Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-9-115 — Endangering public transportation and utility transmission.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-9-115
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(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material which would result in the creation of a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to anyone; or (b) Repealed. (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 (d) Repealed. (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.
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Questions this section answers
Is endangering public transportation and utility transmission a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Endangering public transportation and utility transmission is a class 3 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-9-115.
Which Colorado statute covers endangering public transportation and utility transmission?
Endangering public transportation and utility transmission is governed by C.R.S. § 18-9-115 (Endangering public transportation and utility transmission).
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