HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2091        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1313

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to resisting arrest..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 32B of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:—

(d)  Whoever violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 and ½ years or a fine of not more than $500, or both; provided, however, that whoever violates this section, where the violation results in injury to the police officer, shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 and ½ years and a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years.