Daños a Instalaciones Públicas y Servicios Esenciales

Explicación Simple

Si alguien daña una estación de tren o una tubería para causar problemas, puede meterse en problemas grandes. Esto significa que podrían ir a la cárcel por mucho tiempo o pagar una multa muy alta.

Es como si alguien rompiera una tubería de agua en tu casa solo para hacer que no puedas usar el baño. Eso causaría muchos problemas y sería muy malo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, enojado con su ciudad, decide romper las luces de una estación de autobuses. Esto causa que muchos pasajeros no puedan viajar a tiempo. Juan podría ser arrestado y enfrentarse a serias consecuencias por su acción.

Penalidades

Puede enfrentar hasta diez años de prisión o una multa de hasta $20,000, o ambas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

As used in this section: (1) "critical public service facility" includes railroad yards and stations, bus stations, airports, and other mass transit facilities; oil refineries; storage areas or facilities for hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous wastes; and bridges; (2) "pipeline" has the meaning given in section609.6055, subdivision 1; and (3) "utility" includes: (i) any organization defined as a utility in section216C.06, subdivision 18; (ii) any telecommunications carrier or telephone company regulated under chapter 237; and (iii) any local utility or enterprise formed for the purpose of providing electrical or gas heating and power, telephone, water, sewage, wastewater, or other related utility service, which is owned, controlled, or regulated by a town, a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a port development authority, the Metropolitan Council, a district heating authority, a regional commission or other regional government unit, or a combination of these governmental units. Whoever causes damage to the physical property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline with the intent to significantly disrupt the operation of or the provision of services by the facility, utility, or pipeline and without the consent of one authorized to give consent, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both. An employee or other person designated by a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline to ensure the provision of services by the critical public service facility or the safe operation of the equipment or facility of the utility or pipeline who has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating this section may