House Journal: Page 1807: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
30 percent of the average balance of the inmate account
31 under section 904.702 or of any prisoner account.
32 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 622.51A COMPUTER
33 PRINTOUTS.
34 For purposes of chapters 714 and 716, computer
35 printouts shall be admitted as evidence of any
36 computer software, program, or data contained in or
37 taken from a computer, notwithstanding an applicable
38 rule of evidence to the contrary.
39 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 702.1A COMPUTER
40 TERMINOLOGY.
41 For purposes of section 714.1, subsection 7A, and
42 section 716.6B:
43 1. "Computer" means an electronic device which
44 performs logical, arithmetical, and memory functions
45 by manipulation of electronic or magnetic impulses,
46 and includes all input, output, processing, storage,
47 computer software, and communication facilities which
48 are connected or related to the computer in a computer
49 system or computer network.
50 2. "Computer access" means to instruct,
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1 communicate with, store data in, or retrieve data from
2 a computer, computer system, or computer network.
3 3. "Computer data" means a representation of
4 information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or
5 instructions that has been prepared or is being
6 prepared in a formalized manner and has been
7 processed, or is intended to be processed in a
8 computer. Computer data may be in any form including,
9 but not limited to, printouts, magnetic storage media,
10 punched cards, and as stored in the memory of a
11 computer.
12 4. "Computer network" means a set of related,
13 remotely connected devices and communication
14 facilities including two or more computers with
15 capability to transmit data among them through
16 communication facilities.
17 5. "Computer program" means an ordered set of
18 instructions or statements that, when executed by a
19 computer, causes the computer to process data.
20 6. "Computer services" means the use of a
21 computer, computer system, or computer network and
22 includes, but is not limited to, computer time, data
23 processing, and storage functions.
24 7. "Computer software" means a set of computer
25 programs, procedures, or associated documentation used
26 in the operation of a computer.
27 8. "Computer system" means related, connected or
28 unconnected, computers or peripheral equipment.
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