Bill Text: NY A07046 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a police officer or peace officer; makes such an offense a class E felony and makes provisions for members of a police officer's or peace officer's immediate family.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A07046 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07046-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7046
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 19, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated  harassment  of
         peace officers or police officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER.
    4    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR
    5  PEACE OFFICER WHEN HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY  AND  REPEATEDLY  HARASSES  A
    6  POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER, OR MEMBERS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY,
    7  BY  FOLLOWING  SUCH  POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER OR MEMBERS OF THEIR
    8  IMMEDIATE FAMILY IN OR ABOUT A PUBLIC PLACE OR PLACES OR BY ENGAGING  IN
    9  A  COURSE  OF CONDUCT OR BY REPEATEDLY COMMITTING ACTS WHICH PLACES SUCH
   10  POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER OR MEMBERS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY  IN
   11  REASONABLE  FEAR  OF  PHYSICAL INJURY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
   12  TERM "MEMBERS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY" SHALL MEAN THE  SPOUSE,  FORMER
   13  SPOUSE, PARENT, CHILD, SIBLING OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO REGULARLY RESIDES
   14  OR  HAS  REGULARLY RESIDED IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE
   15  OFFICER.
   16    AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER IS A  CLASS
   17  E FELONY.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   19  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.
                                                                  LBD10363-01-9