S.B. 101 Enrolled

DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL CODE; CREATING THE CRIME; AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
76-5-102.8, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-5-102.8 is enacted to read:
76-5-102.8. Disarming a peace officer.
A person is guilty of a first degree felony who intentionally takes or removes, or attempts
to take or remove, a firearm from the person or immediate presence of a person he knows is a
peace officer:
(1) without the consent of the peace officer; and
(2) while the peace officer is acting within the scope of his authority as a peace officer.