zur Info - Stalking Law in Texas

Peter, Sunday, 20.10.2002, 00:09 (vor 8455 Tagen) @ Jörg

Als Antwort auf: Das NFF und dies und das von Jörg am 18. Oktober 2002 23:40:30:

... um zu sehen, was man nicht darf und was doch. In Texas sollen Parsimonys Server stehen, deswegen gilt auch deren Gesetz. (von der Webseite
http://www.wiredpatrol.org/stalking/us-states/texas.html)

Texas Stalking Law

1-2 relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offenses of

1-3 harassment and stalking.

1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.07, Penal Code, is amended to read as

1-6 follows:

1-7 Sec. 42.07. HARASSMENT. (a) A person commits an offense

1-8 if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or

1-9 embarrass another, he:

1-10 (1) initiates communication by telephone, [or] in

1-11 writing, or by electronic communication and in the course of the

1-12 communication makes a comment, request, suggestion, or proposal

1-13 that is obscene;

1-14 (2) threatens, by telephone, [or] in writing, or by

1-15 electronic communication, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm

1-16 the person receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the

1-17 person or to commit a felony against the person, a member of his

1-18 family or household, or his property;

1-19 (3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm

1-20 the person receiving the report, a false report, which is known by

1-21 the conveyor to be false, that another person has suffered death or

1-22 serious bodily injury;

1-23 (4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly

1-24 or makes repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a

1-25 manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment,

2-1 embarrass, or offend another;

2-2 (5) makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to

2-3 hang up or disengage the connection; [or]

2-4 (6) knowingly permits a telephone under the person's

2-5 [his] control to be used by another [a person] to commit an offense

2-6 under this section; or

2-7 (7) sends repeated electronic communications in a

2-8 manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment,

2-9 embarrass, or offend another.

2-10 (b) In this section:

2-11 (1) "Electronic communication" means a transfer of

2-12 signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of

2-13 any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio,

2-14 electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. The

2-15 term includes:

2-16 (A) a communication initiated by electronic

2-17 mail, instant message, network call, or facsimile machine; and

2-18 (B) a communication made to a pager.

2-19 (2) "Family" and "household" have the meaning assigned

2-20 by Chapter 71, Family Code.

2-21 (3) "Obscene" [For purposes of Subsection (a)(1),

2-22 "obscene"] means containing a patently offensive description of or

2-23 a solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act, including sexual

2-24 intercourse, masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus, or

2-25 a description of an excretory function. [In this section, "family"

2-26 has the meaning assigned by Section 71.003, Family Code.]

3-1 (c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,

3-2 except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has

3-3 previously been convicted under this section.

3-4 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 42.072, Penal Code, is

3-5 amended to read as follows:

3-6 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third

3-7 degree [Class A misdemeanor], except that the offense is a felony

3-8 of the second [third] degree if the actor has previously been

3-9 convicted under this section.

3-10 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies

3-11 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this

3-12 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before

3-13 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs

3-14 before the effective date.

3-15 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this

3-16 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,

3-17 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

3-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.