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HB1483: amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks.
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Sponsors
- Scott Wallace House · Rock 33
- John Burt House · Hills 39
- Daniel Itse House · Rock 10
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CHAPTER 183
HB 1483 - FINAL VERSION
22Feb2018... 0583h
2018 SESSION
18-2468
04/08
HOUSE BILL 1483
AN ACT amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds any technology utilizing wireless entry points or access points to the definition of a communications common carrier.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2018... 0583h 18-2468
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
183:1 Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Definitions. Amend RSA 570-A:1, IX to read as follows:
IX. "Communications common carrier'' means a person engaged in providing communications services to the general public through transmission of any form of information between subscribers by means of wire, cable, radio or electromagnetic transmission, optical or fiber-optic transmission, or other means which transfers information without physical transfer of medium, whether by switched or dedicated facilities. A person engaged in radio or television broadcasting or any other general distribution of any form of communications shall not thereby be deemed a communications common carrier. "Communications common carrier" shall include any wireless technology that uses a wireless entry or access point to transmit or receive any form of information.
183:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
Approved: June 08, 2018
Effective Date: January 01, 2019