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. (a) Any person who intentionally harasses the child or ward
of any other person because of that person's employment shall be
punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or
by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both
that fine and imprisonment.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Child" and "ward" mean a person under 16 years of age.
(2) "Harasses" means knowing and willful conduct directed at a
specific child or ward that seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or
terrorizes the child or ward, and that serves no legitimate purpose,
including, but not limited to, that conduct occurring during the
course of any actual or attempted recording of the child's or ward's
image or voice, or both, without the express consent of the parent or
legal guardian of the child or ward, by following the child's or
ward's activities or by lying in wait. The conduct must be such as
would cause a reasonable child to suffer substantial emotional
distress, and actually cause the victim to suffer substantial
emotional distress.
(3) "Employment" means the job, vocation, occupation, or
profession of the parent or legal guardian of the child or ward.
(c) A second conviction under this section shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and by
imprisonment in a county jail for not less than five days but not
exceeding one year. A third or subsequent conviction under this
section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars ($30,000) and by imprisonment in a county jail for not less
than 30 days but not exceeding one year.
(d) Upon a violation of this section, the parent or legal guardian
of an aggrieved child or ward may bring a civil action against the
violator on behalf of the child or ward. The remedies in that civil
action shall be limited to one or more of the following: actual
damages, punitive damages, reasonable attorney's fees, costs,
disgorgement of any compensation from the sale, license, or
dissemination of a child's image or voice received by the individual
who, in violation of this section, recorded the child's image or
voice, and injunctive relief against further violations of this
section by the individual.
(e) The act of transmitting, publishing, or broadcasting a
recording of the image or voice of a child does not constitute a
violation of this section.
(f) This section does not preclude prosecution under any section
of law that provides for greater punishment.