HB 2047 -- Sexually Oriented Businesses

Sponsor:  Stevenson

This bill allows any county, city, town, or village to establish
an ordinance requiring sexually oriented businesses to be
licensed.  No license will be issued to any person who has been
found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony or misdemeanor
relating to any sexual offense under Chapter 566, RSMo, or
obscenity offense under Chapter 573.  A sexually oriented
business cannot employ a person younger than 21 years of age or
receive a license to sell intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating
beer.  Any person who employs an individual younger than 21 years
of age will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

The legislative body of all counties, cities, towns, and villages
is authorized to regulate and restrict the location of sexually
oriented businesses.

Any person who erects, establishes, continues, maintains, uses,
owns, or leases any building or other place for the purpose of
lewdness, assignation, sexual contact for pay, or any unlawful
prostitution activity will be guilty of maintaining a public
nuisance and will be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000,
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one
year, or both.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:45 am