IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 2024
A BILL
TO
ESTABLISH CRIMINAL CHARGES ON ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANTS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Firestone in Congress assembled,
§1. TITLE
(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited as, “A Bill to Establish Criminal Charges on Actions Against Public Servants”.
§2. DEFINITIONS
(A). Firestone Criminal Code can be defined here.
(B). Referenced Charges;
(i). Assault
(ii). Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW)
(iii). Battery
(iv). Vehicular Assault
(v). Chapter 8 §2 - Battery on a Police Officer
(C). A public servant shall be defined as any on-duty employee or officer of a Firestone public service department or law enforcement agency.
(i). A public servant shall be recognized as an on-duty officer, agent, or employee lawfully conducting their duties from the Firestone Bureau of Investigation, the Firestone National Guard, the Firestone State Patrol, the Stapleton County Sheriff’s Office, the Firestone Department of Corrections, the Stapleton County Port Authority, the Firestone Coast Guard, Redwood Police Department, Prominence District Police, the Arborfield Police Department, the Firestone Department of Public Works, the Firestone Department of Transportation, the Stapleton County Fire Department, the Firestone Department of Aviation, Firestone Department of Health, the Firestone Park Service, and the Firestone Department of Commerce.
§3. NULLIFICATIONS
(A). 8 FCC §2, known as “Battery on a Police Officer” shall be nullified and removed in its entirety from the FCC.
§4. REINFORCEMENT OF HIGHER PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANTS
(A). This act seeks to magnify existing punishments and classes for violent crimes perpetrated against public servants and employees while serving in their official capacity. While providing a further legal basis for the prosecution and seeking to dissuade further attacks from those who abuse public servants as they execute their duties to serve and protect our great state of Firestone.
§5. ASSAULT
(A). Assault is currently recognized in the Firestone Criminal Code as a Class C Misdemeanor with a citation of $300 FSD and/or jail time of 300 seconds.
(i). 2 FCC §6 shall be amended to include a subsection §6(b). §6(b) shall state, “Assault on a Public Servant shall be the act of maliciously attempting to injure or apply offensive force, or utilizing the fear of such actions taking place on a public servant while executing their duties in a legal fashion, without their consent.”
(ii). 2 FCC §6(b) shall have a sentencing enhancement to 400 seconds from the standard FCC §6 Assault charge and shall be upgraded to a Class A Misdemeanor with no citations available.
§6. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON (ADW)
(A). Assault with a Deadly Weapon is currently recognized in the Firestone Criminal Code as a Class C Felony with a jail time of 600 seconds.
(i). 2 FCC §7 shall be amended to include a subsection §7(b). §7(b) shall state, “Assault with a Deadly Weapon Against a Public Servant shall be the act of maliciously or as a result of gross negligence, injuring or applying offensive force on a public servant, who is legally executing their duties, without their consent with an object of causing severe harm to that person.”
(ii). 2 FCC §7 shall have a sentencing enhancement to 800 seconds from the standard 2 FCC §7 Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge and shall be upgraded to a Class B Felony.
§7. BATTERY
(A). Battery is currently recognized in the Firestone Criminal Code as a Class A Misdemeanor with a citation of $400 FSD and/or a jail time of 420 seconds.
(i). 2 FCC §8 shall be amended to include a subsection §8(b). §8(b) shall state, “Battery on a Public Servant shall be the act of maliciously injuring or applying offensive force on a public servant, who is executing their duties in a legal fashion, without their consent.
(ii). 2 FCC §8 shall have a sentencing enhancement to 560 seconds from the standard 2 FCC §8 Battery charge and shall be upgraded to a Class C Felony with no citations available.
§8. VEHICULAR ASSAULT
(A). Vehicular Assault is currently recognized in the Firestone Criminal Code as a Class C Felony with a jail time of 680 seconds.
(i). 3 FCC §4 shall be amended to include a subsection §4(b). §4(b) shall state, “Vehicular Assault on a Public Servant shall be the act of intentionally, or through clear and extreme disregard for traffic law, utilizing a vehicle to strike a public servant, or their vehicle(s) without consent from said public servant or relevant agency/department owner for the property.
(ii). 3 FCC §4 shall have a sentencing enhancement to 750 seconds but shall maintain its current classification as a Class C Felony.
§9. ENFORCEMENT
(A) This Act shall be enforced by all relevant parties.
§10. SEVERABILITY
(A) Should any part of this act be struck down and/or declared unenforceable, the rest of the act will remain in effect unless also struck down and/or declared unenforceable.
Chief Sponsor(s):
Representative StealthSniper292
Co-Sponsor(s):
Speaker Pro Tempore legaalsp
Representative sincere_aedn
Representative Plainsp
Senator VG278Q