§ 5-54-202 - Soliciting material support for terrorism -- Providing material support for a terrorist act. - Arkansas Statutes

5-54-202. Soliciting material support for terrorism -- Providing material support for a terrorist act.

(a) (1) (A) A person commits the offense of soliciting material support for terrorism if the person knowingly raises, solicits, or collects material support or resources knowing:

(i) That the material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or avoid apprehension for committing terrorism or causing a catastrophe as defined under 5-38-202; or

(ii) That the material support or resources so raised, solicited, or collected will be used by an organization designated under 8 U.S.C. 1189, as the list of organizations existed March 1, 2003, and that designates foreign terrorist organizations.

(B) It is not an element of the offense that the defendant knows that an organization has been designated under 8 U.S.C. 1189, as it existed March 1, 2003.

(2) Soliciting material support for terrorism is a Class Y felony.

(b) (1) A person commits the offense of providing material support for a terrorist act if the person knowingly provides material support or resources to a person knowing that the person will use the material support or resources, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, facilitate, or avoid apprehension for committing an act of terrorism or to cause a catastrophe as defined under 5-38-202.

(2) Providing material support for a terrorist act is a Class Y felony.