Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) A person commits
the crime of interference with agricultural research if the person knowingly:
(a) Damages any property at an agricultural research facility with the
intent to damage or hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(b) Obtains any property of an agricultural research facility with the
intent to damage or hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(c) Obtains access to an agricultural research facility by
misrepresentation with the intent to perform acts that would damage or
hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(d) Enter an agricultural research facility with the intent to damage,
alter, duplicate or obtain unauthorized possession of records, data,
materials, equipment or specimens related to agricultural research or
experimentation;
(e) Without the authorization of the agricultural research facility,
obtains or exercises control over records, data, materials, equipment or
specimens of the agricultural research facility with the intent to destroy
or conceal the records, data, materials, equipment or specimens; or
(f) Releases or steals an animal from, or causes the death, injury or
loss of an animal at an agricultural research facility.
(2) A person found guilty of committing the crime of interference with
agricultural research shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a
term of imprisonment of not more than twenty (20) years or by a fine not in
excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Agricultural research facility" means any structure or land, whether
privately or publicly owned, leased or operated, that is being used for
agricultural research or experimentation.
(b) "Agricultural research or experimentation" means the lawful study,
analysis or testing of plants or animals, or the use of plants or animals
to conduct studies, analyses, testing or teaching, for the purpose of
improving farming, forestry or animal husbandry.
(4) In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this
section, the court shall require any person convicted, found guilty or who
pleads guilty to a violation of this section to make restitution to the victim
of the offense in accordance with the terms of section 19-5304, Idaho Code;
provided, that such award shall be in an amount equal to twice the value of
the crop, crop product, timber, timber product, livestock or equipment damaged
or destroyed. In ordering restitution under this section, the court shall, in
the determination of value, consider:
(a) The market value of the crop, crop product, timber, timber product,
livestock, or equipment that has been damaged or destroyed;
(b) Production, research, testing, replacement and development costs
directly related to the crop, crop product, timber, timber product,
livestock or equipment that has been damaged or destroyed;
(c) the costs of repeating an experiment, including the replacement of
the records, data, equipment, specimens, labor and materials, if acts
constituting the violation cause the failure of an experiment in progress
or irreparably damage completed research or experimentation.

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