Sec. 53a-61aa. Threatening in the first degree: Class D felony.
Sec. 53a-61aa. Threatening in the first degree: Class D felony. (a) A person is
guilty of threatening in the first degree when such person (1) (A) threatens to commit
any crime involving the use of a hazardous substance with the intent to terrorize another
person, to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or (B) threatens to commit
such crime in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, evacuation or inconvenience, or (2) (A) threatens to commit any crime of violence with the intent to cause
evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or (B) threatens to commit such crime in
reckless disregard of the risk of causing such evacuation or inconvenience.
(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) Threatening in the first degree is a class D felony.
(Nov. 15 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 7, 9; P.A. 02-97, S. 15; P.A. 03-22, S. 1.)
History: Nov. 15 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective January 1, 2002; P.A. 02-97 amended Subsec. (a) to delete in Subdivs.
(1) and (2) provisions re threatening to commit a crime of violence; P.A. 03-22 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing
elements of crime as Subdiv. (1), redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), respectively, and
adding new Subdiv. (2) to restore provisions re threatening to commit a crime of violence with the intent to cause evacuation
of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience and
threatening to commit such crime in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such evacuation or inconvenience.