SENATE BILL No. 104

 

 

January 29, 2003, Introduced by Senator HAMMERSTROM and referred to the Committee on

             Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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 section 6 (MCL 722.676), as amended by 1999 PA 33.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

4   matter to his or her child or ward.                                         

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   elementary or secondary school that complies with the revised               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   school program permitted by law.                                            

                                                                                

3       (c) A licensed physician or licensed psychologist who                       

                                                                                

4   disseminates sexually explicit matter in the treatment of a                 

                                                                                

5   patient.                                                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   elementary or secondary school that complies with the revised               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   public library,  who disseminates sexually explicit matter in the           

                                                                                

10  course of that person's employment  .  with any of the                      

                                                                                

11  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

12                                                                               (i) A library of a public or private elementary or secondary                        

                                                                                

13  school that complies with the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,             

                                                                                

14  MCL 380.1 to 380.1852.                                                      

                                                                                

15      (ii) A public library, including, but not limited to, a                      

                                                                                

16  library established by a public or private community college,               

                                                                                

17  college, or university.                                                     

                                                                                

18      (iii) A library established by a public or private community                 

                                                                                

19  college, college, or university that is not a public library.               

                                                                                

20      (e)  Any  A public or private college or university or  any                 

                                                                                

21  other  another person who disseminates sexually explicit matter             

                                                                                

22  for a legitimate medical, scientific, governmental, or judicial             

                                                                                

23  purpose.                                                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   other material.