Bill Text: NY A02551 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation of a certified first responder, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a firefighter

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A02551 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02551-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2551
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PAULIN --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation of
         a certified first  responder,  an  emergency  medical  technician,  an
         advanced emergency medical technician, or a firefighter
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 190.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
    2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5.  PRETENDS  TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMER-
    4  GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN,  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
    5  FIREFIGHTER WITHOUT ANY ACTUAL OR IMPLIED AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
    6    S  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by
    7  chapter 434 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    8    1. Pretends to be a police officer [or  a],  federal  law  enforcement
    9  officer  as  enumerated  in  section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law,
   10  CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED  EMER-
   11  GENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR FIREFIGHTER, or wears or displays without
   12  authority, any uniform, badge or other insignia or facsimile thereof, by
   13  which such police officer [or], federal law enforcement officer,  CERTI-
   14  FIED  FIRST  RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMERGENCY
   15  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR  FIREFIGHTER  is  lawfully   distinguished;   or
   16  expresses  by  his or her words or actions that he or she is acting with
   17  the approval or authority of any police department or acting as a feder-
   18  al law enforcement officer with the approval of any agency that  employs
   19  federal  law  enforcement  officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the
   20  criminal procedure law; and
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   22  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.
                                                                  LBD05933-01-9