Text: HF02270 Text: HF02272 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 708.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 2 subparagraph (1), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (1) Communicates with another by telephone, telegraph, or 1 4 other form of electronic communication, or in writing without 1 5 legitimate purpose and in a manner likely to cause the other 1 6 person annoyance or harm. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 This bill changes the definition of the crime of 1 9 harassment. The bill provides that a person who communicates 1 10 with another by any form of electronic communication without a 1 11 legitimate purpose, commits harassment if the communication is 1 12 likely to cause annoyance or harm to the other person. Under 1 13 existing law, a person commits harassment if the person 1 14 communicates with another by telephone, telegraph, or writing 1 15 without a legitimate purpose and in a manner likely to cause 1 16 annoyance or harm. 1 17 A person who commits harassment that involves a threat to 1 18 commit a forcible felony or if the person has three or more 1 19 prior convictions of harassment commits an aggravated 1 20 misdemeanor. A person who commits harassment that involves a 1 21 threat to commit bodily injury or who has two prior 1 22 convictions of harassment commits a serious misdemeanor. A 1 23 person who commits any other type of harassment commits a 1 24 simple misdemeanor. 1 25 A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no 1 26 more than 30 days or a fine of at least $50 but not more than 1 27 $500 or by both fine and imprisonment. A serious misdemeanor 1 28 is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a 1 29 fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500. An aggravated 1 30 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two 1 31 years and a fine of at least $500 but not more than $5,000. 1 32 LSB 5772HH 78 1 33 jm/cf/24
Text: HF02270 Text: HF02272 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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