Bill Text: IA SF2235 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to criminal acts committed on or against critical infrastructure and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 3062.) Effective 7-1-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-17 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 959. [SF2235 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2235-Introduced.html
Senate File 2235 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3062) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to criminal acts committed on or against 2 critical infrastructure property and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5229SV (2) 87 ec/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 716.11 Critical infrastructure 1 2 sabotage == definitions. 1 3 Solely for purposes of this section and section 716.12, 1 4 unless the context otherwise requires: 1 5 1. "Critical infrastructure" means any of the following: 1 6 a. Electrical critical infrastructure, including any plant, 1 7 maintenance facility, parts warehouse, yard, substation, 1 8 transmission or delivery line, tower or pole with transmission 1 9 or delivery lines affixed, transformer, or any implement that 1 10 is used to generate, store, control, monitor, transmit or 1 11 deliver electrical service. Electrical critical infrastructure 1 12 also includes any supervisory control and data acquisition 1 13 system, or other electronic or computer instrument, that 1 14 may control or monitor any component of electrical critical 1 15 infrastructure. 1 16 b. Gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum products, 1 17 or chemical critical infrastructure, including any gas, 1 18 petroleum, or chemical=producing well, compressor station, 1 19 processing plant, storage and distribution facility, storage 1 20 tank, chemical truck or rail car, loading and unloading 1 21 area, chemical container storage, substation, pump station, 1 22 metering station, valve, regulator or meter, or transmission or 1 23 distribution main, line, or pipeline, that is used to generate, 1 24 store, control, monitor, transmit or deliver gas, chemicals, 1 25 oil, petroleum, refined product, fertilizer, or renewable fuel. 1 26 Gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum products, or chemical 1 27 critical infrastructure also includes any physical, electronic, 1 28 or computer implement that may control or monitor any component 1 29 of gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum products, and 1 30 chemical critical infrastructure. For the purposes of this 1 31 paragraph, "petroleum" means as defined in section 455B.471. 1 32 c. Telecommunications or broadband critical infrastructure, 1 33 including any structure, pedestal, x=box, cross=box, manhole, 1 34 handhold, splice point, antenna, cable, server, router, modem, 1 35 coupler, or any other property, that is used for the purpose 2 1 of reception or transmission of telecommunications or radio or 2 2 broadband signals. Telecommunications or broadband critical 2 3 infrastructure also includes any other physical, electronic, or 2 4 computer implement that may control or monitor any component of 2 5 telecommunications or broadband critical infrastructure. 2 6 d. Transportation critical infrastructure, including 2 7 roadways, highways, bridges, tunnels, and associated 2 8 infrastructure; airports, control towers, communication 2 9 towers, and associated infrastructure; railroads, rail 2 10 segments, bridges, and associated infrastructure that support 2 11 either passenger or freight; transit systems not limited to 2 12 bus, light rail and people=mover systems, and associated 2 13 infrastructure; and intermodal facilities. Transportation 2 14 critical infrastructure also includes any associated physical, 2 15 electronic, or computer implement that may control or monitor 2 16 any component of transportation critical infrastructure. 2 17 e. Wastewater critical infrastructure, including any 2 18 lateral service line, collection line, manhole, trunk line, 2 19 storage tank, chemical storage, methane storage, laboratory, 2 20 pump station, or treatment plant. Wastewater critical 2 21 infrastructure also includes any physical, electronic, or 2 22 computer implement that may control or monitor any component of 2 23 wastewater critical infrastructure. 2 24 f. Water supply critical infrastructure, including any 2 25 public or private water supply system and all component 2 26 facilities thereof, body of water or aquifer used as a source 2 27 of water supply, water supply intake facilities, water supply 2 28 treatment facilities, treated water storage facilities, or 2 29 water supply distribution facilities. Water supply critical 2 30 infrastructure also includes any raw water intakes, wells, 2 31 pump stations, holding tanks, water towers, aquifer storage 2 32 and recovery systems, water mains, control valves, hydrants, 2 33 curb boxes, meter vaults, meters, distribution service lines, 2 34 treatment, filtration, or chlorination implements, or any 2 35 physical, electronic, or computer implement that may control or 3 1 monitor any component of a water supply system. 3 2 2. "Critical infrastructure property" means property and 3 3 public utility property, both as defined in section 716.7, that 3 4 is considered critical infrastructure. 3 5 3. "Critical infrastructure sabotage" means any unauthorized 3 6 act that is intended to cause a substantial interruption 3 7 or impairment of service rendered to the public relating 3 8 to critical infrastructure property. However, "critical 3 9 infrastructure sabotage" does not include an accidental 3 10 interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public 3 11 caused by a person in the performance of the person's work 3 12 duties. 3 13 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 716.12 Critical infrastructure 3 14 sabotage == penalties. 3 15 A person committing critical infrastructure sabotage commits 3 16 a class "B" felony, and in addition to the provisions of 3 17 section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph "b", shall be punished by 3 18 a fine of not less than eighty=five thousand dollars nor more 3 19 than one hundred thousand dollars. 3 20 EXPLANATION 3 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 23 This bill creates the crime of critical infrastructure 3 24 sabotage. 3 25 The bill defines critical infrastructure property as 3 26 property and public utility property, both as defined in Code 3 27 section 716.7, that is considered critical infrastructure. The 3 28 bill defines critical infrastructure to include electrical 3 29 critical infrastructure, gas, oil, petroleum, refined 3 30 petroleum products, or chemical critical infrastructure, 3 31 telecommunications or broadband critical infrastructure, 3 32 transportation critical infrastructure, wastewater critical 3 33 infrastructure, and water supply critical infrastructure. The 3 34 bill additionally defines critical infrastructure sabotage 3 35 to mean any unauthorized act that is intended to cause a 4 1 substantial interruption or impairment of service rendered to 4 2 the public relating to critical infrastructure property. The 4 3 bill provides that critical infrastructure sabotage does not 4 4 include any accidental interruption or impairment of service 4 5 rendered in the performance of the person's work duties. The 4 6 bill provides that a person who commits critical infrastructure 4 7 sabotage commits a class "B" felony, punishable by confinement 4 8 for no more than 25 years. The bill also subjects a person who 4 9 commits critical infrastructure sabotage to a fine of not less 4 10 than $85,000 nor more than $100,000. LSB 5229SV (2) 87 ec/rn
