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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-305.1" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Telecommunications company” means a company that provides broadband Internet, cable television, telephone, or other wireless communication services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Telecommunications infrastructure” means items that are used to provide broadband Internet, cable television, telephone, or other wireless communication services.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Telecommunications infrastructure” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>antennae;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>fiber optic and copper cables;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>headends;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>telephone poles;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>radio transceivers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>radio towers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>wireless support structures;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>small cell facilities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>telecommunications company office facilities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an employee of a telecommunications company or a person acting under the authority of a telecommunications company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>supervision and control of a telecommunications company and its material, equipment, or facilities by a political subdivision within which the telecommunications company is doing business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not recklessly or willfully and maliciously deface, damage, or destroy telecommunications infrastructure.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
