STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1597	By:	Martin (Steve)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining terms; 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, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a security guard who is performing security services shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment 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 both such fine and imprisonment.
B.  Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a private investigator while said person is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment 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 both such fine and imprisonment.
C.  As used in this section, “security guard” and “private investigator” shall mean any person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-6102	GRS	01/04/11