GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 496
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/1/95

Short Title:  Assault on School Bus Driver.	(Public)

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March 20, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE AN OFFENSE OF COMMUNICATING THREATS TO A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND ASSAULTING A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-33.2.  Misdemeanor communicating threats to school bus driver.
A person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor if:
(1)	The person threatens to physically injure a school bus driver when the school bus driver is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her duties;
(2)	The threat is communicated to the school bus driver orally, in writing, or by other means;
(3)	The school bus driver reasonably believes that the threat will be carried out; and
(4)	The person is not a student enrolled at the school to which the school bus provides transportation."
Sec. 2.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-34.5.  Assault on school bus driver and others.
Any person, who is not a student, who without lawful permission or authority boards a school bus and commits a physical assault upon a school bus driver, school bus monitor, or school employee who is boarding the school bus or who is on the school bus, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.