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WomensLaw.org | Georgia Statutes: 16-5-20. Simple assault
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(c) Any person who commits the offense of simple assault in a public transit vehicle or station shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. For purposes of this Code section, “public transit vehicle” means a bus, van, or rail car used for the transportation of passengers within a system which receives a subsidy from tax revenues or is operated under a franchise contract with a county or municipality of this state.
(f) Any person who commits the offense of simple assault against an employee of a public school system of this state while such employee is engaged in official duties or on school property shall, upon conviction of such offense, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. For purposes of this Code section, “school property” shall include public school buses and stops for public school buses as designated by local school boards of education.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term “unborn child” means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb.
Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 787; Laws 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Laws 1991, p. 971, §§ 1, 2; Laws 1999, p. 381, § 2; Laws 1999, p. 562, § 2; Laws 2004, Act 560, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2005, Act 19, § 16, eff. April 7, 2005; Laws 2006, Act 654, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.