(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) "Destructive device" means a destructive device as such term is defined by Code Section 16-7-80.

(2) "Hazardous substance" means a hazardous substance as such term is defined by Code Section 12-8-92.

(b) A person who transmits in any manner a false alarm to the effect that a destructive device or hazardous substance of any nature is concealed in such place that its explosion, detonation, or release would endanger human life or cause injury or damage to property, knowing at the time that there is no reasonable ground for believing that such a destructive device or hazardous substance is concealed in such place, commits the offense of transmitting a false public alarm and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.