5106 AMH SHEA CAMB 084

SB 5106 - H AMD 390

By Representative Shea

ADOPTED 04/13/2015

    On page 2, beginning on line 18, after "authority," strike "permission, or consent,"

    On page 2, after line 25, insert the following:

    "(d) “Without authority” and “unauthorized" mean a person does not have the express prior permission, approval, or consent of the owner, renter, or leaser of a webcam to access the webcam.  If access to a webcam is for purposes of a criminal investigation, the access is unauthorized and without authority unless the access is pursuant to a search warrant, a valid waiver of the warrant requirement, exigent circumstances, or under other authority of law."

EFFECT:  Defines "without authority" and "unauthorized" as meaning a person does not have express prior permission, approval, or consent to access the webcam.

Provides that access to a webcam for the purposes of a criminal investigation is unauthorized and without authority unless the access is pursuant to a search warrant, a valid waiver of the warrant requirement, exigent circumstances, or other authority of law.

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