§ 13A-10-193.1 — Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Unlawful Manufacture in the Second Degree

Alabama § 13A-10-193.1

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 10: Offenses Against Public Administration
• Art. 9: Biological and Bacteriological Weapons

Text

(a) A person, who is not otherwise authorized by state or federal law or a permit issued to him or her by the State Fire Marshal, commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Manufactures a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(2) Possesses precursor substances as determined in Section 13A-10-191, in any amount with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(3) Combines two or more components with the intent to assemble, construct, or otherwise cause to be formed, a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in Section 13A-10-190.
(4) Manufactures an explosive with intent to produce a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in 13A-10-190.
(b) The fact that a destructive device, over-pressure device, explosive, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon does not function as designed or intended, is not a defense to the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree.
(c) Unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree is a Class B felony.

Legislative History

(Act 2016-414, §2.)