House File 143 H-1005 Amend House File 143 as follows: 1 1. By striking page 1, line 33, through page 2, line 16, and 2 inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 715.6, Code 2023, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 715.6 Exceptions. 6 Sections 715.4 and 715.5 shall not apply to the following: 7 1. The monitoring of, or interaction with, an owner’s or 8 an operator’s internet or other network connection, service, 9 or computer, by a telecommunications carrier, cable operator, 10 computer hardware or software provider, or provider of 11 information service or interactive computer service for network 12 or computer security purposes, diagnostics, technical support, 13 maintenance, repair, authorized updates of computer software 14 or system firmware, authorized remote system management, or 15 detection, criminal investigation, or prevention of the use of 16 or fraudulent or other illegal activities prohibited in this 17 chapter in connection with a network, service, or computer 18 software, including scanning for and removing computer software 19 prescribed under this chapter subchapter . Nothing in this 20 chapter subchapter shall limit the rights of providers of wire 21 and electronic communications under 18 U.S.C. §2511. 22 2. The nonpayment or a violation of the terms of a legal 23 contract with the owner or operator. 24 3. For complying with federal, state, and local law 25 enforcement requests. > 26 2. Page 3, line 31, by striking < chapter 476 > and inserting 27 < section 476.1, subsection 3 > 28 3. Page 4, after line 2 by inserting: 29 < g. An authority as defined in section 330A.2. > 30 4. Page 5, by striking lines 3 through 8 and inserting: 31 < Sec. ___. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor shall 32 divide chapter 715 into subchapters and shall designate 33 sections 715.1 through 715.3, including sections amended in 34 this Act, as subchapter I entitled “INTENT AND DEFINITIONS”, 35 -1- HF 143.178 (1) 90 as/rh 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3. #4.
sections 715.4 through 715.8, including sections amended in 1 this Act, as subchapter II entitled “COMPUTER SPYWARE AND 2 MALWARE”, and sections 715.9 through 715.11, as enacted in this 3 Act, as subchapter III entitled “RANSOMWARE”. > 4 5. By renumbering as necessary. 5 ______________________________ WOOD of Taylor -2- HF 143.178 (1) 90 as/rh 2/ 2 #5.