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California Penal Code Section 243.65

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(a) When a battery is committed against the person of 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 punished by a fine not exceeding
two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail
not exceeding 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