Section 650.2 - Assault or battery upon Corrections, Human Services or Juvenile Affairs employee or contractorA. Every person in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a Department of Corrections employee while said employee is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony.B. Every person incarcerated in an institution operated by a private prison contractor, pursuant to Section 561, 563.1 or 563.2 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of an employee of the contractor while said employee is in the performance of duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony.C. Every person in the custody of the Department of Human Services who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person of a Department of Human Services employee, or a person contracting with the Department to provide services, while the employee or contractor is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony.D. Every person in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of an Office of Juvenile Affairs employee while said employee is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony.E. Every person in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any battery or assault and battery resulting in bodily injury to any employee of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or employee of any residential facility while said employee is in the performance of duties of employment shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony. The fine for a violation of this subsection shall not be less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), which may be imposed whether or not a period of incarceration is imposed.Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 650.2
Added by Laws 1985, HB 1312, c. 75, § 1, eff. 11/1/1985; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 493, c. 326, § 2, emerg. eff. 6/7/1993; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2692, c. 247, §27, emerg. eff. 7/1/1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 223, eff. 7/1/1998 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §23, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1632, c. 293, § 35, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1632, c. 293, § 36, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, § 24, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 333, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997(repealed by Laws 2000 , HB 2711, c. 6, § 34, emerg. eff. 3/20/2000); Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 333, § 4, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §25, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998) (repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, §452, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999); Amended by Laws 1999 , HB 1735, c. 99, § 1, eff. 11/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999 , HB 1043, c. 166, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/21/1999; Amended by Laws 2008 , SB 1675, c. 121, § 2, eff. 11/1/2008.