A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for simple assault or battery on a handicapped person.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑32.1(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	Any person who commits a simple assault or battery upon a handicapped person is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2006, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.