| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §511, as amended by PL 1999, c. 116, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| §511. Violation of privacy |
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| | 1. A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in | the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that | person intentionally: |
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| A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to | overhear or observe any person in a private place.__ | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
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| A-1.__Violates paragraph A and the other person has not in | fact attained 16 years of age.__Violation of this paragraph | is a Class C crime; |
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| B. Installs or uses in a private place without the consent | of the person or persons entitled to privacy in that place, | any device for observing, photographing, recording, | amplifying or broadcasting sounds or events in that place.__ | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
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| B-1.__Violates paragraph B and the other person has not in | fact attained 16 years of age.__Violation of this paragraph | is a Class C crime; |
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| C. Installs or uses outside a private place without the | consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy | therein, any device for hearing, recording, amplifying or | broadcasting sounds originating in that place that would not | ordinarily be audible or comprehensible outside that place; | or.__Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
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| C-1.__Violates paragraph C and the other person has not in | fact attained 16 years of age.__Violation of this paragraph | is a Class C crime; |
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| D. Engages in visual surveillance in a public place by | means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the intent | to observe or photograph, or record, amplify or broadcast an | image of any portion of the body of another person present | in that place when that portion of the body is in fact | concealed from public view under clothing and a reasonable | person would expect it to be safe from surveillance. | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or |
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