Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 166 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 42A, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 42A. Whoever, with intent to defraud, obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets another in obtaining, any telecommunications services valued less than five thousand dollars by any false representation, false statement, or stratagem, by unauthorized charging to the account of another, by installing or tampering with any facilities or equipment or by any other means, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a house of correction, or both.

Whoever, with intent to defraud, obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets another in obtaining, any telecommunications services of a value equal to or greater than five thousand dollars by any false representation, false statement, or stratagem, by unauthorized charging to the account of another, by installing or tampering with any facilities or equipment or by any other means, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten years in a state prison, or both.

As used in this section, the words "telecommunication service" shall include the transmission of intelligence by a community antenna television system licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-six A.

SECTION 2. Section 42B of said chapter 166, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 20 and 21, the words "fifteen thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than four" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- thirty thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than fifteen.

SECTION 3. Section 30 of chapter 266 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "transit", in line 33, the following words:- , telecommunications services,.