HB332 (2005) Detail

Relative to harassment by telephone.


CHAPTER 138

HB 332 – FINAL VERSION

05/05/05 1279s

2005 SESSION

05-0209

09/01

HOUSE BILL 332

AN ACT relative to harassment by telephone.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tholl, Coos 2

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the elements for the crime of harassment by telephone.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/05/05 1279s

05-0209

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to harassment by telephone.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

138:1 Harassment by Telephone. Amend RSA 644:4, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no legitimate communicative purpose or without disclosing his or her identity and with a purpose to annoy, abuse, threaten, or alarm another; or

138:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.

(Approved: June 17, 2005)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2006)