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H.B. 1320                                               VETOES

INTENT TO DECEIVE OR MISLEAD RECIPIENTS OR AN INTERNET ELECTRONIC MAIL
SERVICE PROVIDER AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE MESSAGE;

(2)      MATERIALLY FALSIFY HEADER INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE
COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE MESSAGES;

(3)      REGISTER, USING INFORMATION THAT MATERIALLY FALSIFIES THE
IDENTITY OF THE ACTUAL REGISTRANT, FOR FIVE 15 OR MORE ELECTRONIC MAIL
ACCOUNTS OR ON-LINE USER ACCOUNTS OR TWO OR MORE DOMAIN NAMES AND
INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL
ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES FROM ONE OR ANY COMBINATION OF ACCOUNTS OR
DOMAIN NAMES; OR

(4)      CONSPIRE TO OR FALSELY REPRESENT THE RIGHT TO USE FIVE OR
MORE INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE
TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES FROM
THE INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES;

(5)      ACCESS A PROTECTED COMPUTER OF ANOTHER WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION, AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE
ELECTRONIC MAIL ADVERTISEMENTS FROM OR THROUGH THE PROTECTED
COMPUTER;

(6)      VIOLATE ITEM (1), (2), (3), (4), OR (5) OF THIS SUBSECTION BY
PROVIDING OR SELECTING ADDRESSES TO WHICH A MESSAGE WAS TRANSMITTED,
KNOWING THAT:

(I)      THE ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESSES OF THE RECIPIENTS WERE
OBTAINED USING AN AUTOMATED MEANS FROM AN INTERNET WEBSITE OR
PROPRIETARY ONLINE SERVICE OPERATED BY ANOTHER PERSON; AND

(II)     THE WEBSITE OR ONLINE SERVICE INCLUDED, AT THE TIME
THE ADDRESSES WERE OBTAINED, A NOTICE STATING THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE
WEBSITE OR ONLINE SERVICE WILL NOT TRANSFER ADDRESSES MAINTAINED BY
THE WEBSITE OR ONLINE SERVICE TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
INITIATING OR ENABLING OTHERS TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES; OR

(7)      VIOLATE ITEM (1), (2), (3), (4), OR (5) OF THIS SUBSECTION BY
PROVIDING OR SELECTING ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESSES OF RECIPIENTS
OBTAINED USING AN AUTOMATED MEANS THAT GENERATES POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC
MAIL ADDRESSES BY COMBINING NAMES, LETTERS, OR NUMBERS INTO NUMEROUS
PERMUTATIONS.

(C) (1) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) SUBSECTION (B)(1), (2), (3),
(4), OR (5) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS
SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OR A FINE NOT EXCEEDING
$5,000 OR BOTH;,

(2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) SUBSECTION (B)(1), (2), (3),
(4), OR (5) OF THIS SECTION INVOLVING THE TRANSMISSION OF MORE THAN 250
COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES DURING A 24-HOUR PERIOD, 2,500

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