CSSB 106(JUD): "An Act prohibiting minors from patronizing businesses that offer adult entertainment and prohibiting the employment of minors at businesses offering adult entertainment."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 106(JUD) 01 "An Act prohibiting minors from patronizing businesses that offer adult 02 entertainment and prohibiting the employment of minors at businesses offering 03 adult entertainment." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 11.66 is amended by adding a new section to read: 06 ARTICLE 3. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. 07 Sec. 11.66.300. PROHIBITING MINORS FROM BEING PRESENT AT AN 08 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. (a) The owner or an agent or employee 09 of the owner of a business that offers adult entertainment may not with criminal 10 negligence allow a person under the age of 18 years to enter and remain within 11 premises where adult entertainment is offered. 12 (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 13 Each violation is a separate offense. 14 (c) In this section, "business that offers adult entertainment" has the meaning
01 given in AS 23.10.350(f). 02 * Sec. 2. AS 23.10.330(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) Notwithstanding AS 23.10.335 - 23.10.350, a minor of any age may be 04 employed as a performer in the entertainment industry. The provisions of 05 AS 23.10.335 - 23.10.350 and AS 23.10.360(a) and 23.10.360(c) concerning times, 06 hours, or days of work do not apply to the employment of a minor as a performer in 07 the entertainment industry. The department may adopt regulations to implement this 08 subsection. In this subsection, a "performer in the entertainment industry" means a 09 performer in advertisements and television, film, radio, and theater productions but 10 does not include employment on the premises of a business offering any form of 11 adult entertainment under AS 23.10.350(f) regardless of the nature of the work 12 performed by the minor. 13 * Sec. 3. AS 23.10.350 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 14 (f) A minor under the age of 18 may not be employed or allowed to work in 15 any capacity on the premises of a business that offers adult entertainment. In this 16 subsection, "business that offers adult entertainment" means a business in which one 17 or more individuals are employed or contracted to, wholly or in part, or permitted to 18 entertain others by 19 (1) removing clothes or other items that clothe or hide the person's 20 body; 21 (2) dancing or in any other manner exhibiting the individual's body in 22 a completely or almost completely unclothed state; 23 (3) participating in an actual or simulated illegal, indecent, or lewd 24 exhibition, act, or practice including 25 (A) sexual penetration; 26 (B) the lewd exhibition or touching of a person's genitals, anus, 27 or breast; or 28 (C) bestiality. 29 * Sec. 4. AS 23.10.370 is amended to read: 30 Sec. 23.10.370. PENALTY. (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, 31 a [A] person who violates a provision of AS 23.10.325 - 23.10.370 is guilty of a
01 misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or 02 by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both. 03 * Sec. 5. AS 23.10.370 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 04 (b) A person who employs a minor in violation of AS 23.10.350(f) is guilty 05 of a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class C felony for the second and 06 each subsequent offense.