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2008 SESSION
SB 522 Law-enforcement officer; assault and battery against, penalty.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Assault and battery; ABC agent, penalty. Adds special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, officers of the Virginia Marine Police and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the definition of law-enforcement officer, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such a person who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement. The bill will become effective only if an appropriation of general funds effectuating the purposes of the bill is included in the appropriations act. This bill incorporates SB 598.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Assault and battery; ABC agent, penalty. Adds special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the definition of law-enforcement officer, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on a special agent engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.