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1995 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2548
House Amendments in [ ] -- February 7, 1995
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-429 of the Code of Virginia, relating to causing telephones or digital pagers to ring with intent to annoy; penalty.
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Patron--Copeland
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-429 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-429. Causing telephone to ring with intent to annoy.

Any person who, with or without intent to converse but with intent to annoy any other person, causes any telephone or digital pager [ , or other device connected to a telephone line, ] not his own to ring, and any person who permits or condones the use of any telephone under his control for such purpose shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.