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Ch. SL 2019-228House2019-10-09Signed by Gov. 10/9/2019House2019-10-09Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2019House2019-10-04RatifiedHouse2019-10-03Ordered EnrolledHouse2019-10-02Concurred In S Amend SA1House2019-10-02Placed On Cal For 10/02/2019House2019-10-01Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House2019-09-27Withdrawn From ComHouse2019-09-27Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2019-09-27Withdrawn From CalHouse2019-09-27Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House2019-09-17Withdrawn From ComHouse2019-09-17Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2019-09-17Withdrawn From CalHouse2019-09-17Cal Pursuant 36(b)House2019-09-12Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S AmendHouse2019-09-11Regular Message Sent To HouseSenate2019-09-11Passed 3rd ReadingSenate2019-09-10Passed 2nd ReadingSenate2019-08-28Amend Adopted A1Senate2019-08-28Placed On Cal For 08/28/2019Senate2019-08-27Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-27Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019Senate2019-08-26Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-26Placed On Cal For 08/26/2019Senate2019-08-21Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-21Placed On Cal For 08/21/2019Senate2019-08-20Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-20Placed On Cal For 08/14/2019Senate2019-08-13Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-13Placed On Cal For 08/09/2019Senate2019-08-07Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-07Placed On Cal For 08/07/2019Senate2019-08-06Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-08-06Placed On Cal For 07/25/2019Senate2019-07-24Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-24Placed On Cal For 07/24/2019Senate2019-07-23Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-23Placed On Cal For 07/23/2019Senate2019-07-22Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-22Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019Senate2019-07-16Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-16Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019Senate2019-07-15Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-15Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019Senate2019-07-10Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-10Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019Senate2019-07-09Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-09Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019Senate2019-07-08Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-08Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019Senate2019-07-02Withdrawn From CalSenate2019-07-02Reptd FavSenate2019-07-01Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate2019-06-27Reptd FavSenate2019-06-27Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement and AgingSenate2019-06-19Reptd FavSenate2019-06-19Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate2019-06-13Withdrawn From ComSenate2019-06-13Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate2019-03-21Passed 1st ReadingSenate2019-03-21Regular Message Received From HouseSenate2019-03-21Regular Message Sent To SenateHouse2019-03-21Passed 3rd ReadingHouse2019-03-20Passed 2nd ReadingHouse2019-03-20Placed On Cal For 03/20/2019House2019-03-18Withdrawn From ComHouse2019-03-18Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2019-03-18Reptd Fav Com Sub 2House2019-03-18Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2019-03-13Reptd Fav Com SubstituteHouse2019-03-13Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2019-03-07Passed 1st ReadingHouse2019-03-07FiledHouse2019-03-06
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DEATH & DYING
DEATH BENEFITS
EMERGENCY SERVICES
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INSURANCE
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143-166.2
143-166.3 (Sections)
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H283: Conner’s Law. Latest Version
Session: 2019 - 2020
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2019
SESSION LAW 2019-228
HOUSE BILL 283
AN ACT to increase the punishment for assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer, probation officer, or parole officer; TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AGAINST CERTAIN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; and to provide an additional death benefit for public safety employees who are murdered in the line of duty.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 14‑34.5(a) reads as rewritten:
(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 D felony.
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 14‑34.6 reads as rewritten:
§ 14‑34.6. Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical responder, and hospital personnel.
(a) A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits an assault or affray causing physical injury on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:
(1) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.
(2) A medical responder.
(3) Hospital personnel and licensed healthcare providers who are providing or attempting to provide health care services to a patient in a hospital.patient.
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2011‑356, s. 2, effective December 1, 2011, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
(5) A firefighter.
(6) Hospital security personnel.
(b) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class H Class G felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F Class E felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm.
SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective December 1, 2019, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this section are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this section remain applicable to those prosecutions.
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 143‑166.2 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
(7a) Murdered in the line of duty. – The death of a covered person who was killed in the line of duty in a manner reasonably determined by the Industrial Commission to be directly caused by the intentional harmful act of another person.
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 143‑166.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
(e) On and after July 1, 2016, when any covered person is murdered in the line of duty, in addition to the award under subsection (a) of this section, the Industrial Commission shall award a death benefit in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be paid to one of the following:
(1) The spouse of the covered person if there is a surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, then payments shall be made to any surviving dependent child of the covered person. If there is more than one surviving dependent child, then the payment shall be made to and equally divided among all surviving dependent children.
(3) If there is no surviving spouse and no surviving dependent child or children, then payments shall be made to any surviving dependent parent of the covered person. If there is more than one surviving dependent parent, then the payments shall be made to and equally divided between the surviving dependent parents of the covered person.
(4) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving dependent child, or surviving dependent parent, then the payment shall be made to the estate of the deceased covered person.
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective upon appropriation by the General Assembly of funds for the implementation of this section and shall apply to qualifying deaths occurring on or after July 1, 2016.
SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 143‑166.3(a) reads as rewritten:
(a) When any covered person is killed in the line of duty, the Industrial Commission shall award a death benefit in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be paid to one of the following:
(1) The spouse of the covered person if there is a surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, then payments shall be made to any surviving dependent child of the covered person. If there is more than one surviving dependent child, then the payment shall be made to and equally divided among all surviving dependent children.
(3) If there is no surviving spouse and no surviving dependent child or children, then payments shall be made to any surviving dependent parent of the covered person. If there is more than one surviving dependent parent, then the payments shall be made to and equally divided between the surviving dependent parents of the covered person.
(4) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving dependent child, or surviving dependent parent, then the payment shall be made to the estate of the deceased covered person.
SECTION 3.(b) This section becomes effective retroactively to April 1, 2017, and shall apply to qualifying deaths occurring on or after that date.
SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of October, 2019.
s/ Carl Ford
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Harry Warren
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 3:52 p.m. this 9th day of October, 2019