GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 501

Short Title:  Harassing Call/Answering Machine.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative S. Thompson.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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March 8, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO REPEATEDLY LEAVE HARASSING OR THREATENING PHONE CALLS ON AN ANSWERING MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HARASSING A PERSON.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-196(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any of the above offenses may be deemed to have been committed at either the place at which the telephone call or calls were made or at the place where the telephone call or calls were received.  For purposes of this section, the term ‘telephonic communications' shall include communications made by way of a telephone answering machine or recorder."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.