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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 2969 By: Talley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making
certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; providing
for codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 650.12 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Every person who, withou t justifiable or excusable cause and
with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon the person of a postal employee while the
postal employee is in the performance of his or her duties, upon
conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by i mprisonment in the
custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding
two (2) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by bot h such fine and imprisonment.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-8542 GRS 11/28/23