Georgia Computer System Protection Act: HB 1630

HB 1630 amends the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act, thus making it unlawful for any person or organization knowingly to transmit certain misleading data through a computer or telephone network for the purpose of setting up, maintaining, operating, or exchanging data with an electronic mailbox, home page, or any other electronic information storage bank; and for other purposes.

HB 1630
    
Computer or telephone network;
transmitting misleading data
    
1. Parsons  40th          2. Scoggins  24th          3. Coker  31st
    
House Comm: Ind        /                Senate Comm: ST&I       / 
House Vote: Yeas 142   Nays 26          Senate Vote: Yeas 48  Nays 0
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               House          Action         Senate
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              2/8/96   Read 1st Time         3/5/96
              2/9/96   Read 2nd Time         3/13/96
              2/26/96  Favorably Reported    3/13/96
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub   Am
              2/29/96  Read 3rd Time         3/14/96
              2/29/96  Passed/Adopted        3/14/96
              FSFA     Comm/Floor Amend/Sub  CAFA
              3/15/96  Amend/Sub Disagreed To
                       Recedes               3/18/96
              4/3/96   Sent to Governor
              4/18/96  Signed by Governor
              1029     Act/Veto Number
              7/1/96   Effective Date
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Code Sections amended: 16-9-93.1
    
HB 1630
    
A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Computer Systems
Protection Act," so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any
person or organization knowingly to transmit certain misleading data
through a computer or telephone network for the purpose of setting up,
maintaining, operating, or exchanging data with an electronic mailbox,
home page, or any other electronic information storage bank; and for
other purposes.
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HB 1630                                          HB 1630/FSFA
      
      H. B. No. 1630 (FLOOR SUBSTITUTE)(AM)
      By:  Representative Parsons of the 40th
      
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT
    
To amend Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Computer
Systems Protection Act," so as to provide that it shall be
unlawful for any person or organization knowingly to
transmit certain misleading data through a computer or
telephone network for the purpose of setting up,
maintaining, operating, or exchanging data with an
electronic mailbox, home page, or any other electronic
information storage bank; to provide for a penalty; to
provide that civil actions are allowed; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
    
     BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
    
                         SECTION 1.
    
Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Computer Systems
Protection Act," is amended by adding, following Code
Section 16-9-93, a new Code Section 16-9-93.1 to read as
follows:
    
  "16-9-93.1.
    
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, any organization,
  or any representative of any organization knowingly to
  transmit any data through a computer network or over the
  transmission facilities or through the network facilities
  of a local telephone network for the purpose of setting
  up, maintaining, operating, or exchanging data with an
  electronic mailbox, home page, or any other electronic
  information storage bank or point of access to electronic
  information if such data uses any individual name, trade
  name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal,
  or copyrighted symbol to falsely identify the person,
  organization, or representative transmitting such data or
  which would falsely state or imply that such person,
  organization, or representative has permission or is
  legally authorized to use such trade name, registered
  trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted
  symbol for such purpose when such permission or
  authorization has not been obtained; provided, however,
  that no telecommunications company or Internet access
  provider shall violate this Code section solely as a
  result of carrying or transmitting such data for its
  customers.
    
  (b) Any person violating subsection (a) of this Code
  section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
    
  (c) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to
  limit an aggrieved party's right to pursue a civil action
  for equitable or monetary relief, or both, for actions
  which violate this Code section."
    
                         SECTION 2.
    
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a member of the
General Assembly from using the state seal or the Georgia
flag which contains the state seal on a home page that is
clearly identified with the name of the member as the home
page of that member.
    
                         SECTION 3.
    
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.