Bill Text: NY A11704 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states "WARNING: Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-27 - referred to codes [A11704 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A11704-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11704 I N A S S E M B L Y September 27, 2010 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lancman) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of assault of an operator of a for-hire vehicle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv- 2 er protection act". 3 S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 60.07 of the penal law, 4 as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi- 5 vision 3 is added to read as follows: 6 (a) the term "specified offense" shall mean an attempt to commit 7 murder in the second degree as defined in section 125.25 of this chap- 8 ter, gang assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07 of 9 this chapter, gang assault in the second degree as defined in section 10 120.06 of this chapter, assault in the first degree as defined in 11 section 120.10 of this chapter, manslaughter in the first degree as 12 defined in section 125.20 of this chapter, manslaughter in the second 13 degree as defined in section 125.15 of this chapter, robbery in the 14 first degree as defined in section 160.15 of this chapter, robbery in 15 the second degree as defined in section 160.10 of this chapter, or the 16 attempted commission of any of the following offenses: gang assault in 17 the first degree as defined in section 120.07, assault in the first 18 degree as defined in section 120.10, ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS 19 DEFINED IN SECTION 120.05 OF THIS CHAPTER, manslaughter in the first 20 degree as defined in section 125.20 or robbery in the first degree as 21 defined in section 160.15; 22 3. EVERY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SHALL POST A SIGN ON THE INTERIOR OF SUCH 23 VEHICLE STATING IN NOT LESS THAN SIXTEEN POINT PRINT THAT "WARNING: 24 ASSAULTING A TAXI DRIVER IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN 25 PRISON" PROVIDED, THAT OPERATORS OF LIVERY OR BLACK CAR VEHICLES SHALL 26 HAVE THE RIGHT BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO POST SUCH A SIGN WHILE PROVID- 27 ING FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD18142-03-0 A. 11704 2 1 S 3. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately 2 amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, OPERATOR 5 OF A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE, ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus 6 operator or station agent employed by any transit agency, authority or 7 company, public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York 8 state or any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a traffic 9 enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or sanitation enforcement 10 agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse he or she causes 11 physical injury to such train operator, OPERATOR OF A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE, 12 ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator or station 13 agent, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement 14 agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse or sanitation 15 enforcement agent, while such employee is performing an assigned duty 16 on, or directly related to, the operation of a train, FOR-HIRE VEHICLE 17 or bus, or such city marshal, traffic enforcement officer, traffic 18 enforcement agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse or sani- 19 tation enforcement agent is performing an assigned duty. 20 S 4. This act shall take effect November 1, 2010, provided that if 21 chapter 318 of the laws of 2010 has not taken effect by such date, then 22 section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the 23 same manner as such chapter.