FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 300

89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

L1042.01T 1997

AN ACT

To repeal section 565.250, RSMo Supp. 1996, relating to invasion of privacy, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 565.250, RSMo Supp. 1996, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 565.250, to read as follows:

565.250. As used in sections 565.250 to 565.257, the following terms mean:

(1) "Full or partial nudity", the showing of all or any part of the human genitals or pubic area or buttock, or any part of the nipple of the breast of any female person, with less than a fully opaque covering;

(2) "Photographs" or "films", the making of any photograph, motion picture film, videotape, or any other recording or transmission of the image of a person;

(3) "Place where [he] a person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy", any place where a reasonable person would believe that [he] a person could disrobe in privacy, without being concerned that [his] the person's undressing was being viewed, photographed or filmed by another;

(4) "Prior invasion of privacy offender", a person who previously has pleaded or been found guilty of the crime of invasion of privacy;

(5) "Same course of conduct", more than one person has been filmed in full or partial nudity under the same or similar circumstances pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether at the same or different times;

(6) "Views", the looking upon of another person, with the unaided eye or with any device designed or intended to improve visual acuity, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person.

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