1. A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer employed by any state governmental agency to enforce state laws, while said officer is in the performance of his duties shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony, which shall be punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not more than five (5) years, or county jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. B. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but shall be cumulative thereto.

Laws 1969, HB 1058, c. 95, §§ 1-2, emerg. eff. March 27, 1969; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1658, c. 58, § 2, eff. September 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 222, eff. July 1, 1998 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 129, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).