Section 14:61.1 - Criminal damage to a critical infrastructureA. Criminal damage to a critical infrastructure is the intentional damaging of a critical infrastructure as defined in R.S. 14:61.B. Any person who commits the crime of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than fifteen years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.C. Any person who commits the crime of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure wherein it is foreseeable that human life will be threatened or operations of a critical infrastructure will be disrupted as a result of such conduct shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both.D. A person convicted under the provisions of this Section may be ordered to make restitution to the owner of the property pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2.E. A person convicted under R.S. 14:26 of violation of R.S. 14:61.1 shall not be limited by R.S. 14:26(D) where it is foreseeable that more than one human life will be threatened as a result of such conduct, and each conspirator shall be imprisoned at hard labor for no more than twelve years, fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or both.________________________________________
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
________________________________________
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
________________________________________
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:_____________________
Amended by Acts 2018, No. 692,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2018.