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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A person commits endangering public transportation if such person:
(a) Tampers with a facility of public transportation with intent to cause any damage, malfunction, nonfunction, theft, or unauthorized removal of material which would result in the creation of a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to anyone; or
(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, Ch. 462 (S.B. 21-271), § 318, eff. March 1, 2022.
(c) On a public conveyance, knowingly threatens any operator, crew member, attendant, or passenger:
(I) With death or imminent serious bodily injury; or
(II) With a deadly weapon or with words or actions intended to induce belief that such person is armed with a deadly weapon.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2021, Ch. 462 (S.B. 21-271), § 318, eff. March 1, 2022.
(1.5) A person commits endangering utility transmission if such person tampers with a facility of utility transmission with intent to cause any damage, malfunction, nonfunction, theft, or unauthorized removal of material which would:
(a) Interrupt performance of utility transmission; or
(b) Result in a creation of a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to anyone.
(2) “Public” means offered or available to the public generally, either free or upon payment of a fare, fee, rate, or tariff, or offered or made available by a school or school district to pupils regularly enrolled in public or nonpublic schools in preschool through grade twelve.
(3) “Public conveyance” includes a passenger or freight train, airplane, bus, truck, car, boat, tramway, gondola, lift, elevator, escalator, or other device intended, designed, adapted, and used for the public carriage of persons or property.
(4) “Facility of public transportation” includes a public conveyance and any area, structure, or device which is designed, adapted, and used to support, guide, control, permit, or facilitate the movement, starting, stopping, takeoff, landing, or servicing of a public conveyance or the loading or unloading of passengers, freight, or goods.
(4.5) “Facility of utility transmission” includes any area, structure, or device that is designed, adopted, or used to support, guide, control, permit, or facilitate transmission of:
(a) Electrical energy in excess of thirty thousand volts; or
(b) Water, liquid fuel, or gaseous fuel by pipeline.
(5) Endangering public transportation or endangering utility transmission is a class 3 felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-9-115. Endangering public transportation and utility transmission - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18-criminal-code/co-rev-st-sect-18-9-115/
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