00 HOUSE BILL NO. 485                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to interference with the distribution or reading of free                                               
02 newspapers or other free periodicals."                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 11.46.484(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree if,                                          
06 having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe the person has such a                                      
07 right,                                                                                                                
08   (1)  with intent to damage property of another, the person damages                                                   
09 property of another in an amount of $50 or more but less than $500;                                                     
10   (2)  the person drives, tows away, or takes the propelled vehicle of                                                 
11 another;                                                                                                                
12   (3)  having custody of a propelled vehicle under a written agreement                                                 
13 with the owner of the vehicle that includes an agreement to return the vehicle to the                                   
14 owner at a specified time, the person knowingly retains or withholds possession of the                                  
01 vehicle without the consent of the owner for so long a period beyond the time                                           
02 specified as to render the retention or possession of the vehicle an unreasonable                                       
03 deviation from the agreement;                                                                                           
04   (4)  the person tampers with a fire protection device in a building that                                             
05 is a public place;                                                                                                      
06   (5)  the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer system,                                                      
07 computer program, computer network, or part of a computer system or network;                                            
08   (6)  the person uses a device to descramble an electronic signal that has                                            
09 been scrambled to prevent unauthorized receipt or viewing of the signal unless the                                      
10 device is used only to descramble signals received directly from a satellite or unless                                  
11 the person owned the device before September 18, 1984; [OR]                                                             
12   (7)  the person knowingly removes, relocates, defaces, alters, obscures,                                             
13 shoots at, destroys, or otherwise tampers with an official traffic control device or                                    
14 damages the work upon a highway under construction; or                                                                 
15   (8)  with the intent to interfere with the distribution of a free                                                    
16 newspaper or other free periodical, or to prevent other persons from reading a                                          
17 free newspaper or other free periodical, the person interferes with the distribution                                    
18 of a free newspaper or periodical or prevents other persons from reading a free                                         
19 newspaper or other periodical.