GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 687
HOUSE BILL 1049

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ASSAULTS ON GOVERNMENTAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO INCLUDE COMPANY POLICE OFFICERS AND CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-33(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Unless his conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who commits any assault, assault and battery, or affray is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if, in the course of the assault, assault and battery, or affray, he:
(1)	Inflicts, or attempts to inflict, serious injury upon another person or uses a deadly weapon; or
(2)	Assaults a female, he being a male person at least 18 years of age; or
(3)	Assaults a child under the age of 12 years; or
(4)	to (7).  Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 525, s. 1.
(8)	Assaults an officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, a company police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 74E of the General Statutes, or a campus police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, when the officer or employee is discharging or attempting to discharge his official duties."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-34.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-34.2.  Assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon upon governmental officers or employees, company police officers, or campus police officers.
Any person who commits an assault with a firearm or any other deadly weapon upon an officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, a company police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 74E of the General Statutes, or a campus police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17C or Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, in the performance of his duties shall be guilty of a Class F felony."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1994, and applies to offenses occurring on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives