Senate Bill S196

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8979
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2965

2009-S196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony; includes an employee of an entity governed by the public service law within such provisions.

2009-S196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   196

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 elevating an assault of  a
  utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  120.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  45  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer,  a  fire-
fighter,  including  a  firefighter  acting  as a paramedic or emergency
medical technician administering first aid in the course of  performance
of  duty  as such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or
emergency medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in
a hospital emergency department, a city marshal, a  traffic  enforcement
officer  [or],  traffic  enforcement  agent  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF ANY ENTITY
GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING AN ESSEN-
TIAL SERVICE, from performing a lawful duty, by means including  releas-
ing  or  failing  to  control an animal under circumstances evincing the
actor's intent that the animal obstruct  the  lawful  activity  of  such
peace  officer, police officer, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city
marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, he or
she causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,  fire-
fighter,  paramedic,  technician  or  medical  or related personnel in a
hospital emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer
[or], traffic enforcement agent OR EMPLOYEE OF AN ENTITY GOVERNED BY THE
PUBLIC SERVICE LAW; or
  S 2. 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.
                                                           LBD03093-01-9

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