Connecticut § 53a-303 Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes: Class C felony.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53a-303 — Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes: Class C felony.

Connecticut § 53a-303

Title 53aPenal Code

Ch. 952Penal Code: Offenses

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-303 (2026).

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(a)A person is guilty of contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes when such person, with intent to intimidate or coerce the civilian population or a unit of government, introduces a hazardous substance into (1) any storage reservoir or distribution reservoir, as those terms are defined in section 25-43, or any lake or pond, or any stream tributary thereto, that is used for supplying the inhabitants of a town, city or borough with water, or (2) any source or supply of food, as defined in section 21a-92, that is intended for human consumption.

(b)For the purposes of this section, “hazardous substance” means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious

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(a) A person is guilty of contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes when such person, with intent to intimidate or coerce the civilian population or a unit of government, introduces a hazardous substance into (1) any storage reservoir or distribution reservoir, as those terms are defined in section 25-43, or any lake or pond, or any stream tributary thereto, that is used for supplying the inhabitants of a town, city or borough with water, or (2) any source or supply of food, as defined in section 21a-92, that is intended for human consumption. (b) For the purposes of this section, “hazardous substance” means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health. (c) Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes is a class C felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.