SB1945 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses, Fines And Penalties

Companion Bill HB1998. Criminal Offenses - Creates Class A misdemeanor offense for aggravated nonemergency 911 calls, committed when a single caller makes nonemergency 911 calls in an offensively, repetitious manner, a nonemergency 911 call creates a delay in the response to an emergency, or the nonemergency 911 call results in harm to a person or property. - Amends TCA Section 7-86-316. Fiscal Summary for *SB1945 / HB1998 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1945 / HB1998 ON MAY 7, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1945, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill to create a new Class A misdemeanor criminal offense for aggravated nonemergency 911 calls. An aggravated nonemergency 911 call is a nonemergency 911 call where: (1) A single caller makes nonemergency 911 calls [...]

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