Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, C, amended by PL 1997, c. 467, §1, is further amended to read:

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

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 467, §1, is amended to read:

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

Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §511, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:

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.

SUMMARY

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.