(a) Any business establishment that operates as an “adult bookstore,” “adult movie house,” “adult video store,” or other form of adult-only entertainment enterprise shall obtain in addition to any licenses required by existing law a special operating license, except that a video rental store that does not engage predominantly in and whose principle business is not the sale or rental of adult material, if it is maintained in compliance with Section 13A-12-200.5(2) or is located in an area restricted to adults. Persons who apply for the license shall provide on the application detailed information concerning ownership and financing, and pay an investigation fee of five hundred dollars ($500) to the county or municipality wherein the business establishment will be located.
(b) If granted the license, the local government, in its discretion, may restrict the type of advertisement that the business establishment can display outside the establishment.
(c) The license shall be revoked if the business establishment is convicted of violating this division.
(Act 98-467, p. 893, §8.)
Notes of Decisions
Ranch House, Inc. v. Amerson, 238 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2001).
“Ranch House also challenged a third amendment to the Act, now codified as Ala. Code § 13A-12-200.12, but this claim was abandoned at trial on grounds of ripeness, and is not pursued on appeal.”
Scott v. State, 917 So. 2d 159 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005).
“1 through § 13A-12-200.12, it is clear that § 13A-12-200.”
ATM Exp., Inc. v. City of Montgomery, Alabama, 376 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (M.D. Ala. 2005).
· cites it 3× “Ala.Code § 13A-12-200.12 (2005). Moreover, the state obscenity laws do not draw distinctions between what some may consider “hardcore” or “soft core” pornography.”
Williams v. Pryor, 41 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (N.D. Ala. 1999).
“Until the adoption of section 13A-12-200.12 of the Alabama Code, the products sold by “Pleasures” and “Saucy Lady, Incorporated,” were available for sale within in the State.”
Ranch House, Inc. v. Amerson, 146 F. Supp. 2d 1180 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
“The plaintiff originally also challenged § 13A-12-200.12, pertaining to licensing and advertisement regulations for adult bookstores.”
T Backs Club, Inc. v. Seaton, 84 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (M.D. Ala. 2000).
· cites it 17× “) Additionally, Plaintiffs made cursory reference to their original Complaint, wherein they challenge the constitutionality of the following Alabama statutes: (1) Alabama Code § 13A-12-200.5(4); (2) Alabama Code § 13A-12-200.”
Ranch House, Inc. v. Amerson, 238 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2001).
“After the parties stipulated to certain relevant facts, the district court conducted a bench trial that consisted entirely of oral 1 Ranch House also challenged a third amendment to the Act, now codified as Ala.”
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