(a) A person commits the crime of criminally negligent burning in the first degree if the person (1) violates AS 11.46.430; and
(2) within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted on two separate occasions of violating (A) AS 11.46.400 — 11.46.430;
(B) misdemeanor crimes under AS 41.15.060 — 41.15.120; or
(C) a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with elements similar to the offenses in (A) or (B) of this paragraph.
(b) Criminally negligent burning in the first degree is a class C felony.