Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §207, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1985, c. 495, §4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

2.__Assault is a Class D Crime, except in the following instances, it is a Class C crime:

A.__When the actor causes bodily injury to another person who is under 6 years of age and the actor is at least 18 years of age; or

B.__When an assault occurs on school grounds.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §209, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1, is amended to read:

2. Criminal threatening is a Class D crime, except when the criminal threatening occurs on school grounds, in which case it is a Class C crime.

Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §210, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 510, §45, is amended to read:

2. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph A, is a Class D crime, except when the terrorizing occurs on school grounds, in which case it is a Class C crime. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph B, is a Class C crime.

Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §402, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 793, is further amended to read:

2. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph A, is a Class D crime. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph B, C, D, E or F is a Class E crime, except when the criminal trespass occurs on school grounds, in which case it is a Class D crime.

SUMMARY

This bill increases the penalty for assault, criminal threatening and terrorizing from a Class D crime to a Class C crime and criminal trespass from a Class E crime to a Class D crime if any of the offenses occur on school grounds.