General Assembly Raised Bill No. 310
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1618
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 310
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1618
*01618_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT REQUIRING KILL SWITCHES FOR SMARTPHONES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7 of public act 15-142 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) As used in this section, "smartphone" means a hand-held cellular mobile telephone or other mobile voice communications handset device that includes all of the following features: (1) A mobile operating system, (2) the capability to utilize mobile software applications, access and browse the Internet, utilize text messaging, utilize digital voice service and send and receive electronic mail, (3) wireless network connectivity, and (4) the capability of operating on a long-term evolution network or on any successor wireless data network communication standard. A smartphone does not include a telephone commonly referred to as a "feature" or "messaging" telephone, a laptop computer, a tablet device or a device that has only electronic reading capability.
(b) [From the effective date of this section until July 1, 2017, no] No person shall offer a new model of a smartphone for retail sale in this state, unless such smartphone includes software or hardware, or a combination of both, or software that is downloadable upon initial activation upon purchase, that once initiated and successfully communicated by an authorized user, render inoperable the essential features of the smartphone to an unauthorized user.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2016 PA 15-142, Sec. 7
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2016
PA 15-142, Sec. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To make permanent the provisions of section 7 of public act 15-142, regarding kill switches for smartphones.
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