Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §431, sub-§§10-A and 10-B are enacted to read:

10-A.__"Electronic mail service provider" means any person who is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail and provides to end users of electronic mail services the ability to send or receive electronic mail.

10-B.__"Financial instrument" means, without limitation, any check, draft, warrant, money order, note, certificate of deposit, letter of credit, bill of exchange, credit or debit card, transaction authorization mechanism or marketable security and any computerized representation of a financial instrument.

Sec. 9. 17-A MRSA §431, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 620, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

11.__"Not authorized" and "without authority" mean not having the:

A.__Right or permission of the owner to use a computer or using a computer in a manner exceeding that right or permission; or

B.__Authority granted by, or being in violation of, the policies set by an electronic mail service provider to use a computer, a computer network or the computer services of the electronic mail service provider to transmit unsolicited bulk electronic mail.

Sec. 10. 17-A MRSA §431, sub-§§12 to 14 are enacted to read:

12. "Owner" means an owner or lessee of a computer or a computer network or an owner, lessee or licensee of computer data, computer programs or computer software.

13. "Property" means:

A. Real property;

B. Computers and computer networks;

C. Financial instruments, computer data, computer programs, computer software and all other personal property regardless of whether the property is: