00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 7(JUD)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to false caller identification."                                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 45.45 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 45.45.940. False caller identification. (a) A person may not make a call                              
05       and insert false information into a caller identification system with the intent to                               
06       defraud.                                                                                                          
07            (b)  This section does not apply to                                                                          
08                 (1)  law enforcement agencies of the federal government, a state                                        
09       government, or a municipality; or                                                                                 
10                 (2)  intelligence or security agencies of the federal government.                                       
11            (c)  A person who violates (a) of this section by inserting, whether by making                               
12       one call or more than one call, false information into                                                            
13                 (1)  fewer than five caller identification systems is guilty of a class B                               
14       misdemeanor;                                                                                                      
15                 (2)  five or more caller identification systems is guilty of a class A                                  

01       misdemeanor.                                                                                                      
02            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
03                 (1)  "call" means a call made by a telephone, computer, or similar                                      
04       communications device or technology, whether transmitted by wire or wireless means;                               
05                 (2)  "caller identification system" means a listing of a caller's name,                                 
06       telephone number, or name and telephone number that is shown to a recipient of a call                             
07       when the recipient answers;                                                                                       
08                 (3)  "insert" means insert by voice communication, by written                                           
09       communication, or by otherwise entering into a computer;                                                          
10                 (4)  "intent to defraud" has the meaning given in AS 11.46.990.                                         
11    * Sec. 2. AS 45.50.471(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
12                 (52)  violating AS 45.45.940 (false caller identification).