18-9-115. Endangering public transportation.

(1) A person commits endangering public transportation if such person:

(a) Tampers with a facility of public transportation with intent to cause any damage, malfunction, or nonfunction which would result in the creation of a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to anyone; or

(b) Stops or boards a public conveyance with the intent of committing a crime thereon; or

(c) On a public conveyance, knowingly threatens any operator, crew member, attendant, or passenger:

(I) With death or imminent serious bodily injury; or

(II) With a deadly weapon or with words or actions intended to induce belief that such person is armed with a deadly weapon; or

(d) On a public conveyance:

(I) Knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person; or

(II) With criminal negligence causes bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon.

(2) "Public" means offered or available to the public generally, either free or upon payment of a fare, fee, rate, or tariff, or offered or made available by a school or school district to pupils regularly enrolled in public or nonpublic schools in preschool through grade twelve.

(3) "Public conveyance" includes a train, airplane, bus, truck, car, boat, tramway, gondola, lift, elevator, escalator, or other device intended, designed, adapted, and used for the public carriage of persons or property.

(4) "Facility of public transportation" includes a public conveyance and any area, structure, or device which is designed, adapted, and used to support, guide, control, permit, or facilitate the movement, starting, stopping, takeoff, landing, or servicing of a public conveyance or the loading or unloading of passengers or goods.

(5) Endangering public transportation is a class 3 felony.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 471, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-9-116. L. 77: (1)(c) amended, p. 969, § 56, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1344, § 1, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1335, § 1, effective July 1.