CHAPTER 412
H.P. 121 - L.D. 125
An Act to Specify That Possession of Sexually Explicit Materials by Way of the Internet is Criminal
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2923, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 444, §4, is further amended to read:
2. Presumption. For the purposes of this section, possession of 10 or more copies of the same book, magazine, newspaper, print, negative, slide, motion picture, computer data file, videotape or other mechanically, electronically or chemically reproduced visual image or material gives rise to a presumption that the person possesses those items with intent to disseminate.
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §2924, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 1993, c. 2, §8, is amended to read:
2. Offense. A person is guilty of possession of sexually explicit material if that person intentionally or knowingly transports, exhibits, purchases or possesses any book, magazine, print, negative, slide, motion picture, computer data file, videotape or other mechanically, electronically or chemically reproduced visual image or material that the person knows or should know depicts another person engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and:
A. The other person has not in fact attained the age of 14 years; or
B. The person knows or has reason to know that the other person has not attained the age of 14 years.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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