Bill Text: NY A02640 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a person is guilty of assault in the second degree when he or she intends to cause physical injury to an employee of New York state or any of its political subdivisions or of a public authority or a public benefit corporation while such employee is performing his or her duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A02640 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02640-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2640
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assaults  against  certain
         employees of state and local government agencies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
    2  subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    3    13.  WITH  INTENT  TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF NEW YORK
    4  STATE OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR OF A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR A
    5  PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, HE OR SHE CAUSES  PHYSICAL  INJURY  TO  SUCH
    6  EMPLOYEE WHILE SUCH EMPLOYEE IS PERFORMING HIS OR HER DUTIES.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05959-01-5