Report Title:
Adult Entertainment Products
Description:
Requires that a business selling adult entertainment products obscure them from view from off the premises. Requires that adult entertainment products be segregated and obscured from view from portions of the premises where other products are sold. (HB2885 HD2)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2885 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to adult entertainment products.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§ - Sale of adult entertainment products; view. (a) Any person or business selling adult entertainment products on premises open to the general public shall:
(1) Obscure the adult entertainment products from view from any location off the premises;
(2) Segregate the adult entertainment products from other products sold on the premises, if any; and
(3) Obscure the adult entertainment products from view from any location on the premises where other products are sold by use of a curtain, screen, or other device.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
"Adult entertainment product" means any merchandise that is pornographic as defined in section 712-1210.
"Premises" means any building, structure, or place, or any separate part or portion thereof.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be fined $100 for each violation."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on October 1, 2006.