state of semi-nudity for money or any form of consideration+in order to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted,+sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other+persons. Such definition shall not apply to any place where+persons appearing in a state of semi-nudity do so in a+modeling class operated:+ a. By a college, junior college, or university+supported entirely or partly by taxation;+ b. By a private college or university which maintains+and operates educational programs in which credits are+transferable to a college, junior college, or university+supported entirely or partly by taxation; or+ c. In a structure:+ (i) Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the+structure and no other advertising that indicates a semi-+nude person is available for viewing; and++ 15+ (ii) Where, in order to participate in a class, a+student must enroll at least three days in advance of the+class;+ (e) A sexual encounter center. "Sexual encounter+center" means a business or commercial enterprise that, as+one of its principal purposes, purports to offer for any+form of consideration physical contact in the form of+wrestling or tumbling between two or more persons when one+or more of the persons is semi-nude; or+ (f) Any business other than an adult cabaret that+offers an adult cabaret performance;+ [(23)] (24) "Sexual performance", any performance, or+part thereof, which includes sexual conduct by a child who+is less than eighteen years of age;+ [(24)] (25) "Specified anatomical areas" include:+ (a) Less than completely and opaquely covered: human+genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a+point immediately above the top of the areola; and+ (b) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state,+even if completely and opaquely covered;+ [(25)] (26) "Specified sexual activity", includes any+of the following:+ (a) Intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or+sodomy; or+ (b) Excretory functions as a part of or in connection+with any of the activities described in paragraph (a) of+this subdivision;+ [(26)] (27) "Substantial", at least thirty percent of+the item or items so modified;+ [(27)] (28) "Visual depiction", includes undeveloped+film and videotape, and data stored on computer disk or by+electronic means which is capable of conversion into a+visual image.++ 16+ 573.520. 1. A person commits the offense of engaging+in an adult cabaret performance if such performance is:+ (1) On public property; or+ (2) In a location other than an adult cabaret where+the adult cabaret performance is reasonably expected to be+viewed by a person who is not an adult.+ 2. The offense of engaging in an adult cabaret+performance is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and+a class E felony for any second or subsequent offense.+ 3. The provisions of this section shall:+ (1) Preempt an ordinance or a regulation, restriction,+or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a+political subdivision prior to August 28, 2026, if such+ordinance, regulation, restriction, or license conflicts+with this section; and+ (2) Prevent or preempt a political subdivision from+enacting and enforcing in the future other ordinances,+regulations, restrictions, or licenses that are in conflict+with this section.
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