Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:61.1

  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

            A. Criminal damage to a critical infrastructure is the intentional damaging of a critical infrastructure as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 14:61.

            B. Any person who commits the crime of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than fifteen years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

            C. Any person who commits the crime of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure wherein it is foreseeable that human life will be threatened or operations of a critical infrastructure will be disrupted as a result of such conduct shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both.

            D. A person convicted under the provisions of this Section may be ordered to make restitution to the owner of the property pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2.

            E. A person convicted under La. Rev. Stat. 14:26 of a violation of this Section shall not be limited by La. Rev. Stat. 14:26(D) where it is foreseeable that more than one human life will be threatened as a result of such conduct, and each conspirator shall be imprisoned at hard labor for no more than twelve years, fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or both.

            Acts 2018, No. 692, §1.