ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 197
BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:61(B)(1) and (C), relative to unauthorized entry of a critical
3 infrastructure; to amend the definition of critical infrastructure to include water
4 control structures, floodgates, and pump stations; to provide relative to criminal
5 penalties; to provide for penalties when the crime is committed during the existence
6 of a state of emergency; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:61(B)(1) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9 follows:
10 ยง61. Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
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12 B. For the purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the
13 following meanings:
14 (1) "Critical infrastructure" means any and all structures, equipment, or other
15 immovable or movable property located within or upon chemical manufacturing
16 facilities, refineries, electrical power generating facilities, electrical transmission
17 substations and distribution substations, water intake structures and water treatment
18 facilities, natural gas transmission compressor stations, liquified natural gas (LNG)
19 terminals and storage facilities, natural gas and hydrocarbon storage facilities,
20 transportation facilities, such as ports, railroad switching yards, pipelines, and
21 trucking terminals, water control structures, including floodgates or pump stations,
22 or any site where the construction or improvement of any facility or structure
23 referenced in this Section is occurring.
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1 C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical
2 infrastructure shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five
3 years, fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.
4 (2) Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical
5 infrastructure during the existence of a state of emergency, which has been declared
6 pursuant to law by the governor or the chief executive officer of any parish, may be
7 fined not more than five thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for
8 not less than three years nor more than fifteen years.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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