HB39: Telephones or digital pagers; second violation is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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
shall be, is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
violation of this subsection is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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,
shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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.
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 shall
be, is
guilty of a Class 3 2 misdemeanor.
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, shall be is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.