HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1307        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1713

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Assault and Battery Upon Public Employees ..

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

Section 13D of Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the entire section and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“Section 13D.  Whoever commits an assault and battery upon any public employee when such person is engaged in the performance of his duties at the time of such assault and battery, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars.”