February 22, 2008





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1042

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DIGEST OF HB 1042 (Updated February 19, 2008 2:16 pm - DI 106)



Citations Affected: IC 23-1; IC 23-18; IC 24-4; noncode.

Synopsis: Intent to sell sexually explicit materials. Requires a person that intends to offer for sale or sell sexually explicit materials to register and file a statement with the secretary of state. Imposes a $250 filing fee and requires the secretary of state to notify certain local officials of the county in which the person locates the business. Provides that a person that offers for sale or sells sexually explicit materials without registering and filing the statement commits a Class B misdemeanor.

Effective: July 1, 2008.





Goodin , Harris T , Stutzman
(SENATE SPONSORS _ STEELE, LEWIS)




    January 8, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs.
    January 24, 2008, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    January 29, 2008, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    January 30, 2008, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 88, nays 5.

SENATE ACTION

    February 5, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.
    February 21, 2008, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






February 22, 2008

Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1042



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning trade regulation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 23-1-55; (08)EH1042.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 23-1-55 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]:
     Chapter 55. Intention to Sell Sexually Explicit Materials
    Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a person who sells sexually explicit materials on June 30, 2008, unless the person changes the person's business location after June 30, 2008.
    Sec. 2. A person (as defined in IC 35-41-1-22) that intends to offer for sale or sell sexually explicit materials shall register with the secretary of state the intent to offer for sale or sell sexually explicit materials and provide a statement detailing the types of materials that the person intends to offer for sale or sell.
    Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "local officials of the county" refer to all of the following:
        (1) The county executive.
        (2) If a person described in section 2 of this chapter intends to locate in a municipality, the executive of the municipality.
        (3) A local entity that supervises a zoning board in the county.
    (b) After receiving a registration described in section 2 of this chapter, the secretary of state shall notify the local officials of the county in which a person described in section 2 of this chapter intends to offer for sale or sell sexually explicit materials of
the registration filed under section 2 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 23-18-12-3; (08)EH1042.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 23-18-12-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.60-2007, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the secretary of state shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this section are delivered for filing:
        Document                    Fee
        (1) Articles of organization        $90
        (2) Application for use of
        indistinguishable name        $20
        (3) Application for reservation of name    $20
        (4) Application for renewal of
        reservation                    $20
        (5) Notice of transfer or cancellation
        of reservation                $20
        (6) Application of registered name    $30
        (7) Application for renewal of registered name    $30
        (8) Certificate of change of registered
        agent's business address        No Fee
        (9) Certificate of resignation of
        agent                        No Fee
        (10) Articles of amendment    $30
        (11) Restatement of articles of
        organization                    $30
        (12) Articles of dissolution        $30
        (13) Application for certificate of
        authority                    $90
        (14) Application for amended
        certificate of authority            $30
        (15) Application for certificate of
        withdrawal                    $30
        (16) Application for reinstatement
        following administrative dissolution    $30
        (17) Articles of correction        $30
        (18) Certificate of change of
        registered agent                No Fee
        (19) Application for certificate of
        existence or authorization        $15
        (20) Biennial report filed in writing,
        including by facsimile            $30
        (21) Biennial report filed by electronic medium    $20
        (22) Articles of merger involving a
        domestic limited liability company    $90
        (23) Any other document required or
        permitted to be filed under this article    $30
         (24) Registration of intent to sell
        sexually explicit materials, products, or services    $250

    (b) The fee set forth in subsection (a)(20) for filing a biennial report is fifteen dollars ($15) per year, to be paid biennially.
    (c) The secretary of state shall collect a fee of $10 each time process is served on the secretary of state under this article. If the party to a proceeding causing service of process prevails in the proceeding, that party is entitled to recover this fee as costs from the nonprevailing party.
    (d) The secretary of state shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed documents relating to a domestic or foreign limited liability company:
        (1) One dollar ($1) per page for copying.
        (2) Fifteen dollars ($15) for certification stamp.
    (e) If the document described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(13) is filed by electronic means as prescribed by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall collect a filing fee of seventy-five dollars ($75).
SOURCE: IC 24-4-16; (08)EH1042.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 24-4-16 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]:
     Chapter 16. Sexually Explicit Materials
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter,
"person" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-41-1-22.
    Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "sexually explicit materials" means a product or service:
        (1) that is harmful to minors (as described in IC 35-49-2-2), even if the product or service is not intended to be used by or offered to a minor; or
        (2) that is designed for use in, marketed primarily for, or provides for:
            (A) the stimulation of the human genital organs; or
            (B) masochism or a masochistic experience, sadism or a sadistic experience, sexual bondage, or sexual domination.
    (b) The term does not include:
        (1) birth control or contraceptive
devices; or
        (2) services, programs, products, or materials provided by a:
            (A) communications service provider (as defined in IC 8-1-32.6-3);
            (B) physician; or
            (C) public or nonpublic school.
    Sec. 3. A person or an employee or agent of a person may not offer for sale or sell sexually explicit materials unless a registration and statement are properly filed as described in IC 23-1-55-1.
    Sec. 4. A person or an employee or agent of a person who knowingly or intentionally offers for sale or sells sexually explicit materials in violation of this chapter commits unregistered sale of sexually explicit materials, a Class B misdemeanor.

SOURCE: ; (08)EH1042.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008] IC 24-4-16-4, as added by this act, applies to offenses committed after June 30, 2008.