§14‑151. Interfering with gas, electric and steam appliances.
If any person shall willfully,with intent to injure or defraud, commit any of the acts set forth in thefollowing subdivisions, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor:
(1) Connect a tube,pipe, wire or other instrument or contrivance with a pipe or wire used forconducting or supplying illuminating gas, fuel, natural gas or electricity insuch a manner as to supply such gas or electricity to any burner, orifice, lampor motor where the same is or can be burned or used without passing through themeter or other instrument provided for registering the quantity consumed; or,
(2) Obstruct, alter,injure or prevent the action of a meter or other instrument used to measure orregister the quantity of illuminating fuel, natural gas or electricity consumedin a house or apartment, or at an orifice or burner, lamp or motor, or by aconsumer or other person other than an employee of the company owning any gasor electric meter, who willfully shall detach or disconnect such meter, or makeor report any test of, or examine for the purpose of testing any meter sodetached or disconnected; or,
(3) In any mannerwhatever change, extend or alter any service or other pipe, wire or attachmentof any kind, connecting with or through which natural or artificial gas orelectricity is furnished from the gas mains or pipes of any person, withoutfirst procuring from said person written permission to make such change,extension or alterations; or,
(4) Make any connectionor reconnection with the gas mains, service pipes or wires of any person,furnishing to consumers natural or artificial gas or electricity, or turn on oroff or in any manner interfere with any valve or stopcock or other appliancebelonging to such person, and connected with his service or other pipes orwires, or enlarge the orifices of mixers, or use natural gas for heatingpurposes except through mixers, or electricity for any purpose without firstprocuring from such person a written permit to turn on or off such stopcock orvalve, or to make such connection or reconnections, or to enlarge the orificeof mixers, or to use for heating purposes without mixers, or to interfere withthe valves, stopcocks, wires or other appliances of such, as the case may be;or,
(5) Retain possession ofor refuse to deliver any mixer, meter, lamp or other appliance which may beleased or rented by any person, for the purpose of furnishing gas, electricityor power through the same, or sell, lend or in any other manner dispose of thesame to any person other than such person entitled to the possession of thesame; or,
(6) Set on fire any gasescaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves or other appliancesused by any person in conveying gas to consumers, or interfere in any mannerwith the wells, pipes, mains, gateboxes, valves, stopcocks, wires, cables,conduits or any other appliances, machinery or property of any person engagedin furnishing gas to consumers unless employed by or acting under the authorityand direction of such person; or,
(7) Open or cause to beopened, or reconnect or cause to be reconnected any valve lawfully closed ordisconnected by a district steam corporation; or
(8) Turn on steam orcause it to be turned on or to reenter any premises when the same has beenlawfully stopped from entering such premises. (1901, c. 735; Rev., s. 3666;C.S., s. 4323; 1993, c. 539, s. 88; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§14‑151. Interfering with gas, electric and steam appliances.
If any person shall willfully,with intent to injure or defraud, commit any of the acts set forth in thefollowing subdivisions, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor:
(1) Connect a tube,pipe, wire or other instrument or contrivance with a pipe or wire used forconducting or supplying illuminating gas, fuel, natural gas or electricity insuch a manner as to supply such gas or electricity to any burner, orifice, lampor motor where the same is or can be burned or used without passing through themeter or other instrument provided for registering the quantity consumed; or,
(2) Obstruct, alter,injure or prevent the action of a meter or other instrument used to measure orregister the quantity of illuminating fuel, natural gas or electricity consumedin a house or apartment, or at an orifice or burner, lamp or motor, or by aconsumer or other person other than an employee of the company owning any gasor electric meter, who willfully shall detach or disconnect such meter, or makeor report any test of, or examine for the purpose of testing any meter sodetached or disconnected; or,
(3) In any mannerwhatever change, extend or alter any service or other pipe, wire or attachmentof any kind, connecting with or through which natural or artificial gas orelectricity is furnished from the gas mains or pipes of any person, withoutfirst procuring from said person written permission to make such change,extension or alterations; or,
(4) Make any connectionor reconnection with the gas mains, service pipes or wires of any person,furnishing to consumers natural or artificial gas or electricity, or turn on oroff or in any manner interfere with any valve or stopcock or other appliancebelonging to such person, and connected with his service or other pipes orwires, or enlarge the orifices of mixers, or use natural gas for heatingpurposes except through mixers, or electricity for any purpose without firstprocuring from such person a written permit to turn on or off such stopcock orvalve, or to make such connection or reconnections, or to enlarge the orificeof mixers, or to use for heating purposes without mixers, or to interfere withthe valves, stopcocks, wires or other appliances of such, as the case may be;or,
(5) Retain possession ofor refuse to deliver any mixer, meter, lamp or other appliance which may beleased or rented by any person, for the purpose of furnishing gas, electricityor power through the same, or sell, lend or in any other manner dispose of thesame to any person other than such person entitled to the possession of thesame; or,
(6) Set on fire any gasescaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves or other appliancesused by any person in conveying gas to consumers, or interfere in any mannerwith the wells, pipes, mains, gateboxes, valves, stopcocks, wires, cables,conduits or any other appliances, machinery or property of any person engagedin furnishing gas to consumers unless employed by or acting under the authorityand direction of such person; or,
(7) Open or cause to beopened, or reconnect or cause to be reconnected any valve lawfully closed ordisconnected by a district steam corporation; or
(8) Turn on steam orcause it to be turned on or to reenter any premises when the same has beenlawfully stopped from entering such premises. (1901, c. 735; Rev., s. 3666;C.S., s. 4323; 1993, c. 539, s. 88; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§14‑151. Interfering with gas, electric and steam appliances.
If any person shall willfully,with intent to injure or defraud, commit any of the acts set forth in thefollowing subdivisions, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor:
(1) Connect a tube,pipe, wire or other instrument or contrivance with a pipe or wire used forconducting or supplying illuminating gas, fuel, natural gas or electricity insuch a manner as to supply such gas or electricity to any burner, orifice, lampor motor where the same is or can be burned or used without passing through themeter or other instrument provided for registering the quantity consumed; or,
(2) Obstruct, alter,injure or prevent the action of a meter or other instrument used to measure orregister the quantity of illuminating fuel, natural gas or electricity consumedin a house or apartment, or at an orifice or burner, lamp or motor, or by aconsumer or other person other than an employee of the company owning any gasor electric meter, who willfully shall detach or disconnect such meter, or makeor report any test of, or examine for the purpose of testing any meter sodetached or disconnected; or,
(3) In any mannerwhatever change, extend or alter any service or other pipe, wire or attachmentof any kind, connecting with or through which natural or artificial gas orelectricity is furnished from the gas mains or pipes of any person, withoutfirst procuring from said person written permission to make such change,extension or alterations; or,
(4) Make any connectionor reconnection with the gas mains, service pipes or wires of any person,furnishing to consumers natural or artificial gas or electricity, or turn on oroff or in any manner interfere with any valve or stopcock or other appliancebelonging to such person, and connected with his service or other pipes orwires, or enlarge the orifices of mixers, or use natural gas for heatingpurposes except through mixers, or electricity for any purpose without firstprocuring from such person a written permit to turn on or off such stopcock orvalve, or to make such connection or reconnections, or to enlarge the orificeof mixers, or to use for heating purposes without mixers, or to interfere withthe valves, stopcocks, wires or other appliances of such, as the case may be;or,
(5) Retain possession ofor refuse to deliver any mixer, meter, lamp or other appliance which may beleased or rented by any person, for the purpose of furnishing gas, electricityor power through the same, or sell, lend or in any other manner dispose of thesame to any person other than such person entitled to the possession of thesame; or,
(6) Set on fire any gasescaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves or other appliancesused by any person in conveying gas to consumers, or interfere in any mannerwith the wells, pipes, mains, gateboxes, valves, stopcocks, wires, cables,conduits or any other appliances, machinery or property of any person engagedin furnishing gas to consumers unless employed by or acting under the authorityand direction of such person; or,
(7) Open or cause to beopened, or reconnect or cause to be reconnected any valve lawfully closed ordisconnected by a district steam corporation; or
(8) Turn on steam orcause it to be turned on or to reenter any premises when the same has beenlawfully stopped from entering such premises. (1901, c. 735; Rev., s. 3666;C.S., s. 4323; 1993, c. 539, s. 88; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
