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ND - No sex registration please, we're the ND Senate

View the article here 01/28/2009 By DALE WETZEL Associated Press Writer BISMARCK - North Dakota's Tax Department should not be in the business of registering strippers, lap dancers and nudie bars, the state Senate has concluded, with one senator saying the job should be left to local governments. "We think that this is a political subdivisions problem," said Sen. Stan Lyson (Email), R-Williston, a former sheriff. "They can (decide) their own way of doing this. They can register those people if they want to." Cass County law enforcement agencies had requested the legislation, which ordered the Tax Department to provide registration forms for sex businesses, bars featuring nude dancers, and the strippers themselves. Agencies supported the bill as a way to keep track of the area's adult entertainment industry, a business they say often is linked to prostitution and drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).