KRS 527.205: Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 527
(1) A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree when
intentionally, without lawful authority, he or she:
(a) Places a weapon of mass destruction at any location in the Commonwealth
and, as a result, any person other than the defendant receives physical injury;
or
(b) Places a weapon of mass destruction on:
1. The real property or any building of any public or private elementary or
secondary school, vocational school, or institution of postsecondary
education;
2. A school bus or other vehicle owned, operated, or leased by a school;
3. The real property or any building, public or private, that is the site of an
official school-sanctioned function; or
4. The real property or any building owned or leased by a government
agency,
and no person dies or receives any physical injury.
(2) A weapon of mass destruction is used with lawful authority if it is used with the
written permission of an agency of the Commonwealth or of a city, county, charter
county, or urban-county government having jurisdiction over the use of destructive
devices as defined in KRS 237.030 or the use of explosives.
(3) Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree is a Class B felony.
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