How HB 113 changes current law

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The bill expands the definition of emergency reporting abuse and introduces new penalties while making technical adjustments.

• 76-9-105.5

  [(ii) "Party line" means a subscriber's line or telephone circuit:] [(A) that consists of two or more connected main telephone stations; and] [(B) where each telephone station has a distinctive ring or telephone number.]

  The definition of 'party line' was removed from this section.

• 76-9-105.5

  [(3)(a)] → (3)(f)

  The subsections related to violations and penalties are renumbered for clarity.

• 76-9-105.5

  [ ... ] the emergency described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) is occurring, or will occur, at a specified location; [or]

  The reference to the specified location requirement was removed from the parameters defining a false report.

• 76-9-105.5

  [a]lleging a violation of Section 63G-31-302 regarding a sex-designated changing room[.] ;

  The reference to the specific violation regarding sex-designated changing rooms was retained but restructured.

• 76-9-105.5

  (d)(i) under circumstances not amounting to an offense described in Subsection (2)(a) or (b), contacts, through any means, a 911 emergency response service, when the actor knows, or reasonably should know, that no actual or perceived emergency, crime, or other circumstance jeopardizing public safety exists; and (ii) has previously been informed by a 911 response service dispatcher, a law enforcement officer, or a prosecuting attorney that the circumstance the actor is reporting to a 911 emergency response service, or a substantially similar circumstance, is not a circumstance that is appropriate for being reported to a 911 emergency response service.

  A new subsection was added that defines additional conditions under which a violation of emergency reporting abuse occurs, specifically relating to contacting 911 services.

• 76-9-105.5

  [to] reimburse a federal, state, or local unit of government, or a private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation[.] ; → [i) to reimburse a federal, state, or local unit of government, or a private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation; and]

  The structure of the court order penalties for reimbursement was modified to clarify that there can be additional penalties.

• 76-9-105.6

  [the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-105.5.] → a subscriber's line or telephone circuit: (A) that consists of two or more connected main telephone stations; and (B) where each telephone station has a distinctive ring or telephone number.

  The definition of 'party line' was moved into the current section to avoid referencing another section.