DIGEST
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
HB 7 2015 Regular Session Thibaut
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
CRIME: Amends provisions of law regarding unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
Report adopts Senate amendments to:
1. Add electrical transmission substations and distribution substations to the definition of
"critical infrastructure" for purposes of proposed law.
Report rejects Senate amendments which would have:
1. Amended the element of the offense, providing that the entry be intentional into a known and
clearly marked restricted area.
Report amends the bill to:
1. Add natural gas and hydrocarbon storage facilities to the definition of "critical infrastructure"
for purposes of proposed law.
2. Amend the elements of the offense to provide that the entry be intentional into a marked
restricted area.
3. Require that the restricted or limited access area be completely enclosed by any type of
physical barrier.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Present law provides for the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure and defines the
crime as unauthorized entry into a critical infrastructure by a person without authority to do so.
Proposed law retains present law and adds three additional elements to the crime: (1)The use or attempted use of fraudulent documents to enter a critical infrastructure.
(2)Remaining upon or in the premises of a critical infrastructure after having been forbidden to
do so.
(3)The intentional entry into a restricted area of the critical infrastructure which is marked as
a restricted or limited access area that is completely enclosed by any type of physical barrier
when the person is not authorized to enter that area.
Proposed law defines "critical infrastructure" as including chemical manufacturing facilities,
refineries, electrical power generating facilities, electrical transmission substations and distribution
substations, water intake structures and water treatment facilities, natural gas transmission
compressor stations, natural gas and hydrocarbon storage facilities, liquified natural gas (LNG)
terminals and storage facilities, and transportation facilities, such as ports, railroad switching yards,
and trucking terminals.
Proposed law defines "fraudulent documents for identification purposes" as documents that are
presented as being bona fide documents that provide personal identification information but that are,
in fact, false, forged, altered, or counterfeit.
(Amends R.S. 14:61)