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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 71 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.</ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law makes it an offense for any person, with the intent to cause, attempts to cause or causes a public officer or employee, as specified, to do or refrain from doing any act in the performance of their duties, by means of a threat to inflict an unlawful injury that is directly communicated to the person, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would clarify that a threat can be directly communicated by means of an electronic communication device for the purposes of this section.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 71 of the
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(a)
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A person who, with intent to cause, attempts to cause, or causes, any officer or employee of any public or private educational institution or any public officer or employee to do, or to refrain from doing, any act in the performance of their duties, by means of a threat, directly communicated to such person, to inflict an unlawful
injury upon any person or property, and it reasonably appears to the recipient of the threat that
the threat could be carried out, is guilty of a public offense punishable as follows:
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(1)
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Upon a first conviction, such person is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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(2)
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If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, the previous conviction shall be charged in the accusatory pleading, and if that previous conviction is found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant,
the violation is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
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(b)
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As used in this section, “directly communicated” includes, but is not limited to, a communication to the recipient of the threat by telegraph, letter, or electronic communication device.
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(c)
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As used in this section, “electronic communication device” has the same meaning as defined in Section 422.
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