Assault and battery; adds animal control officers to list, penalty.

Assault and battery; animal control officers;penalty. Adds animal control officers and deputy animal control officers to the list of professions against whom committing an assaultor an assault and battery is subject to an enhanced penalty. The bill provides that any person who commits an assault or an assaultand battery against such officer is guilty of a Class 6 felony andthe sentence of such person includes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.