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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Leg islature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3224 By: West (Kevin)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 650.6, as amended by Section 1,
Chapter 136, O.S.L. 2023 (21 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
650.6), which relates to assault and battery upon
county officers and license d process servers;
increasing penalties for certain unlawful act; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 650.6, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 136, O.S.L. 2023 (21 O.S. Supp. 2023,
Section 650.6), is amended to read as follows:
Section 650.6 A. Every person who commits any assault upon any
county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county
treasurer, or any officer of a state district or appellate court, or
the Workers' Compensation Court, including but not lim ited to
judges, bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court
clerks, or upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's
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service in such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's
service in such capacity, shal l be guilty of a misde meanor
punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one
(1) year, by a fine not to exceed One Thousan d Dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both such imprisonment and fin e.
B. Every person who commits any battery or assault and battery
upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county
treasurer, or officer of a state district or appellate court, or the
Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limit ed to judges,
bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks o r deputy court clerks , or
upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in
such capacity or within six (6) months of said pers on's service in
such capacity, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Depart ment of Corrections f or not
more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonme nt and fine.
C. Every person who knowingly commits any ass ault, battery or
assault and battery upon a process ser ver licensed in this state
while the person is in the performance of his or her duties shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor felony punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail custody of the Depar tment of
Corrections for not more than one (1) year five (5) years, by a fine
not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9073 GRS 12/29/23