Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 215-H.F.No. 308 
           An act relating to crimes; obscenity; prohibiting 
          exhibition of obscene live performances to juveniles 
          in a place of public accommodation; prohibiting the 
          admission of a minor to an obscene exhibition even if 
          minor does not pay for admission; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1986, sections 617.291; and 617.294. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 617.291, is 
amended to read:  
    617.291 [SEXUALLY PROVOCATIVE MATERIAL, PURPOSE AND POLICY 
OF THE LEGISLATURE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  In enacting sections 617.291 to 617.297 the 
legislature declares its purposes and intent to be as follows: 
    There exists an urgent need to prevent commercial exposure 
of minors to sexually provocative written, photographic, 
printed, sound or published The legislature finds that sexually 
explicit materials and exhibitions presented before an 
audience as these are hereafter defined in sections 617.291 to 
617.297 and which are hereby declared to be are harmful to 
minors. 
    Subd. 2.  It is in the best interest of the health, welfare 
and safety of the citizens of this state, and especially of 
minors within the state, that commercial dissemination, and 
dissemination without monetary consideration in a place of 
public accommodation, of such sexually provocative explicit 
written, photographic, printed, sound or published materials, 
and of plays, dances, or other exhibitions presented before an 
audience, that are deemed harmful to minors, be restricted to 
persons over the age of 17 years; or, if available to minors 
under the age of 18 years, that the availability of such the 
materials be restricted to sources within established and 
recognized schools, churches, museums, medical clinics and 
physicians, hospitals, public libraries, or government sponsored 
organizations. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 617.294, is 
amended to read:  
    617.294 [COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION PROHIBITED.] 
    It is unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit for a 
monetary consideration to a minor or knowingly to sell to a 
minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor, 
whether or not for a monetary consideration, to premises whereon 
a place of public accommodation where there is exhibited, a 
motion picture, show or other presentation or a play, dance, or 
other exhibition presented before an audience which, in whole or 
in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or, sadomasochistic 
abuse and which is harmful to minors. 
     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1987, and apply to 
crimes committed on or after that date. 
    Approved May 26, 1987