Senate Bill No. 93
(By Senators Minard and Rowe)
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[Introduced January 9, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section fifteen-b,
relating to violence against public employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifteen-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-15b. Assault, battery on public employees; penalties.
(a) If any person commits an assault as defined in subsection
(b), section nine of this article, to a public employee while the
employee is acting within the scope of his or her employment, the
offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county or regional jail not
less than twenty-four hours nor more than six months.
(b) If any person commits a battery, as defined in subsection
(c), section nine of this article, against a public employee while
the employee is acting within the scope of his or her employment
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the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county or regional
jail not less than twenty-four hours nor more than twelve months.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a law that
addresses violence against public employees.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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