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An Act To Prohibit the Dissemination of Obscene Material by Public Schools
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2911, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 410, §2, is amended to read:
 
A. This section shalldoes not apply to any noncommercial distribution or exhibition for purely educational purposes by any library, art gallery, museum, public school, private school or institution of higher learning, nor to any commercial distribution or exhibition by any art gallery or museum.
 
SUMMARY
This bill removes public schools from the institutional exceptions to the law prohibiting the dissemination of obscene material to minors.