Any person who maliciously, wantonly or negligently either:
1. Removes, displaces, injures or destroys any part of any railroad, or railroad equipment, whether for steam or horse cars, or any track of any railroad, or of any branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house, or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with any railroad; or
2. Places any obstruction upon the rails or tracks of any railroad, or any branch, branchway, or turnout connected with any railroad,
shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding four (4) years or in a county jail not less than six (6) months.
R.L. 1910, § 2756. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 407, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 298, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 407 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.