House Study Bill 72

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            JUDICIARY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON MADDOX)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to prohibit unauthorized computer access to operational or
  2    support data of a rural water district and providing a
  3    penalty.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2008HC 80
  6 kk/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 716.6B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  An aggravated misdemeanor if computer data is accessed
  1  4 that contains a confidential record, as defined in section
  1  5 22.7, operational or support data of a public utility, as
  1  6 defined in section 476.1, operational or support data of a
  1  7 rural water district incorporated pursuant to chapter 357A or
  1  8 504A, operational or support data of a public airport, or a
  1  9 trade secret, as defined in section 550.2.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill designates the offense of unauthorized access to
  1 12 the computerized operational or support data of rural water
  1 13 districts as an aggravated misdemeanor.  An aggravated
  1 14 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two
  1 15 years and a fine of at least $500 but not more than $5,000.
  1 16 LSB 2008HC 80
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