GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1204
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/19/96

Short Title:  Assault Law Officer/Firefighter.	(Public)

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May 16, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A CLASS F FELONY OFFENSE TO ASSAULT A LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONAL, PROBATION, PAROLE, OR DETENTION  OFFICER AND INFLICT SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND TO CREATE A NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ASSAULTING A FIREFIGHTER.
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:
"§ 14-34.7.  Assault on a law enforcement, correctional, probation, parole, or detention officer.
A person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person assaults a law enforcement, correctional, probation, parole, or detention officer while the officer is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties and inflicts serious bodily injury on the officer."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-34.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-34.6.  Assault or affray on a firefighter; an emergency medical technician, ambulance attendant, emergency department nurse, or emergency department physician.
(a)	A person is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor if the person commits an assault or an affray on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:
(1)	An emergency medical technician.
(2)	An ambulance attendant.
(3)	An emergency department nurse.
(4)	An emergency department physician.
(5)	A firefighter.  
(b)	A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
(c)	A person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.