Oklahoma § 21-1792 - Critical infrastructure facility - Trespass - Damage Penalties

§ 21-1792. Critical infrastructure facility - Trespass - Damage Penalties

A. Any person who shall willfully trespass or enter property

containing a critical infrastructure facility without permission by

the owner of the property or lawful occupant thereof shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not

less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in

the county jail for a term of six (6) months, or by both such fine

and imprisonment. If it is determined the intent of the trespasser

is to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, tamper with

equipment, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility, the

person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony

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offense punishable by a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of this title, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

B. Any person who shall willfully damage, destroy, vandalize,

deface or tamper with equipment in a critical infrastructure

facility shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by a fine of One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00), or by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

C. If an organization is found to be a conspirator with persons

who are found to have committed any of the crimes described in

subsection A or B of this section, the conspiring organization shall

be punished by a fine that is ten times the amount of said fine

authorized by the appropriate provision of this section.

D. As used in this section, "critical infrastructure facility"

means:

1. One of the following, if completely enclosed by a fence or

other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude

intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted

on the property that are reasonably likely to come to the attention

of intruders and indicate that entry is forbidden without site

authorization:

a.

a petroleum or alumina refinery,

b.

an electrical power generating facility, substation,

switching station, electrical control center or

electric power lines and associated equipment

infrastructure,

c.

a chemical, polymer or rubber manufacturing facility,

d.

a water intake structure, water treatment facility,

wastewater treatment plant or pump station,

e.

a natural gas compressor station,

f.

a liquid natural gas terminal or storage facility,

g.

a telecommunications central switching office,

h.

wireless telecommunications infrastructure, including

cell towers, telephone poles and lines, including

fiber optic lines,

i.

a port, railroad switching yard, railroad tracks,

trucking terminal or other freight transportation

facility,

j.

a gas processing plant, including a plant used in the

processing, treatment or fractionation of natural gas

or natural gas liquids,

k.

a transmission facility used by a federally licensed

radio or television station,

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l.

a steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc

furnace to make steel,

m.

a facility identified and regulated by the United

States Department of Homeland Security Chemical

Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program,

n.

a dam that is regulated by the state or federal

government,

o.

a natural gas distribution utility facility including,

but not limited to, pipeline interconnections, a city

gate or town border station, metering station,

aboveground piping, a regulator station and a natural

gas storage facility, or

p.

a crude oil or refined products storage and

distribution facility including, but not limited to,

valve sites, pipeline interconnections, pump station,

metering station, below or aboveground pipeline or

piping and truck loading or offloading facility; or

2. Any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous liquid or

chemical pipeline, tank, railroad facility or other storage facility

that is enclosed by a fence, other physical barrier or is clearly

marked with signs prohibiting trespassing, that are obviously

designed to exclude intruders.

Added by Laws 2017, c. 190, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2017. Amended

by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 699, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.