The following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) ACT OF TERRORISM. An act or acts constituting a specified offense as defined in subdivision (4) for which a person may be convicted in the criminal courts of this state, or an act or acts constituting an offense in any other jurisdiction within or outside the territorial boundaries of the United States which contains all of the essential elements of a specified offense, that is intended to do the following:

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A felony10 years to lifeup to $60,000
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-6
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-10-151

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
a. Intimidate or coerce a civilian population.
b. Influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion.
c. Affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
(2) MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES. Currency or other financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except medicine or religious materials.
(3) RENDERS CRIMINAL ASSISTANCE. Shall have the same meaning as in Section 13A-10-42.
(4) SPECIFIED OFFENSE. A Class A felony, manslaughter, kidnapping in the second degree, assault in the first or second degree, stalking, intimidating a witness, criminal tampering, endangering the food supply, endangering the water supply or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses.
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