TITLE 5

PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS IN COURTS OF RECORD

CHAPTER 3

PARTIES TO ACTIONS

5-340.  Immunity of radio and television broadcasting organizations participating in the amber alert and blue alert systems. No cause of action shall be maintained for civil damages in any court of this state against any radio or television broadcast organization, or the employees, officers, directors, managers or agents of such radio or television broadcast organization, based on the broadcast of information supplied by state law enforcement officials pursuant to the voluntary broadcast notification system commonly known as the:

(1)  "Amber Alert," which is used to notify the public of missing or abducted children; or

(2)  "Blue Alert," which is used to notify the public pursuant to section 67-2920, Idaho Code.

History:

[5-340, added 2003, ch. 91, sec. 1, p. 277; am. 2019, ch. 142, sec. 2, p. 490.]