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Second Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1133
Item 1
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

An Act To Provide a Felony Penalty for Assault on a Firefighter

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §752-E  is enacted to read:

§ 752-E Assault on a firefighter

1  A person is guilty of assault on a firefighter if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to a firefighter while the firefighter is in the performance of the firefighter’s official duties.
2  As used in this section, “firefighter” means a municipal firefighter as defined in Title 30-A, section 3151, subsection 2 or a volunteer firefighter as defined in Title 30-A, section 3151, subsection 4.
3  Assault on a firefighter is a Class C crime.

summary

Current law makes assault on a police officer or emergency medical services person a Class C crime. This bill extends the same penalty to assault on a firefighter while the firefighter is engaged in the firefighter’s official duties.


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