ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1981	By:	Garrison Of the Senate

	and

	Smithson of the House

[ crimes and punishment - offense for distribution of certain images - codification - 		effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 650.12 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  It shall be unlawful for any person to upload video or digital images to any website that is accessible by the public via the Internet when the video or digital images are recorded by any electronic device capable of recording such material and the material recorded contains a prosecutable offense of assault and battery involving at least one minor.  To constitute a violation of this section, the person or persons uploading the recording or image shall have known or should have known that one or more persons in the alleged assault and battery is a minor, or the person or persons uploading the recording or image assisted in any manner with the conduct of the parties involved with the alleged assault and battery.
A person in violation of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each offense.
B.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person employed by a media entity whose recording or image is used in the furtherance of their employment responsibilities or to any person whose recording or image is used in cooperation with a law enforcement investigation.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.
Passed the Senate the 8th day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives