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SENATE BILL NO. 1353

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S1353................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
TELEPHONE CALL - EMERGENCY - Adds to existing law to provide that the
malicious interruption of an emergency telephone call is a crime; to
provide penalties; and to provide a definition.
                                                                        
01/31    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01    Rpt prt - to Jud

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1353
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO INTERRUPTION OF AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL; AMENDING CHAPTER  67,
  3        TITLE  18,  IDAHO  CODE,  BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 18-6711B, IDAHO
  4        CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CRIME OF INTENTIONAL INTERRUPTION OF AN EMERGENCY
  5        TELEPHONE CALL, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 67, Title 18, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
  8    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
  9    ignated as Section 18-6711B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        18-6711B.  INTERRUPTION OF EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL. (1)  Any  person  who
 11    intentionally  interrupts  any person calling or attempting to call the number
 12    "911" or other police or medical emergency number from either a public or pri-
 13    vate telephone for the purpose of making a report or complaint of an emergency
 14    nature, either by taking down, removing, disconnecting or  damaging   a  tele-
 15    phone  for  the purpose of stopping the emergency transmission of information,
 16    shall be guilty of a misdemeanor on the first offense and shall be punished by
 17    incarceration in the county jail not in excess of six (6) months, or by a fine
 18    not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine  and  incar-
 19    ceration.
 20        (2)  For  a  second and subsequent conviction of a violation of the provi-
 21    sions of this section, the person shall be guilty of a  felony  and  shall  be
 22    punishable  by  imprisonment in the state prison for a term not exceeding five
 23    (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or  by
 24    both such fine and imprisonment.
 25        (3)  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "telephone" shall mean any
 26    device which provides or facilitates the transmission  of  messages,  signals,
 27    facsimiles, video images or other communication between persons who are physi-
 28    cally  separated from each other by means of telephone, telegraph, cable, wire
 29    or the projection of energy without physical connection (wireless or cellular)
 30    between persons who are physically separated from each other.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                          RS ll537C2

This bill creates penalties for the new crime of malicious
interruption of an emergency (91l)telephone call, a frequent
problem in situations of domestic violence. The first offense 
will be a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses a felony.



                      FISCAL IMPACT

The cost will equal that of incarcerating anyone found guilty and 
given time in jail or prison.



Contact
Name:	Laura Bonneville, Kootenai Prosecutor’s Office
Phone:	208.769.4465
Sen. Betsy Dunklin
Rep. Wendy Jaquet



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		S 1353