Thursday, February 07, 2008

Emery bill would strictly regulate adult clubs

A bill filed Wednesday by Rep. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, would stiffen regulations on adult clubs in Missouri.
HB 2026, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Ruestman, R-Joplin, calls for a number of steps which would prevent the new strip club being planned in Jasper County, or any other such establishment from operating successfully.
Among other things, the bill calls for the following:

2. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for a person in a sexually oriented business to knowingly and intentionally appear in a state of nudity or depict, simulate, or perform specified sexual activities.

3. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for a person to appear knowingly or intentionally in a sexually oriented business in a seminude condition unless the person is an employee who, while seminude, shall be at least ten feet from any patron or customer and on a stage at least two feet from the floor and behind a railing no less than twenty-four inches in height.

4. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for an employee while seminude in a sexually oriented business to solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron or customer or for any patron or customer to pay or give any gratuity to any employee, while said employee is seminude in a sexually oriented business.

5. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for an employee of a sexually oriented business while seminude to touch a customer or patron or the clothing of a customer or patron.

6. No sexually oriented business may remain open at any time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. Such businesses shall be closed on all official state or federal holidays and Sundays.

7. The provisions of this section are designed to protect the following public policy interest of this state, including but not limited to: to mitigate the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses, to limit harm to minors, and to reduce prostitution, crime, juvenile delinquency, deterioration in property values and lethargy in neighborhood improvement efforts.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would be willing to bet that if prostitution were legal in this State, the instances of Domestic Violence would be greatly reduced.

Anonymous said...

Plus it would provide jobs!

Anonymous said...

Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean you have to legislate it out of existance and force your morality on everyone. I don't imagine this stands a chance of passing or standing up to a challenge.

Anonymous said...

I just heard McCain tell everyone conservatism meant LESS government interference!!!!

Anonymous said...

I love this way this reads. There is no reason for this sort of place to be here. When people want sin, they can hop the plane to Vegas!!

Anonymous said...

Apparently, God doesn't see the sin that happens out of town. Oh, well, he probably does, but no one from church will!

Anonymous said...

What about the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Keep your pious morality to yourself and allow others the freedom to enjoy thier lives.