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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="19-103" title_number="19" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Regulation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Adult entertainment” means live entertainment:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in which individuals appear for public view in a state of nudity or partial nudity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that, applying contemporary standards, the average individual would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Adult entertainment establishment” means a business establishment where adult entertainment is offered.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Truck stop” means a facility:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the primary purpose of which is to provide services to long–haul truck drivers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that provides:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>shower facilities to the truck drivers for a fee; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>parking for the truck drivers’ vehicles.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner of a privately owned bus station, truck stop, or adult entertainment establishment shall post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information sign described in § 15–207 of this article in each restroom of the bus station, truck stop, or adult entertainment establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A sign required under this section shall be posted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on the inside of each stall door in the restroom; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on the back of the door at the entrance to the restroom.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An agency that enforces this section and determines that a violation of this section has occurred shall notify the business owner of the bus station, truck stop, or adult entertainment establishment, or the business owner’s agent, of the violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the business owner of the bus station, truck stop, or adult entertainment establishment does not post signs as required under this section within 24 hours after receiving the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the business owner is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each restroom in which a business owner fails to post a sign in accordance with this section, the business owner is subject to a separate civil penalty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
