GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 100

Short Title:  Felony to Assault Law Officer.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Forrester, Cochrane, Allran, Kincaid, Smith, Simpson, Hartsell, Codington, 
Blackmon, and Shaw.
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Referred to:  Corrections/Punishment.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A FELONY TO ASSAULT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A FIREMAN, OR AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-34.5.  Assault on a law enforcement officer, a fireman, or an emergency medical service technician.
	Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits any assault, assault and battery, or affray on a law enforcement officer, a fireman, or an emergency medical service technician while the law enforcement officer, fireman, or emergency medical service technician is discharging or attempting to discharge the officer's, fireman's, or technician's official duties."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.  Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statute that would be applicable but for this act remains applicable to those prosecutions.