§ 5-38-206 — Damaging wires and other fixtures of telephone, cable, and electric power companies

Arkansas § 5-38-206

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 5

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(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly damage, destroy, or pull down: (1) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power transmission pedestal or pole owned or operated by a telephone, cable, or electric power company; (2) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power line, wire, fiber insulator, power supply transformer, transmission, or other apparatus, equipment, or fixture, including without limitation a backup deep cycle battery or other power supply, used in the transmission of telephone, cable communications, or electric power owned or operated by a telephone, cable, or electric power company; or (3) Equipment related to wireless communications that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. (b) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly damage, destroy, remove, or alter in a way that could result in physical injury any electric power line, gas line, water line, wire or fiber insulator, electric motor, or other similar apparatus connected to a farm shop, an on-farm grain drying and storage complex, a heating and cooling system, an environmental control system, an animal production facility, an irrigation system, or a dwelling. (c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 311,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 2009, No. 390, § 1; 2011, No. 1120, § 10.