A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of an employee of a facility maintained by the Office of Juvenile Affairs, a facility maintained by a private contractor pursuant to a contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs primarily for delinquent children, a juvenile detention center, or a juvenile bureau, while the employee is in the performance of his duties, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony.
B. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but shall be cumulative thereto.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 276, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1984. Renumbered from § 1149 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 200, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 28, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 226, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 99, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 293, § 38 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999, but was subsequently amended by Laws 1999, c. 99, § 2. Laws 1997, c. 293, § 37 repealed by Laws 2000, c. 6, § 34, emerg. eff. March 20, 2000.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 226 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999. Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 24 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 293, § 38 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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