Bill Text: TX SB1619 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of electronic access interference.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1619 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1619-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1619 | |
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| relating to the creation of the offense of electronic access | ||
| interference. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 33.022 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.022. ELECTRONIC ACCESS INTERFERENCE. (a) A person | ||
| commits an offense if: | ||
| (1) the person intentionally interrupts or suspends | ||
| access to a computer network or computer system without the | ||
| effective consent of the owner; and | ||
| (2) the computer network or computer system is owned | ||
| by the government or a critical infrastructure facility. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | ||
| degree. | ||
| (c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
| the person acted with the intent to facilitate a lawful seizure or | ||
| search of, or lawful access to, a computer network or computer | ||
| system for a legitimate law enforcement purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 33.03, Penal Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.03. DEFENSES. It is an affirmative defense to | ||
| prosecution under Section 33.02 or 33.022 that the actor was an | ||
| officer, employee, or agent of a communications common carrier or | ||
| electric utility and committed the proscribed act or acts in the | ||
| course of employment while engaged in an activity that is a | ||
| necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection | ||
| of the rights or property of the communications common carrier or | ||
| electric utility. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
