Sec. 53a-303. Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes: Class C felony.
Sec. 53a-303. Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist
purposes: Class C felony. (a) A person is guilty of contaminating a public water supply
or food supply for terrorist purposes when such person, with intent to intimidate or
coerce the civilian population or a unit of government, introduces a hazardous substance
into (1) any storage reservoir or distribution reservoir, as those terms are defined in
section 25-43, or any lake or pond, or any stream tributary thereto, that is used for
supplying the inhabitants of a town, city or borough with water, or (2) any source or
supply of food, as defined in section 21a-92, that is intended for human consumption.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "hazardous substance" means any physical,
chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter which, because of its quantity,
concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or
incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to
human health.
(c) Contaminating a public water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes is a
class C felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended
or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 02-97, S. 8.)