FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.462
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRISTENSEN.
1591H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection182.827,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsectionsrelatingto
materialsinpublicschoolsthatareobsceneorharmfultominors,withpenalty
provisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section182.827,RSMo,isrepealedandtwonewsectionsenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassections162.116and182.827,toreadasfollows:
162.116.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Charterschool",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.400;
3 (2)"Department",theMissouridepartmentofelementaryandsecondary
4education;
5 (3)"Explicitmaterial",obscenematerialormaterialthatisharmfultominors;
6 (4)"Governingboard",thegoverningboardofacharterschoolestablished
7undersections160.400to160.425;
8 (5)"Harmfultominors",thequalityofadescriptionorrepresentation,in
9whateverform,ofnudity,sexualexcitement,sexualconduct,excessiveviolence,or
10sadomasochisticabusethat:
11 (a)Theaveragepersonapplyingcontemporarycommunitystandardswould
12findtopredominantlyappealtotheprurient,shameful,ormorbidinterestsofminors;
13 (b)Ispatentlyoffensivetoprevailingstandardsinthecontemporaryadult
14communityasawholewithrespecttowhatissuitableforminors;and
15 (c)Whentakenasawhole,lacksseriousliterary,artistic,political,orscientific
16valueforminors;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (6)"Material",anyofthefollowing:
18 (a)Abook,magazine,newspaper,orotherprintedorwrittenmaterial;
19 (b)Apicture,drawing,photograph,film,video,computer-generatedimage,or
20otherpictorialrepresentation;
21 (c)Astatue,figure,device,theatricalproduction,orelectricalreproduction;or
22 (d)Othersimilararticles,equipment,machines,ormaterials;
23 (7)"Obscene",spokenorwrittenmatterthat,whentakenasawhole:
24 (a)Theaveragepersonwouldfindtopredominantlyappealtoprurientinterest;
25 (b)Theaveragepersonapplyingcontemporarycommunitystandardswould
26findtodepictordescribesexualconductinapatentlyoffensiveway;and
27 (c)Lacksseriousliterary,artistic,political,orscientificvalue;
28 (8)"Parent",aparent,guardian,orotherpersonhavingcontrolorcustodyofa
29child;
30 (9)"Patentlyoffensive",goingsubstantiallybeyondcustomarylimitsofcandor
31indescribingorrepresentingsuchsubject;
32 (10)"Publicschool",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.011.Thetermshallbe
33construedtoincludeacharterschool;
34 (11)"Schoolboard",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.011;
35 (12)"Schooldistrict",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.011.
36 2.Noschooldistrictorpublicschoolshallallowobscenematerialormaterial
37thatisharmfultominorstobeavailabletoachild:
38 (1)Inaschoollibrarycontrolledbytheschooldistrictorpublicschool;or
39 (2)Frommaterialskeptorusedbyateacherinthecourseofpreparingforor
40providinginstructiontochildrenenrolledinapublicschool.
41 3.(1)Eachschoolboardandgoverningboardshalladoptapolicythatallowsa
42parentofachildenrolledinapublicschooltoreporttothepublicschooladministration
43iftheparentbecomesawarethatobscenematerialormaterialthatisharmfultominors
44ismadeavailabletochildrenasdescribedinsubsection2ofthissection.
45 (2)Thepolicyrequiredundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallrequirethe
46publicschooladministrationtoremovethematerialreportedbyaparentasobsceneor
47harmfultominorsforatleastthirtycalendardaystoallowtheschoolboardor
48governingboard,asapplicable,toreviewthematerialtodeterminewhetherthe
49materialisobscene,harmfultominors,orappropriateforstudents.
50 (3)(a)Theschoolboardorgoverningboard,asapplicable,shalldetermineif
51thematerialisobsceneorharmfultominorsbeforethenextregularlyscheduled
52meetingoftheschoolboardorgoverningboard,asapplicable,afterthethirty-day
53removalperiodofthematerialasdescribedinsubdivision(2)ofthissubsection.
HB462 2 54 (b)Iftheschoolboardorgoverningboarddeterminesthatthematerialis
55obsceneorharmfultominors,theboardshallpermanentlyremovethematerialfrom
56thepublicschool.
57 (c)Iftheschoolboardorgoverningboarddeterminesthatthematerialis
58appropriateforstudents,theboardshallreturnthematerialtoeachschoollibraryor
59teacherfromwhichthematerialwasremovedupontheboard'sdeterminationthatthe
60materialisappropriateforstudentsorattheendofthethirty-dayremovalperiod
61describedinsubdivision(2)ofthissubsection,whicheverisearlier.
62 (4)Thepolicyadoptedunderthissectionshallnotbeconstruedto:
63 (a)Betheexclusivemeanstoremovematerialfromaschool;or
64 (b)Precludeaschooldistrictorgoverningboardfromdevelopingor
65implementingadditionalpolicies,practices,orproceduresfortheremovalof
66materialsfromtheschool.
67 (5)Ifapublicschoolfailstocomplywithapolicyadoptedunderthissection,the
68departmentmaywithholdanamountofstatefunds,asdeterminedbythedepartment,
69fromthepublicschooluntilthepublicschoolisincompliancewiththepolicy.
70 (6)Eachpublicschoolshallannuallyreporttothedepartmentthematerialthat
71ispermanentlyremovedunderparagraph(b)ofsubdivision(3)ofthissubsection.
182.827.1.Apublicschoolthatprovidesapublicaccesscomputershallapplythe
2provisionsofsection162.116thatareapplicabletomaterialsmadeavailabletoachildin
3aschoollibrarytomaterialsaccessedbyminorsonsuchpublicaccesscomputeranddo
4oneorbothofthefollowing:
5 (1)Equipthecomputerwithsoftwarethatwilllimitminors'abilitytogainaccessto
6materialthatispornographicforminorsorpurchaseinternetconnectivityfromaninternet
7serviceproviderthatprovidesfilterservicestolimitaccesstomaterialthatispornographic
8forminors;
9 (2)DevelopandimplementbyJanuary1,2003,apolicythatisconsistentwith
10communitystandardsandestablishesmeasurestorestrictminorsfromgainingcomputer
11accesstomaterialthatispornographicforminors.
12 2.Thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationshallestablishrulesand
13regulationsfortheenforcementofsubsection1ofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,
14asthattermisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthis
15sectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsof
16chapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter536are
17nonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter
18536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedateortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequently
HB462 3 19heldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedor
20adoptedafterAugust28,2002,shallbeinvalidandvoid.
21 3.Apubliclibrarythatprovidesapublicaccesscomputershalldooneorbothofthe
22following:
23 (1)Equipthecomputerwithsoftwarethatwilllimitminors'abilitytogainaccessto
24materialthatispornographicforminorsorpurchaseinternetconnectivityfromaninternet
25serviceproviderthatprovidesfilterservicestolimitaccesstomaterialthatispornographic
26forminors;
27 (2)DevelopandimplementbyJanuary1,2003,apolicythatisconsistentwith
28communitystandardsandestablishesmeasurestorestrictminorsfromgainingcomputer
29accesstomaterialthatispornographicforminors.
30 4.Thesecretaryofstateshallestablishrulesandregulationsfortheenforcementof
31subsection3ofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedinsection
32536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshallbecomeeffective
33onlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,
34section536.028.Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowers
35vestedwiththegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate
36ortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantof
37rulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2002,shallbeinvalid
38andvoid.
39 5.Anypublicschoolboardmember,officeroremployee,includinglibrarypersonnel,
40whowillfullyneglectsorrefusestoperformadutyimposedbythissectionshallbesubjectto
41thepenaltiesimposedpursuanttosection162.091.
42 6.Apublicschoolorpublicschoolboardmember,officeroremployee,including
43librarypersonnel,publiclibraryorpubliclibraryboardmember,officer,employeeortrustee
44thatcomplieswithsubsection1or3ofthissectionoraninternetserviceproviderproviding
45internetconnectivitytosuchpublicschoolorlibraryinordertocomplywiththissectionshall
46notbecriminallyliableorliableforanydamagesthatmightarisefromaminorgainingaccess
47tomaterialthatispornographicforminorsthroughtheuseofapublicaccesscomputerthatis
48ownedorcontrolledbythepublicschoolorpubliclibrary.
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