Amendment No. 880

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 485 First Reprint (BDR 15-310)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict in section 48 with S.B. No. 27. Makes substantive change.

Resolves Conflicts with: SB27

Amends: Summary: Title: Yes Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 51 through 54 as sections 52 through 55 and adding a new section designated sec. 51, following sec. 50, to read as follows:

"Sec. 51. Section 5 of Senate Bill No. 27 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 5. NRS 711.270 is hereby amended to read as follows:

711.270 1. It is unlawful for a person knowingly and with the intent to intercept or receive a program or other service provided by a community antenna television company without the authorization of the company to:

(a) Make a connection or attach a device to a line or other component of a community antenna television company;

(b) Purchase or possess a device or kit designed to intercept or receive a program or other service provided by the community antenna television company;

(c) Make or maintain a modification to a device installed by or with the authorization of a community antenna television company to intercept or receive a program or other service provided by the community antenna television company; or

(d) Manufacture, import, distribute, advertise, sell, lease, offer to sell or lease, or possess with the intent to sell or lease a device designed to decode, descramble, intercept or otherwise make intelligible a signal encoded by a community antenna television company.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in section 4 of this act:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in [subsection 3,] paragraph (b), a person who violates paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

[3.] (b) A person who violates paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 for commercial advantage, whether direct or indirect, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[4.] (c) A person who violates paragraph (d) of subsection 1:

[(a)] (1) If the violation involves nine or fewer devices, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[(b)] (2) If the violation involves 10 or more devices, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.".

Amend sec. 52, page 22, by deleting lines 26 through 38 and inserting:

"Sec. 53. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from the state general fund or the state highway fund is hereby authorized during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, by the office of the attorney general:

1999-2000 2000-2001

Office of the executive director of technological crime created pursuant to section 8 of this act $81,429 $78,572

Computer forensic lab expenses $75,478 $21,500".

Amend the title of the bill, eighth line, by deleting:

"making an appropriation;" and inserting:

"authorizing certain expenditures;".