GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1154

Short Title:  Amend Assault Inflicting Serious Injury.   	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ASSAULT INFLICTING SERIOUS BODILY HARM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-32.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-32.4.  Assault inflicting serious bodily injury.
Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who assaults another person and inflicts serious bodily injury is guilty of a Class F felony. "Serious bodily injury"includes the following: bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, or that causes serious permanent disfigurement, coma, the breaking or fracturing of any bone, a permanent or protracted condition that causes substantial pain or suffering, or permanent or protracted loss or impairment, or deterioration of the function of any bodily member or organ, or that results in prolonged hospitalization."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.