DIGEST
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the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Greene HB No. 978
Abstract: Requires that notice be given to the principal and the parents of all students at a
school when certain acts of obscenity occur within 2,000 feet of the school.
Present law defines the crime of obscenity to include the intentional exposure of the genitals,
pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples in any public place or place open to the public
view, or in any prison or jail, with the intent of arousing sexual desire or which appeals to
prurient interest or is patently offensive.
Proposed law provides that when these acts of obscenity occur within 2,000 feet of a school,
within 24 hours of receiving the report of the incident, the law enforcement agency acting in
response to the reported incident shall notify the principal or headmaster of the school that the
incident occurred.
Proposed law further requires the principal or headmaster, within 24 hours of receiving notice of
the incident from law enforcement, to notify the parents of all students enrolled at the school.
Proposed law provides for the contents of such notice and provides for the definition of
"school".
(Adds R.S. 14:106(I))