Amendment No. 71

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 53 (BDR 15-127)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting line 13 and inserting:

"a felony that is committed on the property of a public or private school when pupils or employees of the school are present or may be present or on a school bus while the bus is engaged in its official duties results in death or substantial bodily harm to the victim, and the person who committed the felony intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person, the".

Amend sec. 5, page 6, by deleting lines 41 and 42 and inserting:

"victim which is committed on the property of a public or private school when pupils or employees of the school are present or may be present or on a school bus".

Amend sec. 5, page 7, line 1, by deleting "duties." and inserting:

"duties if the person who committed the felony intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person.".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to crimes; providing for an increased penalty for certain felonies resulting in death or substantial bodily injury that are committed on the property of a public or private school or on a school bus; providing that murder committed on the property of a public or private school or on a school bus is first degree murder; providing that a person convicted of such a murder shall be punished by life imprisonment or death; providing that a juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over persons charged with certain felonies resulting in death or substantial bodily injury that are committed on the property of a public or private school or on a school bus; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

"SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning unlawful death or substantial bodily harm committed on school property or school bus. (BDR 15-127)".