Bill Text: NY A04798 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony. [Track Bill]

Status: 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A04798 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04798-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4798
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GABRYSZAK, KOLB, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, BENEDETTO,
         JAFFEE, LAVINE, P. RIVERA, CLARK,  GUNTHER,  FINCH,  V. LOPEZ,  SPANO,
         McKEVITT,  HOOPER,  CASTRO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN,
         CROUCH, CUSICK, GALEF, GIGLIO, MAGEE, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, J. MILLER  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to making conviction of
         assault of a social worker a felony
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632 of
    2  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman [or], emer-
    4             gency medical services professional OR SOCIAL WORKER.
    5    A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
    6  fireman [or], emergency medical services professional OR  SOCIAL  WORKER
    7  when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a fireman,
    8  including  a  fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical techni-
    9  cian administering first aid in the course of  performance  of  duty  as
   10  such  fireman,  [or] an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency
   11  medical service technician[,] OR SOCIAL WORKER from performing a  lawful
   12  duty,  he  OR  SHE causes serious physical injury to such peace officer,
   13  police officer, fireman, paramedic [or], technician OR SOCIAL WORKER.
   14    Assault on a peace officer, police officer,  fireman  [or],  emergency
   15  medical services professional OR SOCIAL WORKER is a class C felony.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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