Bill Text: NY A07519 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that an assault on certain public agents while in the performance of their duties shall be second degree assault regardless of whether or not the injury was a serious physical injury.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A07519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07519-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7519
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 23, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to the assault of certain
         public agents while in the performance of their duties
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  120.05  of the penal law, as
    2  amended by chapter 377 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3.  With  intent  to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, regis-
    5  tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, New
    6  York city sanitation worker,  a  firefighter,  including  a  firefighter
    7  acting  as  a  paramedic  or  emergency medical technician administering
    8  first aid in the course of performance of duty as such  firefighter,  an
    9  emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service techni-
   10  cian,  or  medical  or related personnel in a hospital emergency depart-
   11  ment, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement officer or traffic  enforce-
   12  ment  agent, from performing a lawful duty, by means including releasing
   13  or failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing the actor's
   14  intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such peace  offi-
   15  cer, police officer, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanita-
   16  tion  enforcement  agent,  New York city sanitation worker, firefighter,
   17  paramedic, technician, city  marshal,  traffic  enforcement  officer  or
   18  traffic  enforcement  agent,  he  or  she causes physical injury to such
   19  peace officer, police  officer,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical
   20  nurse,  sanitation  enforcement  agent, New York city sanitation worker,
   21  firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related personnel in  a
   22  hospital emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer
   23  or traffic enforcement agent IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE INJURY IS SERI-
   24  OUS PHYSICAL INJURY; or
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07340-01-3