Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §210, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__A person is guilty of environmental terrorizing if that person commits a crime of violence dangerous to human life or a crime of violence destructive to property or business practices for the primary purpose of protesting the practices of a person or business with respect to an environmental or natural resource issue and the result is:

A.__To cause injury in fact to persons or damage to property or business; or

B.__To purposefully cause a significant interruption in business or loss of products that results in loss of revenues or in compensable damages.

This subsection does not apply to a person who is protesting the practices of a business during a labor dispute, strike or lockout at that business.

Violation of this subsection is a Class C crime.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes the crime of environmental terrorizing, which is a crime of violence dangerous to human life or destructive to property or business practices for the primary purpose of protesting a natural resource or environmental issue. The bill specifies that it does not apply to a person who is protesting during a labor dispute, a strike or a lockout at a business. Environmental terrorizing is a Class C crime.