§ 750.383aDestruction of certain property used in connection with appliance or

component of electric, telecommunication, or natural gas infrastructure that is property
 of utility; violation; penalty; "utility" defined.
 Sec. 383a.
   A person, without lawful authority, shall not willfully cut, break, obstruct, injure, destroy,
 tamper with or manipulate, deface, or steal any machinery, tools, equipment, telephone line or


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 post, telegraph line or post, telecommunication line, tower, or post, electric line, post, tower or
 supporting structures, electric wire, insulator, switch, or signal, natural gas pipeline, water
 pipeline, steam heat pipeline or the valves or other appliances or equipment appertaining to or
 used in connection with those lines, or any other appliance or component of the electric,
 telecommunication, or natural gas infrastructure that is the property of a utility. A person who
 violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years
 or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. As used in this section, "utility" includes any
 pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, telecommunication, radio,
 railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication or other system, whether or not
 publicly owned, that is operated for the public use.