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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 255
BY SENATOR MORRELL
WEAPONS. Increases penalties for the crime of aggravated assault with a firearm. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:37.4(C), relative to the crime of aggravated assault with a2
firearm; to increase the penalties for aggravated assault with a firearm; to provide for3
an effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:37.4(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง37.4. Aggravated assault with a firearm7
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C. Whoever commits an aggravated assault with a firearm shall be fined not9
more than five ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five ten years,10
with or without hard labor, or both.11
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not12
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature13
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If14
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become15
effective on the day following such approval.16 SB NO. 255
SLS 12RS-575 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no
part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
Present law creates the crime of aggravated assault with a firearm which is an assault
committed by the discharge of a firearm and further provides for the penalties of a fine of
not more than $5000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, with or without hard
labor, or both.
Proposed law retains present law but increases the penalties for such crime to a fine of not
more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, with or without hard labor,
or both.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 14:37.4(C))