Bill Text: VA HB39 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Telephones or digital pagers; second violation is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133) [HB39 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB39-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §18.2-429 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §18.2-429. Causing telephone or pager to ring with intent to annoy. A. Any person who, with or without intent to communicate
but with intent to annoy any other person, causes any telephone or digital
pager, not his own, to ring or to otherwise signal, and any person who permits
or condones the use of any telephone under his control for such purpose B. Any person who, with or without intent to converse,
but with intent to annoy, harass, hinder or delay emergency personnel in the
performance of their duties as such, causes a telephone to ring, which is owned
or leased for the purpose of receiving emergency calls by a public or private
entity providing fire, police or emergency medical service, and any person who
knowingly permits the use of a telephone under his control for such purpose, |