{
 "citation": "14:338",
 "heading": "Interfering with emergency communication",
 "doc_id": "1147425",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1147425",
 "classification": "M",
 "enacted_year": "2019",
 "last_amended_year": "2019",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "B",
   "text": "Whoever commits the crime of interfering with emergency communication as defined by this Section shall be either fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "6M",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:338\n\n\u00a7338. Interfering with emergency communication\n\nA. The crime of interfering with emergency communication is committed when a\nperson disconnects, damages, disables, removes, or uses physical force or intimidation to\nblock access to any telephone or telecommunications device with the specific intent to\ninterfere or prevent an individual from doing any of the following:\n\n(1) Using a 911 emergency telephone number.\n\n(2) Obtaining medical assistance.\n\n(3) Making a report to any law enforcement officer.\n\nB. Whoever commits the crime of interfering with emergency communication as\ndefined by this Section shall be either fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned\nfor not more than six months, or both.\n\nC. For the purposes of this Section:\n\n(1) \"Law enforcement officer\" shall include commissioned police officers, state\npolice officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers,\nconstables, wildlife enforcement agents, and probation and parole officers.\n\n(2) \"Telecommunications device\" shall mean any type of instrument, device, or\nmachine that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic, electronic, radio, text, or data\ncommunications, including but not limited to a cellular telephone, a text-messaging device,\na personal digital assistant, a computer, or any other similar wireless device that is designed\nto engage in a call or communicate text or data.\n\nActs 2019, No. 12, \u00a71."
}