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                                  6084

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 4, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the  offense  of
  assault  in  the  second  degree  to include the infliction of serious
  physical injury in the course of committing hazing in the first degree

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 10, and subdivisions 11 and 12
of  section  120.05 of the penal law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 10 as
added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, subdivision 11 as  amended  by
chapter  196  of the laws of 2014 and subdivision 12 as added by chapter
68 of the laws of 2008, are amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to
read as follows:
  (b) not being a student of such  school  or  public  school  district,
causes physical injury to another, and such other person is a student of
such  school  who  is attending or present for educational purposes. For
purposes of this subdivision the term "school grounds"  shall  have  the
meaning  set  forth  in  subdivision  fourteen of section 220.00 of this
chapter[.]; OR
  11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its  political
subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant
to  section  two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traffic
enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in
subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law,
sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New York city sanitation worker, regis-
tered nurse or licensed practical nurse he or she causes physical injury
to such train operator, ticket inspector, conductor,  signalperson,  bus
operator or station agent, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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pursuant  to  section  two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law,
traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement  agent,  prosecutor  as
defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal proce-
dure   law,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,  sanitation
enforcement agent or New York city sanitation worker, while such employ-
ee is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to, the opera-
tion of a train or bus, or such city  marshal,  school  crossing  guard,
traffic  enforcement  officer,  traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as
defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal proce-
dure  law,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,   sanitation
enforcement  agent  or New York city sanitation worker, is performing an
assigned duty[.]; OR
  12. With intent to cause physical injury to a person who is sixty-five
years of age or older, he or she causes such injury to such person,  and
the actor is more than ten years younger than such person[.]; OR
  13. IN THE COURSE OF AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME
OF  HAZING  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.16 OF THIS
ARTICLE, HE OR SHE, OR ANOTHER PARTICIPANT IF THERE BE ANY, CAUSES SERI-
OUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON.
  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.