Section 241.5 Of Chapter 9. Assault And Battery From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
241.5
. (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 of
the Department of Transportation, a contractor or employee of a
contractor while working under contract with the Department of
Transportation, an employee of a city, county, or city and county, a
contractor or employee of a contractor while working under contract
with a city, county, or city and county, or a volunteer as defined in
Section 1720.4 of the Labor Code who does one or more of the
following:
(1) Performs maintenance, repair, or construction of state highway
or local street or road infrastructures and associated rights-of-way
in highway or local street or road work zones.
(2) Operates equipment on state highway or local street or road
infrastructures and associated rights-of-way in highway or local
street or road work zones.
(3) Performs any related maintenance work, as required, on state
highway or local street or road infrastructures in highway or local
street or road work zones.