Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

House Bill 1140

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Background

Title

Description: Exploitation of children and credit card fraud; clarify Internet violations.

Bill Text: [Introduced] [Committee Substitute] [Passed House]

History of Actions:

1 01/15 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
2 01/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
3 01/31 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
4 01/31 (H) Passed
5 02/02 (H) Transmitted To Senate
6 02/07 (S) Referred To Judiciary
7 02/27 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2001
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Senate Committee:

Principal Author: Franks

Code Sections: A 097-0005-0033, A 097-0005-0035, A 097-0019-0011, A 097-0019-0013, A 097-0019-0021, A 097-0019-0031, A 013-0003-0057

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE USE OF THE INTERNET TO EXPLOIT CHILDREN IS UNLAWFUL; TO PROVIDE THAT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF A CUSTOMER IF THE PROVIDER HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH ACTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PENALTIES FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-19-11, 97-19-13, 97-19-21 AND 97-19-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE USE OF TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES AND THE INTERNET SHALL APPLY IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD SITUATIONS; TO REVISE PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 13-3-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 02/27/01 at 01:02.

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