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AL HB793

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/30/2010

Primary Sponsor

Tammy Irons

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2010

AI Summary

  • Makes it a crime to willfully and maliciously take down, remove, injure, sever, obstruct, or disable a telephone line or cable used for communications.

  • Makes it a crime to willfully and maliciously destroy a cell phone or other wireless communication device with the purpose of rendering it inoperable or unusable to another person.

  • Violators are guilty of a Class A misdemeanor punishable as provided by law.

  • Exempts the bill from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements regarding local expenditures because it defines a new crime.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

Legislative Description

Telephone lines or cable lines or cell phone or other wireless communication device, willfully and maliciously disabling or obstructing, prohibited, penalties

Crimes and Offenses

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

3/30/2010

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/30/2010

Full Bill Text

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