| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, C, amended by PL 1997, c. 467, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| C. Installs or uses outside a private place without the | consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy | therein, any device for hearing, recording, amplifying or | broadcasting sounds originating in that place that would not | ordinarily be audible or comprehensible outside that place; | or |
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| | Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 467, §1, | is amended to read: |
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| D. Engages in visual surveillance in a public place by | means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the intent | to observe or photograph, or record, amplify or broadcast an | image of any portion of the body of another person present | in that place when that portion of the body is in fact | concealed from public view under clothing and a reasonable | person would expect it to be safe from surveillance. ; or |
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| | Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read: |
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| E.__Engages in visual surveillance in a store dressing room | by means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the | intent to observe or photograph, or record, amplify or | broadcast an image of any portion of the body of another | person present in that place and a reasonable person would | expect it to be safe from surveillance. |
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| | This bill specifies that it is an invasion of a person's | privacy to engage in surveillance of that person in a store | dressing room. |
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