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609.593.1

Statute ID: 20336

Statute Function ID: 40432

Energy or Telecom-Intentional w/out Consent, Cause Damage, Takes, Removes, Severs, Breaks Equipment

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Statute Number:

609.593.1

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2025

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Energy or Telecom-Intentional w/out Consent, Cause Damage, Takes, Removes, Severs, Breaks Equipment

Statute ID:

20336

Created:

Jul 14, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 14, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2025 c35 art4 sect10; Renumbered; New (2); Expiring and renumbering

Summary Text:

Energy or Telecom-Intentional w/out Consent, Cause Damage, Takes, Removes, Severs, Breaks Equipment

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/593.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 14, 2025

Whoever intentionally and without consent from one authorized to give consent causes any damage to or takes, removes, severs, or breaks:

(1) any line erected or maintained for the purpose of transmitting electricity for light, heat, or power, or any insulator or cross-arm, appurtenance or apparatus connected to the line, or any wire, cable, or current of the line; or any component used in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity, including equipment used for grounding, system protection, or personnel protection;

(2) any equipment or fixture and any line or wire that is within or carries electricity to the equipment or fixture if the equipment or fixture is established or maintained for the use or benefit of the general public, such as street lights, street lighting systems, and special lighting systems; electric vehicle charging stations; electronic traffic-control signals and camera systems; and electronic warning or notice signs;

(3) any pipe or main or hazardous liquid pipeline erected, operated, or maintained for the purpose of transporting, conveying, or distributing gas or other hazardous liquids for light, heat, power, or any other purpose, or any part of the pipe, main, or pipeline, or any valve, meter, holder, compressor, machinery, appurtenance, equipment, or apparatus connected with any main or pipeline; or

(4) any machinery, equipment, or fixtures used in receiving, initiating, amplifying, processing, transmitting, retransmitting, recording, switching, or monitoring telecommunications services, such as computers, transformers, amplifiers, routers, repeaters, multiplexers, and other items performing comparable functions; and machinery, equipment, and fixtures used in the transportation of telecommunications services, broadband services, cable services, radio transmitters and receivers, satellite equipment, microwave equipment, and other transporting media including wire, cable, fiber, poles, and conduit;

is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2.