[Effective 7/1/2024]

(a) A person commits the offense of critical infrastructure vandalism who knowingly:

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C felony3 to 15 yearsup to $10,000
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-14-411 v2

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Services: includes labor, skill, professional service, transportation, telephone, mail, gas, electricity, steam, water, cable television, entertainment subscription service or other public services, accommodations in hotels, restaurants or elsewhere, admissions to exhibitions, use of vehicles or other movable property, and any other activity or product considered in the ordinary course of business to be a service, regardless of whether it is listed in this subdivision (a)(38) or a specific statute exists covering the same or similar conduct. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
(1) Interrupts or interferes with critical infrastructure or its operation;
(2) Destroys or injures critical infrastructure; or
(3) Uses, alters, encrypts, ransoms, destroys, or otherwise renders unavailable, without authorization, the electronic data, electronic devices, or networks of a provider of critical infrastructure or of a farm; or
(4) Destroys or injures a farm.
(b) As used in this section:

(1) “Critical infrastructure” includes, but is not limited to, the infrastructure of the following services to the general public:

(A) Telephone, telegraph, television, internet, or other telecommunication services;
(B) Electric, heat, natural gas, or other power or energy services;
(C) The distribution of crude or refined liquid petroleum products or natural gas, and the pipelines, pumping stations, terminals, and equipment necessary for operation of the facility;
(D) Water, wastewater, or sewer services; and
(E) Railroads and other transportation services; and
(2) “Farm” has the same meaning as defined in § 43-26-102 and includes the real property, vehicles, equipment, machinery, animals, or crops contained on a farm.
(c) The critical infrastructure of a utility or company is included in this section whether the critical infrastructure is in operation, idle, or under construction.
(d)

(1) A violation of subdivision (a)(1)-(a)(3) shall be punished as theft under § 39-14-103, and graded in accordance with § 39-14-105. However, if:

(A) The actual damages caused by the violation are in an amount less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), then the punishment for a violation of subdivision (a)(1)-(a)(3) must be no less than a Class E felony; and
(B) The actual damages caused by the violation are in an amount of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000), then the punishment for a violation of subdivision (a)(1)-(a)(3) must be no less than a Class C felony.
(2) A violation of subdivision (a)(4) shall be punished as theft under § 39-14-103, and graded in accordance with § 39-14-105. However, in no event shall punishment for a violation of subdivision (a)(4) be less than a Class E felony.
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