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To amend section 2907.09 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
expand and modify the penalty for the offense of | 2 |
public indecency. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 2907.09 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 2907.09. (A) No person shall recklessly do any of the | 6 |
following, under
circumstances in which
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conduct is likely
to be viewed by and affront others | 8 |
the person's physical proximity and who are not
members
of
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(1) Expose
his or her
private parts | 11 |
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(2) Engage in sexual conduct or masturbation; | 13 |
(3) Engage in conduct that to an ordinary observer would | 14 |
appear to be sexual conduct or masturbation. | 15 |
(B) No person shall knowingly do any of the following, under | 16 |
circumstances in which the person's conduct is likely to be viewed | 17 |
by and affront another person who is a minor, who is not the | 18 |
spouse of the offender, and who resides in the person's household: | 19 |
(1) Engage in masturbation; | 20 |
(2) Engage in sexual conduct; | 21 |
(3) Engage in conduct that to an ordinary observer would | 22 |
appear to be sexual conduct or masturbation; | 23 |
(4) Expose the person's private parts with the purpose of | 24 |
personal sexual arousal or gratification or to lure the minor into | 25 |
sexual activity. | 26 |
(C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of public | 27 |
indecency. | 28 |
(2) If the offender violates division (A)(1) of this section, | 29 |
public
indecency is a misdemeanor of
the fourth degree.
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(3) If the offender
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this section, public indecency is a misdemeanor of the third | 33 |
degree. | 34 |
(4) If the offender | 35 |
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(3) of this section, public indecency is a misdemeanor of the | 37 |
second
degree.
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(5) If the offender
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(B)(4) of this section, public indecency is a misdemeanor of the | 41 |
first degree. | 42 |
Section 2. That existing section 2907.09 of the Revised Code | 43 |
is hereby repealed. | 44 |