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possesses, prepares, publishes, produces, or prints, with intent to distribute or to exhibit to others, or who offers to distribute, distributes, or exhibits to others, any obscene matter is for a first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor. \u2002If the person has previously been convicted of any violation of this section, the court may, in addition to the punishment authorized in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 311.9\u00a0<\/span>, impose a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002Every person who knowingly sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into this state for sale or distribution, or in this state possesses, prepares, publishes, produces, develops, duplicates, or prints any representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, photocopy, videotape, video laser disc, computer hardware, computer software, computer floppy disc, data storage media, CD-ROM, or computer-generated equipment or any other computer-generated image that contains or incorporates in any manner, any film or filmstrip, with intent to distribute or to exhibit to, or to exchange with, others for commercial consideration, or who offers to distribute, distributes, or exhibits to, or exchanges with, others for commercial consideration, any obscene matter, knowing that the matter depicts a person under the age of 18 years personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 311.4\u00a0<\/span>, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or six years, or by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), in the absence of a finding that the defendant would be incapable of paying\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">that<\/span>\u00a0fine, or by both that fine and imprisonment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div 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conduct, as defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 311.4\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment<span class=\"added-material\">, or by imprisonment in the state prison<\/span>. \u2002It is not necessary to prove commercial consideration or that the matter is obscene in order to establish a violation of this subdivision. \u2002If a person has been previously convicted of a violation of this subdivision, he or she is guilty of a felony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002Every person who knowingly sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into this state for sale or distribution, or in this state possesses, prepares, publishes, produces, develops, duplicates, or prints any representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, photocopy, videotape, video laser disc, computer hardware, computer software, computer floppy disc, data storage media, CD-ROM, or computer-generated equipment or any other computer-generated image that contains or incorporates in any manner, any film or filmstrip, with intent to distribute or exhibit to, or to exchange with, a person under 18 years of age, or who offers to distribute, distributes, or exhibits to, or exchanges with, a person under 18 years of age any matter, knowing that the matter depicts a person under the age of 18 years personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 311.4\u00a0<\/span>, is guilty of a felony. \u2002It is not necessary to prove commercial consideration or that the matter is obscene in order to establish a violation of this subdivision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002Subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, do not apply to the activities of law enforcement and 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