H1699 — An Act relative to throwing objects at motor vehicles

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An Act relative to throwing objects at motor vehicles

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The bill increases the penalty for willfully throwing objects at certain vehicles and for assaulting operators of those vehicles.

• Section 104 of chapter 159 of the General Laws

  Whoever willfully throws or shoots an object at a motor vehicle, locomotive engine, railroad or railway car or train, or at a motor bus or trackless trolley vehicle, or at a school bus, or in any way assaults or interferes with a driver, conductor, engineer, brakeman, motorman or operator while in the performance of his duty on or near such engine, car, train, motor bus or trackless trolley vehicle, or school bus, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both. → Whoever willfully throws or shoots an object at a motor vehicle, locomotive engine, or railroad or railway car or train or at a motor bus or trackless trolley vehicle, or at a school bus, or in any way assaults or interferes with a driver, conductor, engineer, brakeman, motorman or operator while in the performance of his duty on or near such engine, car, train, motor bus or trackless trolley vehicle, or school bus, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

  The penalty for these offenses has been increased from a maximum fine of $500 and 2 years of imprisonment to a maximum fine of $1,000 and 5 years of imprisonment.

Sponsors

• Paul K. Frost · Primary

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