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5	5		By Senators Roberts, Singleton, Smitherman, Chambliss, Jones
6	6		RFD: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
7	7		First Read: 04-Feb-25
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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, as last amended by Act
18	20		2024-395, 2024 Regular Session, and Sections 13A-7-25 and
19	21		13A-7-26, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
20	22		definition of "critical infrastructure facility;" to further
21	23		provide for the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical
22	24		infrastructure facility; and to further provide for the crimes
23	25		of criminal tampering in the first and second degrees.
24	26		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
25	27		Section 1. Section 13A-7-4.3, Code of Alabama 1975, as
26	28		last amended by Act 2024-395, 2024 Regular Session, and
27	29		Sections 13A-7-25 and 13A-7-26, Code of Alabama 1975, are
28	30		amended to read as follows:
29	31		"§13A-7-4.3
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32	34		(1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. A system or asset, whether
33	35		physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the
34	36		incapacity or destruction of the system or asset would have a
35	37		debilitating impact on security, national economic security,
36		-	national public health, or national public safety.
37		-	(2) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY. The term
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39		-	including any critical infrastructure located on or in any of
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	67	+	debilitating impact on security, national economic security,
	68	+	national public health, or national public safety.
	69	+	(2) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY. The term
	70	+	includes, but is not limited to, any of the following,
	71	+	including any critical infrastructure located on or in any of
70	72		the following types of facilities:
71	73		a. A chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
72	74		facility.
73	75		b. A pipeline.
74	76		c. A refinery.
75	77		d. An electrical power generating facility.
76	78		e. The area surrounding an electrical power generating
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78	80		f. An electrical transmission tower.
79	81		g. An electrical substation or distribution substation.
80	82		h. An electric utility control center.
81	83		i. Electrical communication equipment.
82	84		j. An electrical switching station.
83	85		k. Electric power lines, power storage equipment, or
84	86		other utility equipment.
85	87		l. Any portion of a public water system or public
86	88		wastewater treatment system.
87	89		m. A natural gas transmission compressor station.
88	90		n. A liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal or storage
89	91		facility.
90	92		o. A natural gas distribution facility, including, but
91	93		not limited to, a pipeline interconnection, a city gate or
92	94		town border station, a metering station, aboveground piping, a
93	95		regular station, or a natural gas or hydrocarbon storage or
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95		-	p. A mining operation.
96		-	q. Beneficiation infrastructure or mining
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	125	+	regular station, or a natural gas or hydrocarbon storage or
	126	+	production facility.
	127	+	p. A mining operation.
	128	+	q. Beneficiation infrastructure or mining
	129	+	infrastructure.
128	130		r. A transportation facility such as a port, airport,
129	131		railroad operating facility, or trucking terminal.
130	132		s. Wireline or wireless communications
131	133		infrastructureCommunications service infrastructure or
132	134		facilities, as defined under Section 37-17-1 .
133	135		t. A gas processing plant, including a plant used in
134	136		the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural gas or
135	137		natural gas liquids.
136	138		u. A steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc
137	139		furnace.
138	140		v. A dam that is regulated by the state or federal
139	141		government.
140	142		w. A crude oil or refined products storage or
141	143		distribution facility, including, but not limited to, a valve
142	144		site, a pipeline interconnection, a pump station, a metering
143	145		station, below ground piping, above ground piping, or a truck
144	146		loading or offloading facility.
145	147		x. A defense contractor facility.
146	148		y. A pulp and paper manufacturing facility.
147	149		(3) FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. A
148	150		document that is presented as being a bona fide document that
149	151		provides personal identification information but which, in
150	152		fact, is false, forged, altered, or counterfeit.
151	153		(4) PERSON. An individual, trust, estate, corporation,
152		-	partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
153		-	partnership, limited liability company, or unincorporated
154		-	nonprofit association having a separate legal existence under
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	183	+	(4) PERSON. An individual, trust, estate, corporation,
	184	+	partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
	185	+	partnership, limited liability company, or unincorporated
	186	+	nonprofit association having a separate legal existence under
	187	+	state law.
186	188		(5) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. A powered, aerial vehicle
187	189		that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces
188	190		to provide vehicle lift, may fly autonomously through an
189	191		onboard computer or be piloted remotely, and may be expendable
190	192		or recoverable. The term does not include a satellite orbiting
191	193		the Earth or a spacecraft beyond Earth's atmosphere and may
192	194		not be construed to implicate the provider of a
193	195		telecommunications link between an owner or operator of an
194	196		unmanned aircraft system and the unmanned aircraft system.
195	197		(b) A person commits the crime of unauthorized entry of
196	198		a critical infrastructure facility if the person does any of
197	199		the following:
198	200		(1) Intentionally enters without authority into any
199	201		structure or onto any premises belonging to another that
200	202		constitutes in whole or in part a critical infrastructure
201	203		facility that is completely enclosed by any type of physical
202	204		barrier or clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted
203	205		in a conspicuous manner and indicate that unauthorized entry
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205	207		(2) Uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document for
206	208		identification for the purpose of entering a critical
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208	210		(3) Remains on the premises of a critical
209	211		infrastructure facility after having been forbidden to do so,
210		-	either orally or in writing, by any owner, lessee, or
211		-	custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.
212		-	(4) Intentionally enters into a restricted area of a
213		-	critical infrastructure facility whichthat is marked as a
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	241	+	infrastructure facility after having been forbidden to do so,
	242	+	either orally or in writing, by any owner, lessee, or
	243	+	custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.
	244	+	(4) Intentionally enters into a restricted area of a
	245	+	critical infrastructure facility whichthat is marked as a
244	246		restricted or limited access area ,or that is completely
245	247		enclosed by any type of physical barrier , when the person is
246	248		not authorized to enter the restricted or limited access area.
247	249		(c) A person who commits the crime of unauthorized
248	250		entry of a critical infrastructure facility is guilty of a
249	251		Class A misdemeanor.
250	252		(d) If, during the commission of the crime of
251	253		unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility, the
252	254		a person intentionally, recklessly, or with criminal
253	255		negligence injures, removes, destroys, or breaks critical
254	256		infrastructure property, or otherwise interrupts or interferes
255	257		with the operations of a critical infrastructure asset, the
256	258		person is guilty of a Class C felony.
257	259		(e) A person who commits the crime of unauthorized
258	260		entry of a critical infrastructure facility while possessing
259	261		or operating an unmanned aircraft system with an attached
260	262		weapon, firearm, explosive, destructive device, or ammunition
261	263		is guilty of a Class C felony.
262	264		(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
263	265		prevent lawful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition for
264	266		the redress of grievances, including, but not limited to, any
265	267		labor dispute between any employer and its employee.
266	268		(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
267	269		prohibit the state, a county, or a municipality from taking
268		-	any lawful action on their respective rights-of-way.
269		-	(h) Nothing in subsection (b) or (d) shall apply to any
270		-	act committed by a person within the scope of his or her
271		-	employment. For purposes of this subsection, the scope of a
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	299	+	prohibit the state, a county, or a municipality from taking
	300	+	any lawful action on their respective rights-of-way.
	301	+	(h) Nothing in subsection (b) or (d) shall apply to any
	302	+	act committed by a person within the scope of his or her
	303	+	employment. For purposes of this subsection, the scope of a
302	304		person's employment shall include the performance of actions
303	305		that are necessary for the performance of a lawful work
304	306		assignment."
305	307		"§13A-7-25
306	308		(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in
307	309		the first degree if the person does any of the following:
308	310		(1) Having no right to do so or any reasonable ground
309	311		to believe that he or she has such a right, intentionally or
310	312		recklessly causes substantial interruption or impairment of a
311	313		service rendered to the public by a utility.
312	314		(2) Threatens an individual with a deadly weapon or
313	315		dangerous instrument with the intent to obstruct the operation
314	316		of a utility. This subdivision only applies if the individual
315	317		is working under the procedures and within the scope of his or
316	318		her duties as an employee of the utility and has properly
317	319		identified himself or herself when asked by stating his or her
318	320		name, employer, and purpose of work.
319	321		(b) Criminal tampering in the first degree is a Class C
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321	323		(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
322	324		prohibit the state, a county, or a municipality from taking
323	325		any lawful action on its respective rights-of-way. "
324	326		"§13A-7-26
325	327		(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in
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327		-	reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right,
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329		-	(1) Intentionally or recklessly tampers with property
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	357	+	(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in
	358	+	the second degree if, having no right to do so or any
	359	+	reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right,
	360	+	hethe person:
	361	+	(1) Intentionally or recklessly tampers with property
360	362		of another for the purpose of causing substantial
361	363		inconvenience to that person or to another; or
362	364		(2) Intentionally or recklessly tampers or makes
363	365		connection with property of a utility.
364	366		(b) Criminal tampering in the second degree is a Class
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366	368		(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
367	369		prohibit the state, a county, or a municipality from taking
368	370		any lawful action on its respective rights-of-way. "
369	371		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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383		-	________________________________________________
384		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
385		-	________________________________________________
386		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
387		-	SB54
388		-	Senate 20-Feb-25
389		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
390		-	the Senate, as amended.
391		-	Patrick Harris,
392		-	Secretary.
393		-	House of Representatives
394		-	Passed: 19-Mar-25
395		-	By: Senator Roberts
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	390	+	Senate
	391	+	Read for the first time and referred
	392	+	to the Senate committee on Fiscal
	393	+	Responsibility and Economic
	394	+	Development
	395	+	................04-Feb-25
	396	+	Read for the second time and placed
	397	+	on the calendar:
	398	+	1 amendment
	399	+	................12-Feb-25
	400	+	Read for the third time and passed
	401	+	as amended
	402	+	Yeas 31
	403	+	Nays 0
	404	+	Abstains 0
	405	+	................20-Feb-25
	406	+	Patrick Harris,
	407	+	Secretary.
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