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(2)     "Portable pager" means any device carried, worn, or transported by an
individual to receive or communicate messages.

(3)     "Public school property" means the grounds of any public school.

(b)     Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual may not
possess a portable pager on public school property.

(c)     This section does not apply to:

(1)     Handicapped students using portable pagers for medical reasons;

(2)     Law enforcement officers;

(3)     Visitors on public school property for an authorized program, meeting,
or function;

(4)     Faculty or staff members employed by a county board; and

(5)     Members of any volunteer fire department, ambulance company, or
rescue squad, who are designated to possess a portable pager on public school property by
the chief of the volunteer fire department, ambulance company, or rescue squad, and the
school principal.

(d)     If an individual violates subsection (b) of this section, the school authorities
shall immediately contact a law enforcement officer.

(e)     A law enforcement officer contacted by school authorities in accordance with
subsection (d) of this section [shall]:

(1) SHALL IMMEDIATELY INQUIRE AS TO THE REASONS THE INDIVIDUAL
POSSESSES THE PAGER; AND

(2) MAY arrest the violator.

(f)     Any person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500, imprisonment
not exceeding 6 months, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 18, 1995.

CHAPTER 392

(Senate Bill 553)

AN ACT concerning

Election Law - Fair Campaign Financing Act

FOR the purpose of repealing the termination of the Fair Campaign Financing Act;

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