Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-610-R1

Redraft EPS 610

Assault and Battery on Public Employees

Messrs. DiDomenico, Keenan and McGee, Ms. Spilka, Messrs. Michael O. Moore, Hedlund and Brownsberger, Ms. Candaras, Messrs. Tarr and Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting after section 81 the following section:-

"SECTION 81A.  Section 13D of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012

Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

An officer authorized to make arrests may arrest any person upon probable cause, and without a warrant, if the person has committed an offense under this section upon a public employee when the public employee was operating a public transit vehicle and the officer may keep the person in custody during which period the officer shall seek the issuance of a complaint and request a bail determination with all reasonable promptness."