Text: SSB01234                          Text: SSB01236
Text: SSB01200 - SSB01299               Text: SSB Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index



Senate Study Bill 1235

Bill Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  728.5A  ADULT ARCADES.
  1  2    1.  A place of business or establishment required to obtain
  1  3 a sales tax permit which operates an adult arcade shall not be
  1  4 open for business between the hours of ten p.m. and ten a.m.
  1  5    2.  For purposes of this section an "adult arcade" means a
  1  6 business or establishment that holds itself out to be
  1  7 primarily in the business of offering persons the capacity to
  1  8 view for a fee still pictures, film, or videos in a private
  1  9 viewing room designed for five persons or less, where images
  1 10 are depicted that place an emphasis on showing a person in a
  1 11 state of full or partial nudity or otherwise involved in a sex
  1 12 act.  An adult arcade does not include a hotel or motel room.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 728.8, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 14 follows:
  1 15    728.8  SUSPENSION OF LICENSES OR PERMITS.
  1 16    Any person who knowingly permits a violation of section
  1 17 728.2, 728.3, or 728.5, subsection 6, to occur on premises
  1 18 under the person's control shall have all permits and licenses
  1 19 issued to the person under state or local law as a
  1 20 prerequisite for doing business on such premises revoked for a
  1 21 period of six months.  A violation of section 728.5A by a
  1 22 business shall result in the suspension of the sales tax
  1 23 permit of the business for a period of six months.  The county
  1 24 attorney shall notify all agencies responsible for issuing
  1 25 licenses and permits of any conviction under section 728.2,
  1 26 728.3, or 728.5, subsection 6, or any violation of section
  1 27 728.5A.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill restricts the hours an adult arcade may be open
  1 30 for business.
  1 31    The bill provides that a business required to obtain a
  1 32 sales tax permit which operates an adult arcade may not be
  1 33 open for business between the hours of 10 p.m. and 10 a.m.
  1 34 The bill defines an adult arcade as a business or
  1 35 establishment that holds itself out to be primarily in the
  2  1 business of offering persons for a fee the capacity to view
  2  2 still pictures or videos in a private viewing room designed
  2  3 for five persons or less, where images are depicted that place
  2  4 an emphasis on showing a person in a state of full or partial
  2  5 nudity or otherwise involved in a sex act.  An adult arcade
  2  6 does not include a hotel or motel room.
  2  7    The bill provides that a business which violates this bill
  2  8 shall have the sales tax permit of the business suspended for
  2  9 a period of six months.  The county attorney is responsible
  2 10 for notifying agencies responsible for issuing licenses and
  2 11 permits of a violation of the new provision.  
  2 12 LSB 3182XC 79
  2 13 jm/gg/8
     

Text: SSB01234                          Text: SSB01236
Text: SSB01200 - SSB01299               Text: SSB Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index

Return To Home index


© 2001 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa


Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Fri Mar 23 03:35:27 CST 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/SSB/01200/SSB01235/010313.html
jhf