§67.19.  Theft of anhydrous ammonia

A.  Theft of anhydrous ammonia is the misappropriation or taking of anhydrous ammonia which belongs to another, either without the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking or by means of fraudulent conduct, practices, or representations, with the intent to permanently deprive.

B.  For purposes of this Section, "anhydrous ammonia" is the compound formed by the combination of two gaseous elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, in the proportion of one part of nitrogen to three parts of hydrogen by volume and in the ratio of  eighty-two percent nitrogen to eighteen percent hydrogen by weight.

C.  Whoever commits the crime of theft of anhydrous ammonia shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 286, §1.