SENATE BILL NO. 350
INTRODUCED BY G. PERRY
AN ACT CREATING THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL DESTRUCTION OF OR TAMPERING WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Criminal destruction of or tampering with communication device. (1) A person commits the offense of criminal destruction of or tampering with a communication device if the person purposely or knowingly destroys or tampers with a telephone or other communication device to obstruct, prevent, or interfere with:
(a) the report to any law enforcement agency of any actual criminal offense;
(b) the report to any law enforcement agency of any actual bodily injury or property damage; or
(c) a request made to any governmental agency or to any hospital, doctor, or other medical provider for necessary ambulance or emergency medical assistance.
(2) A person destroys or tampers with a communication device by making the communication device unusable or inoperable, by interrupting its use, or by making it inaccessible.
(3) A person convicted of the offense of criminal destruction of or tampering with a communication device shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 45, chapter 6, part 1, and the provisions of Title 45, chapter 6, part 1, apply to [section 1].
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