Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-505

Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 18-4-505 - First degree criminal tampering

Except as provided in sections 18-4-506.3 and 18-4-506.5, a person commits the crime of first degree criminal tampering if, with intent to cause interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providing health or safety protection, the person tampers with property of a utility or institution. First degree criminal tampering is a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 18-4-505

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 214, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-505. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 534, § 2, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 905, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3179, p. 3179, § 214, effective 3/1/2022.

Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).