Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 67
Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers
←67.2546
Section 67.2552.1
67.2555→
August 28, 2015
Prohibited acts, penalties--public policy interest to be protected.
67.2552. 1. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for a person, in a
sexually oriented business, to knowingly and intentionally appear in a state
of nudity or depict, simulate, or perform specified sexual activities.
2. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for a person to appear knowingly or
intentionally in a sexually oriented business in a seminude condition unless
the person is an employee who, while seminude, shall be at least ten feet from
any patron or customer and on a stage at least two feet from the floor and
behind a railing no less than twenty-four inches in height.
3. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for an employee, while seminude, to
touch a customer or the clothing of a customer.
4. It shall be a class A misdemeanor if a person knowingly allows on the
premises of a sexually oriented business a person under the age of twenty-one
years, except for a person exclusively on the premises for repair or
maintenance of the premises or equipment on the premises, or for the delivery
of goods to the premises.
5. The provisions of sections 67.2540 to 67.2552 are designed to protect
the following public policy interest of this state, including but not limited
to: to mitigate the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented
businesses, to limit harm to minors, and to reduce prostitution, crime,
juvenile delinquency, deterioration in property values and lethargy in
neighborhood improvement efforts.
(L. 2005 H.B. 972)
(2006) Addition of sections 67.2540 to 67.2552 regulating adult
entertainment to bill relating to alcohol-related traffic
offenses violated Article III, section 21 prohibition against
amending a bill to change its original purpose. Missouri
Association of Club Executives, Inc. v. State, 208 S.W.3d 885
(Mo.banc).
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