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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A2551
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GANTT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2551 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2009 ___________ 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: Section 1. Section 190.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. PRETENDS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMER- GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, OR FIREFIGHTER WITHOUT ANY ACTUAL OR IMPLIED AUTHORITY TO DO SO. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 1. Pretends to be a police officer [or a], federal law enforcement officer as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMER- GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR FIREFIGHTER, or wears or displays without authority, any uniform, badge or other insignia or facsimile thereof, by which such police officer [or], federal law enforcement officer, CERTI- FIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR FIREFIGHTER is lawfully distinguished; or expresses by his or her words or actions that he or she is acting with the approval or authority of any police department or acting as a feder- al law enforcement officer with the approval of any agency that employs federal law enforcement officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law; and S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 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
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