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| 5 | 5 | | ________________________2 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Councilmember Anita Bonds 4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL 8 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ________ 9 |
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| 14 | 14 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11 |
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| 15 | 15 | | ______________________ 12 |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend, on an emergency basis, the District of Columbia Theft and White Collar Crimes 14 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act of 1982 to enhance penalties imposed for certain crimes against election officials. 15 |
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| 20 | 20 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | be cited as the “Election Worker Protection Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2024”. 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 2. Title II of the District of Columbia Theft and White Collar Crimes Act of 1982 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | effective December 1, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-164; D.C. Official Code § 22-3601 et seq.), is amended 20 |
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| 24 | 24 | | by adding a new section 204 as follows: 21 |
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| 25 | 25 | | “Sec. 204. Enhanced penalty for committing certain dangerous and violent crimes against 22 |
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| 26 | 26 | | election workers and officials. 23 |
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| 27 | 27 | | “(a) A person who commits any offense listed in subsection (b) of this section against an 24 |
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| 28 | 28 | | individual whom the person knew or believed to be a Board of Elections member, employee or 25 |
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| 29 | 29 | | volunteer while the member, employee or volunteer is engaged in the performance of his or her 26 |
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| 30 | 30 | | duties or on account of the performance of those duties, may be punished by a fine of up to one 27 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense and may be imprisoned for 28 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | a term of up to one and 1/2 times the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise authorized for 29 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the offense, or both. 30 |
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| 36 | 36 | | “(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to the following offenses: 31 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Abduction, arson, aggravated assault, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to kill, 32 |
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| 38 | 38 | | assault with intent to commit any other offense, threats of violence, intimidation, harassment, 33 |
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| 39 | 39 | | stalking, burglary, carjacking, armed carjacking, extortion or blackmail accompanied by threats 34 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of violence, kidnapping, malicious disfigurement, manslaughter, mayhem, murder, robbery, 35 |
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| 41 | 41 | | sexual abuse in the first, second, and third degrees, theft, fraud in the first degree, fraud in the 36 |
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| 42 | 42 | | second degree, identity theft, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing 37 |
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| 43 | 43 | | offenses.”. 38 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 39 |
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| 45 | 45 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 40 |
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| 46 | 46 | | statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 41 |
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| 47 | 47 | | October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 42 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 43 |
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| 49 | 49 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 44 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 45 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 46 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 47 |
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| 53 | 53 | | D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)). 48 |
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