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S.B. 36 Enrolled

                 

DAMAGE TO OR INTERRUPTION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Ron Allen

                  AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; AMENDING THE OFFENSE OF INTERFERING
                  WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE USED TO SUMMON EMERGENCY AID.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      76-6-108, as enacted by Chapter 25, Laws of Utah 1998
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 76-6-108 is amended to read:
                       76-6-108. Damage to or interruption of a communication device -- Penalty.
                      (1) As used in this section:
                      (a) "Communication device" means any device, including a telephone, cellular telephone,
                  computer, or radio, which may be used in an attempt to summon police, fire, medical, or other
                  emergency aid.
                      (b) "Emergency aid" means [any situation in which: (i) property or human health or safety
                  is in jeopardy; and (ii) the prompt summoning of aid is essential to the preservation of the property
                  or human safety or health.] aid or assistance, including law enforcement, fire, or medical services,
                  commonly summoned by persons concerned with imminent or actual:
                      (i) jeopardy to any person's health or safety; or
                      (ii) damage to any person's property.
                      (2) A person is guilty of damage to or interruption of a communication device if the actor
                  attempts to prohibit or interrupt, or prohibits or interrupts, another person's use of a communication
                  [equipment] device when the other person is attempting to summon emergency aid or has
                  communicated a desire to summon emergency aid, and in the process the actor:
                      (a) uses force, intimidation, or any other form of violence;
                      (b) destroys, disables, or damages a communication [equipment] device; or
                      (c) commits any other act in an attempt to prohibit or interrupt the person's use of a

                  communication device to summon emergency aid.
                      (3) Damage to or interruption of a communication device is a class B misdemeanor.

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