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HB 2612 Killing a conservation officer; penalty.

Introduced by: L. Preston Bryant, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Conservation officer defined as law-enforcement officer; training exemption. Redefines "law-enforcement officer" to include a conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and exempts such officers appointed prior to July 1, 2003, from minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers. Defining conservation officers as law-enforcement officers includes them in the capital murder statute and has other consequences throughout the Code.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Conservation officer defined to be a law-enforcement officer. Redefines "law-enforcement officer" to include a conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Killing a conservation officer; penalty. Makes the willful, deliberate and premeditated killing of a conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation a capital murder punishable as a Class 1 felony.