GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

 

 

HOUSE BILL 691

RATIFIED BILL

 

 

AN ACT to make it a felony to assault a member of the north carolina national guard who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑34.7 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14‑34.7. Assault inflicting serious injury Certain assaults on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer officer, or on a member of the North Carolina National Guard, or on a person employed at a State or local detention facility; penalty.

(a)        Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person assaults a law enforcement officer, probation officer, or parole officer while the officer is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties and inflicts serious bodily injury on the officer.

(a1)      Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person assaults a member of the North Carolina National Guard while he or she is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties and inflicts serious bodily injury on the member.

(b)        Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person Anyone who assaults a person who is employed at a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government while the employee is in the performance of the employee's duties and inflicts serious bodily injury on the employee is guilty of a Class F felony, unless the person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment.employee.

(c)        Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person does either any of the following:

(1)        Assaults a law enforcement officer, probation officer, or parole officer while the officer is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties and inflicts physical injury on the officer.

(2)        Assaults a person who is employed at a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government while the employee is in the performance of the employee's duties and inflicts physical injury on the employee.

(3)        Assaults a member of the North Carolina National Guard while he or she is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties and inflicts physical injury on the member.

For the purposes of this subsection, "physical injury" includes cuts, scrapes, bruises, or other physical injury which does not constitute serious injury."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑34.5 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14‑34.5.  Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer officer, or on a member of the North Carolina National Guard, or on a person employed at a State or local detention facility.

(a)        Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon a law enforcement officer, probation officer, or parole officer while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties is guilty of a Class E felony.

(a1)      Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon a member of the North Carolina National Guard while the member is in the performance of his or her duties is guilty of a Class E felony.

(b)        Anyone who commits an assault with a firearm upon a person who is employed at a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government while the employee is in the performance of the employee's duties is guilty of a Class E felony."

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2^nd day of June, 2015.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

                                                                        _____________________________________

                                                                         Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2015