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?Anti-Crack? Bill: Tennessee House Bill 2083 to Criminalize Wearing Pants below Waistline

By Baker Associates

Tennessee State House Representative Joe Town, Jr., recently proposed House Bill 2083, which would criminally penalize anyone who knowingly wears pants below the waistline to show underwear or buttocks. According to KnoxNews.com, similar bills have been proposed in South Carolina and Louisiana. A first offense yields a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of 200 dollars and 40 hours of community service. Subsequent offenses go as high as a 1000 dollar fine and 160 hours of community service. The fiscal summary predicts that the bill will produce over 100,000 dollars. These proceeds are earmarked for new equipment for Tennessee schools. The Constitutional issues that the new law invokes will likely prevent the ?anti-crack? bill from becoming law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).