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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

     

     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:

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     SECTION 1. Section 11-5-8.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-5 entitled "Assaults" is

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hereby amended to read as follows:

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     11-5-8.1. Assault with bodily fluid. -- Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state

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correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully

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commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of

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corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her

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duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars

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($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. Any sentence imposed pursuant to

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this section shall be imposed consecutively to, and not concurrently with, any sentence previously

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imposed.

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     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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     This act would require that any sentence imposed for the crime of assault with bodily

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fluid would run consecutively to, and not concurrently with, any sentence previously imposed.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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