Ch. 444

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of requiring a person who operates certain bookstores and
entertainment venues in Harford County and Cecil County to verify in a certain
manner the age of each individual entering the premises; prohibiting a person
who operates certain bookstores and entertainment venues from knowingly
allowing a minor to remain on the premises; and generally relating to bookstores
and entertainment venues in Harford County and Cecil County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 11-102 and 11-103
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Criminal Law

Section 11-104.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2002 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Criminal Law

11-102.

(a)     A person may not knowingly sell or offer to sell to a minor:

(1)     a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture, film, or
other visual representation or image of an individual or portion of the human body
that depicts sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement;

(2)     a book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet, or other written or printed
matter however reproduced, that contains:

(i) any matter enumerated in item (1) of this section;

(ii) obscene material; or

(iii) explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of
sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement; or

(3)     a sound recording that contains:

(i) obscene material; or

(ii) explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of
sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement.

(b)     A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or both.

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