13-10698 Harassment by Telecommunication DeviceSummary published in The Salina Journal on June JW , 2013.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 13-10698
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 25-141 OF THE
SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO HARASSMENT BY TELECOMMUNICATION
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DEVICE AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 25-141.
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BE ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
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s Section 1. Amendment. That Section 25-141 of Chapter 25, Article V111 of the Salina Code is
' x hereby amended as follows:
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Sec. 25-141. Harassment by telecommunication device.
(a) Harassment by telecommunication device is the use of a telecommunications device to:
(1) Knowingly make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or te,
which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent;
(2) Make or transmit a call, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threate
or harass any person at the receiving end;
(3) Make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text with intent t
abuse, threaten or harass any person at the receiving end;
(4) Make or cause a telecommunications device to repeatedly ring or activate with intent t
harass any person at the receiving end;
(5)Knowingly play any recording on a telephone, except recordings such as weathe
information or sports information when the number thereof is dialed, unless the person c
group playing the recording shall be identified and state that it is a recording; or
(6) Knowingly permit any telecommunications device under one's control to be used i
violation of this paragraph.
(b) As used in this section, telecommunications device includes telephones, cellular t
telefacsimile machines and any other electronic device which makes use of an
communication service, as defined in K.S.A. 22-2514 and amendments thereto.
Harassment by telecommunication device is a class A violation.
Section 2. Repealer. That existing Section 25-141 is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Effective. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication by the following summary once in the official city newspaper.
Ordinance No. 13-10698 Summary
On June 3, 2013, the City of Salina, Kansas, passed Ordinance No. 13-10698. The
ordinance amends the Chapter 25, Article VIII, Section 25-141 of the Salina Code
pertaining to harassment by telecommunication device. A complete copy of the ordinance
is available at www.salina-ks.aov or in the office of the city clerk, 300 W. Ash Street, free
of charge. This summary is certified by the city attorney.
Introduced: June 3, 2013
Passed: June 10, 2013
BarVara V. Shirley, Mayor
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Clerk