FIRST REGULAR SESSION

SENATE BILL NO. 70

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LOUDON.

Pre-filed December 1, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

0453L.01I


AN ACT

To amend chapter 570, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to fraudulent practices using the internet, with penalty provisions.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A.  Chapter 570, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 570.320, to read as follows:

570.320.  1.  No person shall operate a website on the Internet that causes another person's computer to dial a long distance telephone number without that other person's knowledge.

2.  Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor unless the long distance charges exceed one hundred fifty dollars, in which case the person is guilty of a class C felony.





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