{
 "citation": "14:73.11",
 "heading": "Communication interference",
 "doc_id": "1147417",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1147417",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "2019",
 "last_amended_year": "2019",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "D(1)",
   "text": "D.(1) Any person convicted of a first offense of Subsection A of this Section shall be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "10Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "D(2)",
   "text": "(2) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of Subsection A of this Section shall be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than fifteen years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "15Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:73.11\n\n\u00a773.11. Communication interference\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously injure, destroy,\nobstruct, hinder, delay the transmission of, or interfere with any of the following\ncommunications:\n\n(1) A communication that is operated or controlled by the state, its contractors, or\nits political subdivisions.\n\n(2) A communication that is used or intended to be used for military or civil defense\nfunctions of the state.\n\n(3) A communication that is controlled by any domestic or foreign corporation,\nlimited liability company, or other legal entity created for the purpose of or engaged in\ngenerating, transmitting, providing, and distributing utilities or utility services to the public.\n\nB. For purposes of this Section:\n\n(1) \"Communication\" includes any radio, telegraph, telephone, electronic, satellite,\nor cable communication.\n\n(2) \"Utilities\" or \"utility services\" includes services such as electricity, water, natural\ngas, steam, cable, or electronic communication systems.\n\nC. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:\n\n(1) Any lawful strike activity, or other lawful concerted activities for the purposes\nof collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection which do not injure or destroy any\nline or system used or intended to be used for and by the state, for military or civil defense\nfunctions of the state, or for any private entity as described in Subsection A of this Section.\n\n(2) An entity the security issues of which are subject to approval, control, regulation,\nor supervision by the federal government or any agency thereof under any other federal\nstatute; an entity whose business is subject to regulation by the Federal Communications\nCommission; or any entity conducting or carrying on its business or operations in two or\nmore states when engaged in the course and scope of their business activities.\n\n(3) Member-owned electric cooperatives, municipally owned electric service\nproviders, privately owned utilities, or investor-owned utilities regulated by the Louisiana\nPublic Service Commission or the city council of New Orleans when engaged in the course\nand scope of their business activities.\n\nD.(1) Any person convicted of a first offense of Subsection A of this Section shall\nbe subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment with or without hard\nlabor for not more than ten years, or both.\n\n(2) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of Subsection A of this\nSection shall be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisonment with\nor without hard labor for not more than fifteen years, or both.\n\nActs 2019, No. 88, \u00a71."
}