39-13-803 - Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

39-13-803. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Act of terrorism” means an act or acts constituting a violation of this part, any other offense under the laws of Tennessee, or an act or acts constituting an offense in any other jurisdiction within or outside the territorial boundaries of the United States that contains all of the elements constituting a violation of this part or is otherwise an offense under the laws of such jurisdiction, that is intended, directly or indirectly, to:

          (A)  Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

          (B)  Influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or

          (C)  Affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, torture, kidnapping, or mass destruction;

     (2)  “Biological warfare agents” mean agents intended for use in war or other attack to cause disease or death in humans, animals, or plants that depend for their effect on multiplication within the target organism, and includes, but is not limited to, the following agents, or any analog of these agents:

          (A)  Bacteria

                (i)  Bacillus anthracis (anthrax);

                (ii)  Bartonella quintana (trench fever);

                (iii)  Brucella species (brucellosis);

                (iv)  Burkholderia mallei (glanders);

                (v)  Burkholderia pseudomallei (meliodosis);

                (vi)  Franciscella tularensis (tularaemia);

                (vii)  Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever);

                (viii)  Shigella species (shigellosis);

                (ix)  Vibrio cholerae (cholera);

                (x)  Yersinia pestis (plague);

                (xi)  Coxiella burnetii (Q fever);

                (xii)  Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus);

                (xiii)  Rickettsia prowazeki (typhus fever);

                (xiv)  Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever);

                (xv)  Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis);

                (xvi)  Clostridium botulinum (botulism);

                (xvii)  Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis);

                (xviii)  Staphylococcus aureus (staphylococcal enterotoxin B); and

                (xix)  Escherichia coli (E. coli);

          (B)  Fungi

                (i)  Coccidiodes immitis (coccidioidomycosis);

                (ii)  Histoplasma capsulata (histoplasmosis); and

                (iii)  Aflatoxin

          (C)  Viruses

                (i)  Hantaan/Korean haemorrhagic fever and related viruses;

                (ii)  Sin Nombre;

                (iii)  Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever;

                (iv)  Rift Valley fever;

                (v)  Ebola fever;

                (vi)  Marburg;

                (vii)  Lymphocytic choriomeningitis;

                (viii)  Junin (Argentinian haemorrhagic fever);

                (ix)  Machupo (Bolivian haemorrhagic fever);

                (x)  Lassa fever;

                (xi)  Tick-borne encephalitis/Russian spring-summer encephalitis;

                (xii)  Dengue;

                (xiii)  Yellow fever;

                (xiv)  Omsk haemorrhagic fever;

                (xv)  Japanese encephalitis;

                (xvi)  Western equine encephalomyelitis;

                (xvii)  Eastern equine encephalomyelitis;

                (xviii)  Chikungunya;

                (xix)  O'nyong-nyong;

                (xx)  Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis;

                (xxi)  Variola major (smallpox);

                (xxii)  Monkey pox;

                (xxiii)  White pox (variant of variola virus);

                (xxiv)  Influenza; and

                (xxv)  Hantavirus;

          (D)  Protozoa

                (i)  Naeglaeria fowleri (naegleriasis);

                (ii)  Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis);

                (iii)  Schistosoma species (bilharziasis); and

                (iv)  Cryptosporidium parvum (cryptosporidiosis); and

          (E)  Other toxins, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Ricin; and

                (ii)  Saxitoxin;

     (3)  “Chemical warfare agents” include, but are not limited to, the following agents, or any analog of these agents, intended for use in war or other attack to cause disease or death in humans, animals, or plants:

          (A)  Nerve agents, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Ethyl NN- dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate (Tabun, or GA);

                (ii)  O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (Sarin, or GB);

                (iii)  O-1,2,2-trimethylpropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (Soman, or GD);

                (iv)  O-cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate (cyclosarin, or GF);

                (v)  O-ethyl S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate (VX);

                (vi)  O-ethyl S-2-dimethylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate (medemo); and

                (vii)  O-isobutyl S-2-diethylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate (VR);

          (B)  Blood agents, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Hydrogen cyanide (AC);

                (ii)  Cyanogen chloride (CK); and

                (iii)  Arsine (SA);

          (C)  Blister agents, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Mustards (H, HD (sulfur mustard), HN-1, HN-2, HN-3 (nitrogen mustard));

                (ii)  Arsenicals, including, but not limited to, Lewisite (L);

                (iii)  Urticants, including, but not limited to, CX;

                (iv)  Bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl) ether (agent T); and

                (v)  Incapacitating agents, including, but not limited to, BZ; provided, however, that “incapacitating agents” shall not include any agent, the possession of which is otherwise lawful, that is intended for use for self-defense or defense of others;

          (D)  Choking agents, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Phosgene (CG);

                (ii)  Diphosgene (DP); and

                (iii)  Chloropicrin;

          (E)  Pesticides;

          (F)  Dioxins;

          (G)  Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);

          (H)  Flammable industrial gases and liquids, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  Gasoline; and

                (ii)  Propane; and

          (I)  Tear gases and other disabling chemicals, including, but not limited to:

                (i)  10-chloro-5, 10-dihydrophenarsazine (adamsite, or DM);

                (ii)  1-chloroacetophenone (CN);

                (iii)  a-bromophenylacetonitrile (larmine, BBC or CA);

                (iv)  2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS);

                (v)  Dibenzoxazepine (CR);

                (vi)  Oleoresin capsicum (OC); and

                (vii)  3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ); provided, however, that “tear gases and other disabling chemicals” shall not include any agent, the possession of which is otherwise lawful, that is intended for use for self-defense or defense of others;

     (4)  “Material support or resources” means currency or other financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except medicine or religious materials;

     (5)  “Nuclear or radiological agents” includes, but is not limited to:

          (A)  Any explosive device designed to cause a nuclear yield, also known as an improvised nuclear device (IND);

          (B)  Any explosive device utilized to spread radioactive material, also known as a radiological dispersal device (RDD); and

          (C)  Any act or container designed to release radiological material as a weapon without an explosion, also known as a simple radiological dispersal device (SRDD);

     (6)  “Weapon of mass destruction” includes chemical warfare agents, biological or biologic warfare agents, weaponized agents, weaponized biological or biologic warfare agents, nuclear agents, radiological agents, or the intentional release of industrial agents as a weapon;

     (7)  “Weaponization” is the deliberate processing, preparation, packaging, or synthesis of any substance for use as a weapon or munition;

     (8)  “Weaponized agents” are those agents or substances prepared for dissemination through any explosive, thermal, pneumatic, or mechanical means; and

     (9)  “Weaponized biological or biologic warfare agents” include, but are not limited to, weaponized pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, yeasts, fungi, or genetically engineered pathogens, toxins, vectors, and endogenous biological regulators (EBRs).

[Acts 2002, ch. 849, § 1.]