‘An Act To Prevent Violence against Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Care Providers and Firefighters’
SP0329 LD 990 |
Session - 128th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-265, Sponsored by
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LR 49 Item 2 |
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Bill Tracking, Additional Documents | Chamber Status |
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Prevent Violence against Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Care Providers and Firefighters’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §752-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 205, §4, is further amended to read:
§ 752-A. Assault on an officer
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §752-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 470, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §752-C, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 470, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §752-E, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 471, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §752-E, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 471, §2, is repealed.
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, changes the title and does the following.
1. It amends the existing crimes of assault on an officer, assault on an emergency medical care provider and assault on a firefighter to create new Class B crimes when a person commits an assault on a law enforcement officer, emergency medical care provider or firefighter and the person selected the law enforcement officer, emergency medical care provider or firefighter whom the person assaulted because of that law enforcement officer’s, emergency medical care provider’s or firefighter’s status as a law enforcement officer, emergency medical care provider or firefighter.
2. It amends the existing crime of assault on an officer to create a new Class C crime when a person intentionally or knowingly causes offensive physical contact to a law enforcement officer.
3. It retains the provisions of the bill that create the new Class A and Class B crimes of aggravated assault on an officer.