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Garden City council broadens harassment ordinance to cover texts and social platforms, approves changes 7-0
Summary
The council voted 7-0 March 23 to amend Garden City Code sec. 131.07, expanding the local offense formerly limited to telephone calls to cover modern telecommunications (texts, social apps) and adjusting telemarketing hours to align with federal rules.
Garden City's City Council on March 23 adopted an update to Chapter 131 of the municipal code to modernize the city's telephone harassment statute and broaden enforcement to contemporary communications channels.
Council member Don King moved to approve the amendment, which retitles section 131.07 from "obscene or harassing telephone calls" to "malicious use of service provided by telecommunication service provider" and lists specific prohibited acts to guide enforcement. King said he supported the update but raised concerns about one word in the draft: "annoy." "The one word I have concern was the…
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