Section 1504 – Bus hijacking — Assault with intent to commit hijacking — Use of a dangerous weapon — 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 76-1-101.5, is guilty of a first degree felony.

Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session