A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the CLASSIFICATION of ASSAULTING a private contractor employed as a public transportation operator from a class 2 misdemeanor to a class A1 misdemeanor.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑33(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(7)	Assaults a public transit operator, including a public employee or a private contractor employed as a public transit operator, when the operator is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her duties."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2004, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.