Assembly Bill A10539

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second degree

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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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2011-A10539 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7515
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2680, S4006
2015-2016: A2401, S1974
2017-2018: A2136, S2728
2019-2020: A6391, S4514
2021-2022: A748, S4130
2023-2024: S4222

2011-A10539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second degree.

2011-A10539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10539

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Brindisi) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including employees of the
  office of children and family services on the list of public employees
  for  which  prevention  of  duties  qualifies as assault in the second
  degree

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law,
as separately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of  2010,  are
amended to read as follows:
  3.  With  intent  to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, regis-
tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement  agent,  a
firefighter,  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 A SECURE OR LIMITED
SECURE  RESIDENTIAL  FACILITY ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, from performing a lawful  duty,  by  means
including  releasing 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, registered nurse, licensed  prac-
tical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, firefighter, paramedic, tech-
nician, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement
agent,  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF A SECURE OR LIMITED SECURE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
he or she causes physical injury to such peace officer, police  officer,
registered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,  sanitation  enforcement
agent, firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related  person-
nel  in  a hospital emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforce-
ment officer or traffic enforcement agent, OR EMPLOYEE OF  A  SECURE  OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16001-01-2
              

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