HOUSE BILL No. 4450


     April 13, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Law and referred to the Committee on Employment
Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to prohibit the employment of certain individuals

   less than 21 years of age to engage in certain acts in adult

   entertainment establishments; and to impose penalties.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (a) "Adult entertainment establishment" means a facility

 3    that exhibits or makes available to patrons of the facility a

 4    sexually explicit performance.

 5         (b) "Sexually explicit performance" means a live presenta-

 6    tion that wholly or in part depicts nudity, sexual excitement,

 7    erotic fondling, sexual intercourse, or sadomasochistic abuse.

 8         Sec. 2.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the owner

 9    or operator of an adult entertainment establishment shall not

10    employ an individual less than 21 years of age to engage in a




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 1    sexually explicit performance at that adult entertainment

 2    establishment.

 3         (2) This act does not apply to employment described in

 4    subsection (1) if, before the effective date of this act, the

 5    individual less than 21 years of age is already employed to

 6    engage in a sexually explicit performance at the adult entertain-

 7    ment establishment.

 8         Sec. 3.  A person who violates this act is guilty of a mis-

 9    demeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or

10    a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.




































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