Ala. Code § 13A-7-4.3 (1975) Unauthorized Entry of a Critical Infrastructure

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 13A-7-4.3 (1975)

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. The term includes, but is not limited to, a chemical manufacturing facility, a pipeline, a refinery, an electrical power generating facility and the area surrounding the facility, an electrical transmission tower and substation and distribution substation, an electric utility control center, communication equipment, a switching station, a water intake structure and water treatment facility, a natural gas transmission compressor station, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and storage facility, a natural gas and hydrocarbon storage or production facility, mining operations, beneficiation infrastructure and mining infrastructure, and a transportation facility, such as a port, airport, railroad operating facility, or trucking terminal.

(2) FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. A document which is presented as being a bona fide document that provides personal identification information but which, in fact, is false, forged, altered, or counterfeit.

(3) PERSON. An individual, trust, estate, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or unincorporated nonprofit association having a separate legal existence under state law.

(4) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, may fly autonomously through an onboard computer or be piloted remotely, and may be expendable or recoverable. The term does not include a satellite orbiting the Earth or a spacecraft beyond Earth's atmosphere and may not be construed to implicate the provider of a telecommunications link between an owner or operator of an unmanned aircraft system and the unmanned aircraft system.

(b) A person commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure if the person does any of the following: