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508.078 Terroristic threatening in the second degree.
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A person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the second degree when, other than as
provided in KRS 508.075, he or she intentionally:
(a) With respect to a school function, threatens to commit any act likely to result
in death or serious physical injury to any student group, teacher, volunteer
worker, or employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
vocational school, or institution of postsecondary education, or to any other
person reasonably expected to lawfully be on school property or at a schoolsanctioned activity, if the threat is related to their employment by a school, or
work or attendance at school, or a school function. A threat directed at a
person or persons or at a school does not need to identify a specific person or
persons or school in order for a violation of this section to occur;
(b) Makes false statements that he or she has placed a weapon of mass destruction
at any location other than one specified in KRS 508.075; or
(c) Without lawful authority places a counterfeit weapon of mass destruction at
any location other than one specified in KRS 508.075.
A counterfeit weapon of mass destruction is placed with lawful authority if it is
placed as part of an official training exercise by a public servant, as defined in KRS
522.010.
A person is not guilty of commission of an offense under this section if he or she,
innocently and believing the information to be true, communicates a threat made by
another person to school personnel, a peace officer, a law enforcement agency, a
public agency involved in emergency response, or a public safety answering point
and identifies the person from whom the threat was communicated, if known.
Terroristic threatening in the second degree is a Class D felony.
Effective: June 21, 2001
History: Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 2, effective June 21, 2001.
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