Under existing law, a critical infrastructure is a system or asset so vital to the United States that its incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the nation's security, economy, public health, or public safety. Various facilities are enumerated as critical infrastructure facilities and are protected by law. This bill would further provide for the term "critical infrastructure facility" to include communications service infrastructure or facilities. This bill would also further provide for the crimes of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility and criminal tampering in the first and second degrees to further provide requisite criminal intent.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 13A-7-25, 13A-7-26