ENROLLED
ACT No. 65
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 441
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:37.5(B)(2) and (3), relative to assault; to provide relative to
3 the crime of aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm; to
4 amend definitions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:37.5(B)(2) and (3) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง37.5. Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm
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10 B. For purposes of this Section:
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12 (2) "Utility service" means any electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable
13 television, heat, steam, or telecommunications service, or sewer services.
14 (3) "Utility service employee" means any uniformed, readily identified
15 employee of any utility service, including any person employed under contract, of
16 any utility service that provides electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable television,
17 heat, steam, telecommunications services, or sewer services, whether privately,
18 municipally, cooperatively, or investor-owned.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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