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California Penal Code Section 241.5

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(a)  When an assault is committed against a highway worker
engaged in the performance of his or her duties and the person
committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the
victim is a highway worker engaged in the performance of his or her
duties, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two
thousand dollars ($2,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail up to
one year or by both that fine and imprisonment.
   (b) As used in this section, "highway worker" means an employee or
contractor of the Department of Transportation who does one or more
of the following:
   (1) Performs maintenance, repair, or construction of state highway
infrastructures and associated rights-of-way in highway work zones.

   (2) Operates equipment on state highway infrastructures and
associated rights-of-way in highway work zones.
   (3) Performs any related maintenance work, as required, on state
highway infrastructures in highway work zones.

Last modified: January 12, 2009