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                                   2073
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. KIM, BRAUNSTEIN, MOSLEY, M. G. MILLER, JAFFEE,
   BENEDETTO,  COLTON,  BRONSON,  TITUS,  WEPRIN,  DenDEKKER,   BICHOTTE,
   PICHARDO,  VANEL,  ORTIZ, BARNWELL, OTIS, RAIA, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, COOK, GOTTFRIED, RAMOS -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the assault of a driver of
   a for-hire vehicle or transportation network company driver
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 11 of section 120.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters  268  and  281 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
 inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station
 cleaner or terminal cleaner 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  enforce-
 ment  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,  public health sanitarian, New York city
 public health sanitarian, registered nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,
 emergency  medical  service  paramedic,  [or]  emergency medical service
 technician, DRIVER OF A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  60.07  OF  THIS CHAPTER OR TRANSPORTATION
 NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIXTEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC  LAW,  he  or  she  causes
 physical  injury  to  such  train operator, ticket inspector, conductor,
 signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station cleaner  or  terminal
 cleaner,  city  marshal,  school  crossing  guard  appointed pursuant to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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 procedure law,
 registered  nurse,  licensed  practical nurse, public health sanitarian,
 New York city public health sanitarian,  sanitation  enforcement  agent,
 New  York  city  sanitation worker, emergency medical service paramedic,
 [or] emergency medical service technician, DRIVER OF A FOR-HIRE  VEHICLE
 AS  DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 60.07 OF THIS
 CHAPTER OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION FOUR OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC  LAW,  while  such  employee  is  performing an assigned duty on, or
 directly related to, the operation of a  train  or  bus,  including  the
 cleaning  of  a  train or bus station or terminal, 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 procedure  law,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical
 nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian,
 sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, emergency
 medical  service  paramedic,  [or] emergency medical service technician,
 DRIVER OF A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  SECTION 60.07 OF THIS CHAPTER OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
 DRIVER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIXTEEN  HUNDRED  NINE-
 TY-ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW is performing an assigned duty; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.