Bill Text: NY S02217 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the crimes of eluding a police officer in the third, second and first degrees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02217 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02217-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2217 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to eluding a police officer 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 three new sections 2 205.35, 205.40 and 205.45 to read as follows: 3 S 205.35 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE THIRD DEGREE. 4 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE THIRD DEGREE 5 WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY ELUDES OR ATTEMPTS TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER 6 WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHILE RIDING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE OPER- 7 ATED BY ANOTHER PERSON, THROUGH THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR ON 8 FOOT, AND KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT HE OR SHE IS BEING 9 PURSUED BY SUCH POLICE OFFICER, AND THEREBY CAUSES A RISK TO THE SAFETY 10 OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 11 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. 12 S 205.40 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. 13 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SECOND DEGREE 14 WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE 15 THIRD DEGREE, AND PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON RESULTS THEREFROM. 16 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY. 17 S 205.45 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. 18 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE FIRST DEGREE 19 WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE 20 SECOND DEGREE, AND SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON 21 RESULTS THEREFROM. 22 ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY. 23 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 24 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. LBD06125-01-1