Bill Text: NY S02724 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the class B misdemeanor offense of aggravated harassment of teachers and school personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02724 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02724-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2724
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to harassment of teachers and
         school personnel
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT  OF  TEACHERS  AND  SCHOOL
    5  PERSONNEL  WHEN,  WITH INTENT TO HARASS, ANNOY OR ALARM A PERSON WHOM HE
    6  OR SHE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR OR
    7  OTHER STAFF MEMBER OF A  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE  ELEMENTARY,  INTERMEDIATE,
    8  JUNIOR  HIGH, VOCATIONAL OR HIGH SCHOOL, ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR
    9  HER EMPLOYMENT, HE OR SHE STRIKES, SHOVES OR KICKS SUCH TEACHER,  ADMIN-
   10  ISTRATOR  OR  OTHER  STAFF  MEMBER, AND WHEN SUCH CONDUCT TAKES PLACE ON
   11  SCHOOL PROPERTY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THE
   12  EDUCATION LAW WHERE SUCH TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR OR OTHER STAFF MEMBER IS
   13  EMPLOYED OR ASSIGNED ON THE DATE OF SUCH CONDUCT.
   14    AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT  OF  TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL IS A CLASS B
   15  MISDEMEANOR.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05588-01-3