12 LC 29
5135S
House
Bill 541 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Epps of the
140th,
Benton of the
31st,
Baker of the
78th,
Allison of the
8th,
Weldon of the
3rd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 16-10-97 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to intimidation or injury of grand or trial juror or court officer, so as to
prohibit intimidation of law enforcement officers in retaliation for the
officer's actions of carrying out his or her official duties; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 16-10-97 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
intimidation or injury of grand or trial juror or court officer, is amended by
revising subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
A person who by threat or force or by any threatening
action,
letter,
or communication:
(1)
Endeavors to intimidate or impede any grand juror or trial juror or any officer
in or of any court of this state or any court of any county or municipality of
this state or any officer who may be serving at any proceeding in any such court
while in the discharge of such juror's or officer's duties;
(2)
Endeavors to intimidate or impede any law enforcement officer or his or her
immediate family member in retaliation or response to the discharge of such
officer's official duties;
(2)(3)
Injures any grand juror or trial juror in his or her person or property on
account of any indictment or verdict assented to by him or her or on account of
his or her being or having been such juror; or
(3)(4)
Injures any officer in or of any court of this state or any court of any county
or municipality of this state or any officer who may be serving at any
proceeding in any such court in his or her person or property on account of the
performance of his or her official duties
shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by
imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.