Bill Text: SC S0925 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Assault and Battery
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0925 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-S0925-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-600(B) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY, TO ADD THAT ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INJURES A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER IN THE DISCHARGE OF OR BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-600(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature if the person unlawfully injures another person, and:
(a) great bodily injury to another person results; or
(b) the act is accomplished by means likely to produce death or great bodily injury;.or
(c) the person injured is a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer or corrections officer, including a county or municipal corrections officer, during or because of the performance of his official duties.
(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than twenty years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
