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5	5		By Representative Mooney
6	6		RFD: Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
7	7		First Read: 11-Apr-24
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	15	+	A BILL
	16	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	17	+	AN ACT
16	18		Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
17	19		13A-7-4.3, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the
18	20		crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
19	21		facility.
20	22		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21	23		Section 1. Section 13A-7-4.3, Code of Alabama 1975, is
22	24		amended to read as follows:
23	25		"§13A-7-4.3
24	26		(a) For the purposes of this section, the following
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26	28		(1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. A system or asset, whether
27	29		physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the
28	30		incapacity or destruction of the system or asset would have a
29	31		debilitating impact on security, national economic security,
30	32		national public health, or national public safety.
31	33		(1)(2) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY. The term
32	34		includes, but is not limited to, any of the following,
33	35		including any critical infrastructure located on or in any of
34	36		the following types of facilities:
35	37		a. a A chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
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37		-	b.a A pipeline,.
38		-	c.a A refinery,.
39		-	d.an An electrical power generating facility .
40		-	e.and the The area surrounding the an electrical power
41		-	generating facility,.
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	67	+	a. a A chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
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	69	+	b.a A pipeline,.
	70	+	c.a A refinery,.
	71	+	d.an An electrical power generating facility .
	72	+	e.and the The area surrounding the an electrical power
71	73		generating facility,.
72	74		f.an An electrical transmission tower .
73	75		g.and An electrical substation and or distribution
74	76		substation,.
75	77		h.an An electric utility control center ,.
76	78		i.Electrical communication equipment ,.
77	79		j.a An electrical switching station ,.
78	80		k. Electric power lines, power storage equipment, or
79	81		other utility equipment.
80	82		l.a A water intake structure and , water treatment
81	83		facility, or wastewater treatment plant or pump station. Any
82	84		portion of a public water system or public wastewater
83	85		treatment system.
84	86		m. a A natural gas transmission compressor station ,.
85	87		n.a A liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and or
86	88		storage facility ,.
87	89		o. A natural gas distribution facility, including, but
88	90		not limited to, a pipeline interconnection, a city gate or
89	91		town border station, a metering station, aboveground piping, a
90	92		regular station, or a natural gas and or hydrocarbon storage
91	93		or production facility ,.
92	94		p.A mining operations,operation.
93	95		q.beneficiation Beneficiation infrastructure and or
94		-	mining infrastructure ,.
95		-	r.and a A transportation facility , such as a port,
96		-	airport, railroad operating facility, or trucking terminal.
97		-	s. Wireline or wireless telecommunications
98		-	communications infrastructure.
99		-	t. A gas processing plant, including a plant used in
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	125	+	q.beneficiation Beneficiation infrastructure and or
	126	+	mining infrastructure ,.
	127	+	r.and a A transportation facility , such as a port,
	128	+	airport, railroad operating facility, or trucking terminal.
	129	+	s. Wireline or wireless telecommunications
	130	+	communications infrastructure.
129	131		t. A gas processing plant, including a plant used in
130	132		the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural gas or
131	133		natural gas liquids.
132	134		u. A steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc
133	135		furnace.
134	136		v. A dam that is regulated by the state or federal
135	137		government.
136	138		w. A crude oil or refined products storage or
137	139		distribution facility, including, but not limited to, a valve
138	140		site, a pipeline interconnection, a pump station, a metering
139	141		station, below ground piping, above ground piping, or a truck
140	142		loading or offloading facility.
141	143		(2)(3) FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION
142	144		PURPOSES. A document whichthat is presented as being a bona
143	145		fide document that provides personal identification
144	146		information but which, in fact, is false, forged, altered, or
145	147		counterfeit.
146	148		(3)(4) PERSON. An individual, trust, estate,
147	149		corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
148	150		liability partnership, limited liability company, or
149	151		unincorporated nonprofit association having a separate legal
150	152		existence under state law.
151	153		(4)(5) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. A powered, aerial
152		-	vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic
153		-	forces to provide vehicle lift, may fly autonomously through
154		-	an onboard computer or be piloted remotely, and may be
155		-	expendable or recoverable. The term does not include a
156		-	satellite orbiting the Earth or a spacecraft beyond Earth's
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	183	+	(4)(5) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. A powered, aerial
	184	+	vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic
	185	+	forces to provide vehicle lift, may fly autonomously through
	186	+	an onboard computer or be piloted remotely, and may be
	187	+	expendable or recoverable. The term does not include a
	188	+	satellite orbiting the Earth or a spacecraft beyond Earth's
187	189		atmosphere and may not be construed to implicate the provider
188	190		of a telecommunications link between an owner or operator of
189	191		an unmanned aircraft system and the unmanned aircraft system.
190	192		(b) A person commits the crime of unauthorized entry of
191	193		a critical infrastructure facility if the person does any of
192	194		the following:
193	195		(1) Intentionally enters without authority into any
194	196		structure or onto any premises belonging to another that
195	197		constitutes in whole or in part a critical infrastructure
196	198		facility that is completely enclosed by any type of physical
197	199		barrier or clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted
198	200		in a conspicuous manner and indicate that unauthorized entry
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200	202		(2) Uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document for
201	203		identification for the purpose of entering a critical
202	204		infrastructure facility.
203	205		(3) Remains upon or on the premises of a critical
204	206		infrastructure facility after having been forbidden to do so,
205	207		either orally or in writing, by any owner, lessee, or
206	208		custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.
207	209		(4) Intentionally enters into a restricted area of a
208	210		critical infrastructure facility which is marked as a
209	211		restricted or limited access area that is completely enclosed
210		-	by any type of physical barrier when the person is not
211		-	authorized to enter the restricted or limited access area.
212		-	(c) A person who commits the crime of unauthorized
213		-	entry of a critical infrastructure facility is guilty of a
214		-	Class A misdemeanor.
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	241	+	restricted or limited access area that is completely enclosed
	242	+	by any type of physical barrier when the person is not
	243	+	authorized to enter the restricted or limited access area.
	244	+	(c) A person who commits the crime of unauthorized
	245	+	entry of a critical infrastructure facility is guilty of a
	246	+	Class A misdemeanor.
245	247		(d) If, during the commission of the crime of
246	248		unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility, the
247	249		person injures, removes, destroys, or breaks critical
248	250		infrastructure property, or otherwise interrupts or interferes
249	251		with the operations of a critical infrastructure asset, the
250	252		person is guilty of a Class C felony.
251	253		(e) A person who commits the crime of unauthorized
252	254		entry of a critical infrastructure facility while possessing
253	255		or operating an unmanned aircraft system with an attached
254	256		weapon, firearm, explosive, destructive device, or ammunition
255	257		is guilty of a Class C felony.
256	258		(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
257	259		prevent lawful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition for
258	260		the redress of grievances, including, but not limited to, any
259	261		labor dispute between any employer and its employee.
260	262		(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
261	263		prohibit the state, a county, or a municipality from taking
262	264		any lawful action on their respective rights-of-way. "
263	265		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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287		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
288		-	________________________________________________
289		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
290		-	House of Representatives
291		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
292		-	was passed by the House 25-Apr-24, as amended.
293		-	John Treadwell
294		-	Clerk
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	293	+	1, 2024.
	294	+	House of Representatives
	295	+	Read for the first time and referred
	296	+	to the House of Representatives
	297	+	committee on Transportation,
	298	+	Utilities and Infrastructure
	299	+	................11-Apr-24
	300	+	Read for the second time and placed
	301	+	on the calendar:
	302	+	1 amendment
	303	+	................18-Apr-24
	304	+	Read for the third time and passed
	305	+	as amended
	306	+	Yeas 102
	307	+	Nays 0
	308	+	Abstains 1
	309	+	................25-Apr-24
	310	+	John Treadwell
	311	+	Clerk
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