| 16 | | - | creating s. 255.71, F.S.; defining the term 3 |
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| 17 | | - | "governmental entity"; prohibiting a governmental 4 |
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| 18 | | - | entity from issuing a permit or otherwise authorizing 5 |
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| 19 | | - | a person to conduct a performance in violation of 6 |
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| 20 | | - | specified provisions; providing criminal penalties; 7 |
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| 21 | | - | amending s. 509.261, F.S .; authorizing the Division of 8 |
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| 22 | | - | Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business 9 |
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| 23 | | - | and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or 10 |
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| 24 | | - | revoke the license of any public lodging establishment 11 |
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| 25 | | - | or public food service establishment if the 12 |
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| 26 | | - | establishment admits a c hild to an adult live 13 |
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| 27 | | - | performance; specifying that a specified violation 14 |
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| 28 | | - | constitutes an immediate, serious danger to the public 15 |
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| 29 | | - | health, safety, or welfare; authorizing the division 16 |
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| 30 | | - | to issue specified fines for first, second, and 17 |
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| 31 | | - | subsequent violations of ce rtain provisions; amending 18 |
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| 32 | | - | s. 561.29, F.S.; specifying that the Division of 19 |
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| 33 | | - | Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of 20 |
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| 34 | | - | Business and Professional Regulation is given full 21 |
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| 35 | | - | power and authority to revoke or suspend the license 22 |
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| 36 | | - | of any person issued un der the Beverage Law when it is 23 |
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| 37 | | - | determined or found by the division upon sufficient 24 |
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| 38 | | - | cause appearing that he or she is maintaining a 25 |
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| 16 | + | amending s. 509.261, F.S.; authorizing the Division of 3 |
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| 17 | + | Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business 4 |
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| 18 | + | and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or 5 |
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| 19 | + | revoke the license of any public lodging establishment 6 |
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| 20 | + | or public food service establishment if the 7 |
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| 21 | + | establishment admits a child to an adult live 8 |
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| 22 | + | performance; specifying that a specified violation 9 |
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| 23 | + | constitutes an immediate, serious danger to the public 10 |
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| 24 | + | health, safety, or welfare; authorizing the division 11 |
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| 25 | + | to issue specified fines for first, second, and 12 |
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| 26 | + | subsequent violations of certain provisions; amending 13 |
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| 27 | + | s. 561.29, F.S.; specifying that the Division of 14 |
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| 28 | + | Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of 15 |
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| 29 | + | Business and Professional Regulation is given full 16 |
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| 30 | + | power and authority to revoke or suspend the license 17 |
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| 31 | + | of any person issued under the Beverage Law when it is 18 |
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| 32 | + | determined or found by the division upon sufficient 19 |
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| 33 | + | cause appearing that he or she is maintaining a 20 |
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| 34 | + | licensed premises that admits a child to an adult live 21 |
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| 35 | + | performance; specifying that a specified violation 22 |
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| 36 | + | constitutes an immediate serious danger to the public 23 |
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| 37 | + | health, safety, or welfare; authorizing the divi sion 24 |
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| 38 | + | to issue specified fines for first, second, and 25 |
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| 51 | | - | licensed premises that admits a child to an adult live 26 |
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| 52 | | - | performance; specifying that a specified violation 27 |
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| 53 | | - | constitutes an immediate serious danger to the public 28 |
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| 54 | | - | health, safety, or welfare; authorizing the division 29 |
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| 55 | | - | to issue specified fines for first, second, and 30 |
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| 56 | | - | subsequent violations of certain provisions; creating 31 |
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| 57 | | - | s. 827.11, F.S.; defining the terms "adult live 32 |
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| 58 | | - | performance" and "knowingly"; prohibiting the raising 33 |
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| 59 | | - | of specified arguments as a defense in a prosecution 34 |
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| 60 | | - | for certain violations; prohibiting a person from 35 |
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| 61 | | - | knowingly admitting a child to an adult live 36 |
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| 62 | | - | performance; providing criminal penalties; providing 37 |
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| 63 | | - | an effective date. 38 |
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| 64 | | - | 39 |
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| 65 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 40 |
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| 66 | | - | 41 |
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| 67 | | - | Section 1. Section 255.7 1, Florida Statutes, is created to 42 |
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| 68 | | - | read: 43 |
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| 69 | | - | 255.71 Public permitting.— 44 |
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| 70 | | - | (1) As used in this section, the term "governmental 45 |
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| 71 | | - | entity" means any state, county, distri ct, or municipal officer, 46 |
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| 72 | | - | department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other 47 |
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| 73 | | - | separate unit of government created or established by law and 48 |
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| 74 | | - | any other public or private agency, person, partnership, or 49 |
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| 75 | | - | corporation or business entity acting on behalf of any public 50 |
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| 51 | + | subsequent violations of certain provisions; creating 26 |
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| 52 | + | s. 827.11, F.S.; defining the terms "adult live 27 |
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| 53 | + | performance" and "knowingly"; prohibiting the raising 28 |
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| 54 | + | of specified arguments as a defense in a prosec ution 29 |
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| 55 | + | for certain violations; prohibiting a person from 30 |
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| 56 | + | knowingly admitting a child to an adult live 31 |
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| 57 | + | performance; providing criminal penalties; providing 32 |
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| 58 | + | an effective date. 33 |
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| 59 | + | 34 |
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| 60 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35 |
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| 61 | + | 36 |
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| 62 | + | Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 509.261, 37 |
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| 63 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 38 |
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| 64 | + | 509.261 Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; 39 |
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| 65 | + | procedure.— 40 |
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| 66 | + | (10)(a) The division may fine, suspend, or revoke the 41 |
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| 67 | + | license of any public lodging establishment or public food 42 |
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| 68 | + | service establishment if the establishment admits a child to an 43 |
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| 69 | + | adult live performance, in violation of s. 827.11. 44 |
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| 70 | + | (b) A violation of this subsection constitutes an 45 |
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| 71 | + | immediate serious danger to the public health, safety, or 46 |
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| 72 | + | welfare for the purposes of s. 120.60 (6). 47 |
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| 73 | + | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the division may issue 48 |
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| 74 | + | a $5,000 fine for an establishment's first violation of this 49 |
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| 75 | + | subsection. 50 |
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| 88 | | - | agency. 51 |
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| 89 | | - | (2) A governmental entity may not issue a permit or 52 |
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| 90 | | - | otherwise authorize a person to conduct a performance in 53 |
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| 91 | | - | violation of s. 827.11. 54 |
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| 92 | | - | (3) If a violation of s. 827.11 occurs for a lawfully 55 |
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| 93 | | - | issued permit or other authorization, the ind ividual who was 56 |
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| 94 | | - | issued the permit or other authorization commits a misdemeanor 57 |
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| 95 | | - | of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 58 |
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| 96 | | - | 775.083. 59 |
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| 97 | | - | Section 2. Subsection (10) is added to section 509.261, 60 |
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| 98 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 61 |
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| 99 | | - | 509.261 Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; 62 |
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| 100 | | - | procedure.— 63 |
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| 101 | | - | (10)(a) The division may fine, suspend, or revoke the 64 |
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| 102 | | - | license of any public lodging establishment or public food 65 |
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| 103 | | - | service establishment if the establishment admits a child to an 66 |
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| 104 | | - | adult live performance in v iolation of s. 827.11. 67 |
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| 105 | | - | (b) A violation of this subsection constitutes an 68 |
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| 106 | | - | immediate serious danger to the public health, safety, or 69 |
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| 107 | | - | welfare for the purposes of s. 120.60(6). 70 |
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| 108 | | - | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the division may issue 71 |
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| 109 | | - | a $5,000 fine for an establishment's first violation of this 72 |
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| 110 | | - | subsection. 73 |
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| 111 | | - | (d) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the division may issue 74 |
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| 112 | | - | a $10,000 fine for an establishment's second or subsequent 75 |
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| 88 | + | (d) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the division may issue 51 |
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| 89 | + | a $10,000 fine for an establishment's second or subseque nt 52 |
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| 90 | + | violation of this subsection. 53 |
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| 91 | + | Section 2. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (1) of 54 |
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| 92 | + | section 561.29, Florida Statutes, to read: 55 |
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| 93 | + | 561.29 Revocation and suspension of license; power to 56 |
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| 94 | + | subpoena.— 57 |
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| 95 | + | (1) The division is given full power and authority t o 58 |
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| 96 | + | revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license 59 |
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| 97 | + | under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the 60 |
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| 98 | + | division upon sufficient cause appearing of: 61 |
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| 99 | + | (l) Maintaining a licensed premises that admits a child to 62 |
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| 100 | + | an adult live performanc e in violation of s. 827.11. 63 |
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| 101 | + | 1. A violation of this paragraph constitutes an immediate, 64 |
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| 102 | + | serious danger to the public health, safety, or welfare for the 65 |
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| 103 | + | purposes of s. 120.60(6). 66 |
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| 104 | + | 2. The division may issue a $5,000 fine for a first 67 |
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| 105 | + | violation of this para graph. 68 |
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| 106 | + | 3. The division may issue a $10,000 fine for a second or 69 |
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| 107 | + | subsequent violation of this paragraph. 70 |
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| 108 | + | Section 3. Section 827.11, Florida Statutes, is created to 71 |
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| 109 | + | read: 72 |
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| 110 | + | 827.11 Exposing children to an adult live performance. — 73 |
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| 111 | + | (1) As used in this section, the term: 74 |
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| 112 | + | (a) "Adult live performance" means any show, exhibition, 75 |
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| 125 | | - | violation of this subsection. 76 |
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| 126 | | - | Section 3. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection ( 1) of 77 |
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| 127 | | - | section 561.29, Florida Statutes, to read: 78 |
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| 128 | | - | 561.29 Revocation and suspension of license; power to 79 |
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| 129 | | - | subpoena.— 80 |
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| 130 | | - | (1) The division is given full power and authority to 81 |
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| 131 | | - | revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license 82 |
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| 132 | | - | under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the 83 |
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| 133 | | - | division upon sufficient cause appearing of: 84 |
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| 134 | | - | (l) Maintaining a licensed premises that admits a child to 85 |
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| 135 | | - | an adult live performance in violation of s. 827.11. 86 |
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| 136 | | - | 1. A violation of this paragraph constitutes an imme diate, 87 |
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| 137 | | - | serious danger to the public health, safety, or welfare for the 88 |
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| 138 | | - | purposes of s. 120.60(6). 89 |
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| 139 | | - | 2. The division may issue a $5,000 fine for a first 90 |
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| 140 | | - | violation of this paragraph. 91 |
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| 141 | | - | 3. The division may issue a $10,000 fine for a second or 92 |
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| 142 | | - | subsequent violation of this paragraph. 93 |
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| 143 | | - | Section 4. Section 827.11, Florida Statutes, is created to 94 |
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| 144 | | - | read: 95 |
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| 145 | | - | 827.11 Exposing children to an adult live performance. — 96 |
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| 146 | | - | (1) As used in this section, the term: 97 |
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| 147 | | - | (a) "Adult live performance" means any show, exhibition, 98 |
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| 148 | | - | or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in 99 |
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| 149 | | - | whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, 100 |
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| 125 | + | or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in 76 |
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| 126 | + | whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, 77 |
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| 127 | + | sexual excitement, specific sexual activities as those terms are 78 |
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| 128 | + | defined in s. 847.001, lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of 79 |
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| 129 | + | prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts when it: 80 |
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| 130 | + | 1. Predominantly appeals to a prurient, shameful, or 81 |
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| 131 | + | morbid interest; 82 |
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| 132 | + | 2. Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the 83 |
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| 133 | + | adult community of this state as a whole with respect to what is 84 |
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| 134 | + | suitable material or conduct for the age of the child present; 85 |
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| 135 | + | and 86 |
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| 136 | + | 3. Taken as a whole, is without serious literary, 87 |
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| 137 | + | artistic, political, or scientific value for the age of the 88 |
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| 138 | + | child present. 89 |
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| 139 | + | (b) "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, reason 90 |
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| 140 | + | to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further 91 |
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| 141 | + | inspection or inquiry of both: 92 |
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| 142 | + | 1. The character and content of any adult live performance 93 |
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| 143 | + | described in this section which is rea sonably susceptible of 94 |
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| 144 | + | examination by the defendant; and 95 |
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| 145 | + | 2. The age of the child. 96 |
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| 146 | + | (2) A person's ignorance of a child's age, a child's 97 |
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| 147 | + | misrepresentation of his or her age, or a bona fide belief of a 98 |
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| 148 | + | child's consent may not be raised as a defense in a p rosecution 99 |
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| 149 | + | for a violation of this section. 100 |
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| 162 | | - | sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities as those terms 101 |
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| 163 | | - | are defined in s. 847.001, lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of 102 |
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| 164 | | - | prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts when it: 103 |
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| 165 | | - | 1. Predominantly appeals to a prurient, shameful, or 104 |
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| 166 | | - | morbid interest; 105 |
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| 167 | | - | 2. Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the 106 |
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| 168 | | - | adult community of this state as a whole with respect to what is 107 |
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| 169 | | - | suitable material or conduct for the age of the child present; 108 |
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| 170 | | - | and 109 |
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| 171 | | - | 3. Taken as a whole, is without serious literary, 110 |
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| 172 | | - | artistic, political, or scientific value for the age of the 111 |
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| 173 | | - | child present. 112 |
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| 174 | | - | (b) "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, reason 113 |
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| 175 | | - | to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further 114 |
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| 176 | | - | inspection or inquiry of both: 115 |
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| 177 | | - | 1. The character and content of any adult live performance 116 |
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| 178 | | - | described in this section which is reasonably susceptible of 117 |
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| 179 | | - | examination by the defendant; and 118 |
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| 180 | | - | 2. The age of the chil d. 119 |
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| 181 | | - | (2) A person's ignorance of a child's age, a child's 120 |
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| 182 | | - | misrepresentation of his or her age, or a bona fide belief of a 121 |
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| 183 | | - | child's consent may not be raised as a defense in a prosecution 122 |
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| 184 | | - | for a violation of this section. 123 |
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| 185 | | - | (3) A person may not knowingly admi t a child to an adult 124 |
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| 186 | | - | live performance. 125 |
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| 199 | | - | (4) A violation of subsection (3) constitutes a 126 |
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| 200 | | - | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 127 |
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| 201 | | - | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 128 |
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| 202 | | - | Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 129 |
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| 162 | + | (3) A person may not knowingly admit a child to an adult 101 |
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| 163 | + | live performance. 102 |
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| 164 | + | (4) A violation of subsection (3) constitutes a 103 |
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| 165 | + | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 104 |
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| 166 | + | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 105 |
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| 167 | + | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 106 |
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