§ 76-10-1504. Bus hijacking -- Assault with intent to commit hijacking -- Use of a dangerous weapon or firearm -- Penalties.

(1)

(a) A person is guilty of bus hijacking if the person seizes or exercises control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of a bus within the state.

(b) Bus hijacking is a first degree felony.

(2)

(a) A person is guilty of assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking if the person intimidates, threatens, or commits assault or battery toward a driver, attendant, guard, or any other person in control of a bus so as to interfere with the performance of duties by the person.

(b) Assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking is a second degree felony.

(3) A person who, in the commission of assault with intent to commit bus hijacking, uses a dangerous weapon, as defined in Section 76-1-601, is guilty of a first degree felony.

(4)

(a) A person who boards a bus with a concealed dangerous weapon or firearm upon his person or effects is guilty of a third degree felony.

(b) The prohibition of Subsection (4)(a) does not apply to:

(i) individuals listed in Subsections 76-10-523(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e);

(ii) a person licensed to carry a concealed weapon; or

(iii) persons in possession of weapons or firearms with the consent of the owner of the bus or the owner's agent, or the lessee or bailee of the bus.

Amended by Chapter 310, 2007 General Session