Bill Text: MS SB2536 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Indecent exposure; revise penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2536 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2536-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Burton
Senate Bill 2536
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-29-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-29-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-29-31. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who willfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished as follows:
(a) For a first offense, by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
(b) For a second offense, by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
(b) For a third or subsequent offense, by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
(2) A person who violates this section and who is required to register as a sex offender under Section 45-33-21 et seq., or who willfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, to a child under the age of sixteen (16) in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a felony and punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period not exceeding five (5) years, or both.
(3) It is not a violation of this statute for a woman to breast-feed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
