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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Hull, McLaughlin, Bennett, Giarrusso, and Phillips | |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2014 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Corrections) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-5-8.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-5 entitled "Assaults" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-5-8.1. Assault with bodily fluid. -- Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state |
4 | correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully |
5 | commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of |
6 | corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her |
7 | duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars |
8 | ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. Any sentence imposed pursuant to |
9 | this section shall be imposed consecutively to, and not concurrently with, any sentence previously |
10 | imposed. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS | |
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1 | This act would require that any sentence imposed for the crime of assault with bodily |
2 | fluid would run consecutively to, and not concurrently with, any sentence previously imposed. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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