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KRS 527.205: Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree.

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  1. 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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