HB-5361, As Passed Senate, December 18, 2008

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5361

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

by amending section 383a (MCL 750.383a).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 383a. Any A person, or persons who without lawful

authority, shall wilfully not willfully cut, break, obstruct,

injure, destroy, tamper with or manipulate, deface, or steal any

machinery, tools, equipment, telephone line or post, telegraph line

or post, telecommunication line, tower, or post, electric line,

post, tower or supporting structures, electric wire, insulator,

switch, or signal, natural gas pipe line pipeline, water pipe line

pipeline, steam heat pipe line pipeline or the valves or other

House Bill No. 5361 (H-1) as amended December 4, 2008

appliances or equipment appertaining to or used in connection with

such those lines, or any other appliance whether herein

particularly mentioned or not, being or component of the electric,

telecommunication, or natural gas infrastructure that is the

property of any a utility. , with the intention and without

authority to interrupt or disrupt communications or electric, gas,

water or steam heat service, or to curtail or impair the

utilization thereof, or who shall conspire, aid, abet in or cause

to be done any such unlawful acts, shall be A person who violates

this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for

not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or

both. As used in this section, "Utility "utility" includes any pipe

line pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone,

telegraph, telecommunication, radio, railway, railroad, airplane,

transportation, communication or other system, by whomsoever

whether or not publicly owned, or that is operated for the public

use.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect [March 1,

2009.]