§ 716.11

716.11 Critical infrastructure sabotage — definitions. Solely for purposes of this section and section 716.12, unless the context otherwise requires:1. 'Critical infrastructure' means any of the following:a. An electrical power generating, transmission, or delivery system.b. A gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum product, renewable fuel, or chemical critical generation, storage, transportation, or delivery system. c. A telecommunications or broadband generation, transmission, or delivery system.d. A wastewater treatment, collection, or delivery system.e. A water supply treatment, collection, storage, or delivery system.f. Any land, building, conveyance, or other temporary or permanent structure whether publicly or privately owned, that contains, houses, supports, or is appurtenant to any criticalinfrastructure as described in paragraphs 'a' through 'e' of this subsection. 2. 'Critical infrastructure sabotage' means an unauthorized and overt act intended to cause and having the means to cause, and in substantial furtherance of causing, a substantialand widespread interruption or impairment of a fundamental service rendered by the criticalinfrastructure.

cause and having the means to cause, and in substantial furtherance of causing, a substantialand widespread interruption or impairment of a fundamental service rendered by the criticalinfrastructure. However, 'critical infrastructure sabotage' does not include an accidentalinterruption or impairment of service to the critical infrastructure caused by a person in theperformance of the person’s work duties or caused by a person’s lawful activity. In addition,'critical infrastructure sabotage' does not include any condition or activity related to theproduction of farm products as defined in section 554.9102, including but not limited tothe discharge of agricultural stormwater; the construction or use of soil or water qualityconservation practices or structures; the preparation of agricultural land and the raising,harvesting, drying, or storage of agricultural crops; the application of fertilizer as definedin section 200.3, pesticides as defined in section 206.2, or manure as defined in section459.102; the installation and use of agricultural drainage tile and systems; the construction,operation, or management of an animal feeding operation as defined in section 459.102; andthe care,

ection459.102; the installation and use of agricultural drainage tile and systems; the construction,operation, or management of an animal feeding operation as defined in section 459.102; andthe care, feeding, or watering of livestock. 3. 'System' means a set of connected or interdependent real, physical, personal, or electronic or computer-based property that operates as a whole to provide a service.'System' also includes any real, physical, electronic, or computer implement that maycontrol or monitor any component of the system. 2018 Acts, ch 1120, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §36Referred to in §716.12 Sat Dec 23 12:30:26 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 716.11 (8, 0)