Bill Text: CT HB06500 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Publication Of Advertisements For Commercial Sexual Acts That Depict A Minor.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary [HB06500 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06500-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6500
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3597
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Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTS THAT DEPICT A MINOR.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 53a-196i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Advertisement for a commercial sex act" or "advertisement" means any advertisement or offer in electronic or print media which includes an explicit or implicit offer for a commercial sex act to occur in this state;

(2) "Commercial sex act" means any act of sexual contact, as defined in section 53a-65, or sexual intercourse, as defined in section 53a-65, for which something of value is given to or received by any person;

(3) "Depiction" means any photograph, film, videotape, visual material or printed material; and

(4) "Person" has the meaning provided in section 53a-3, but does not include a government or a governmental instrumentality.

(b) A person is guilty of commercial sexual exploitation of a minor when such person knowingly (1) purchases advertising space for an advertisement for a commercial sex act that includes a depiction of a minor, or (2) publishes, disseminates or displays, or directly or indirectly causes to be published, disseminated or displayed, any advertisement for a commercial sex act that includes a depiction of a minor.

(c) (1) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall not be a defense that the defendant (A) did not know the age of the person depicted in the advertisement, (B) relied on an oral or written representation of the age of the person depicted in the advertisement, or (C) relied on the apparent age of the person depicted in the advertisement.

(2) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant, prior to purchasing advertising space for the advertisement or publishing, disseminating or displaying, or directly or indirectly causing to be published, disseminated or displayed, the advertisement, made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of the person depicted in the advertisement by requiring the person depicted in the advertisement to produce a driver's license, marriage license, birth certificate or other government-issued or school-issued identity card that identifies the age of the person, provided the defendant retains and produces a copy or other record of the license, certificate or identity card used to ascertain the age of the person depicted in the advertisement.

(d) Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class C felony.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	53a-196i

KID

Joint Favorable