AB 1782, as introduced, Chesbro. Wires: unlawful removal.
Under existing law it is a crime for any person to unlawfully and maliciously take down, remove, injure, or obstruct any line of telegraph, telephone, or cable television, or any other line used to conduct electricity, or to sever any wire, or make any unauthorized connection with any line, other than a telegraph, telephone, or cable television line, used to conduct electricity. Under existing law a violation of these provisions is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed 16 months, 2 or 3 years, or by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.
This bill would increase that fine to an amount not exceeding $50,000 per incident.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 591 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
A person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down,
4removes, injures, or obstructs any line of telegraph, telephone, or
P2 1cable television, or any other line used to conduct electricity, or
2any part thereof, or appurtenances or apparatus connected
3therewith, or severs any wire thereof, or makes any unauthorized
4connection with any line, other than a telegraph, telephone, or
5cable television line, used to conduct electricity, or any part thereof,
6or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith, is punishable
7by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or
8by a fine not exceedingbegin delete five hundred dollars ($500)end deletebegin insert fifty thousand
9dollars ($50,000) per incidentend insert,
or imprisonment in the county jail
10not exceeding one year.
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