Bill Text: NY S02977 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a person who intentionally obstructs the efforts of any firefighter performing emergency medical care on a sick or injured person is guilty of the crime of obstructing firefighting operations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-25 - referred to codes [S02977 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02977-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2977
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 the crime  of  obstructing
         firefighting operations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 195.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  731
    2  of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 195.15 Obstructing firefighting operations.
    4    A  person  is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations when he OR
    5  SHE intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any:
    6    1. [fireman] FIREFIGHTER in  extinguishing  a  fire,  or  prevents  or
    7  dissuades  another  from  extinguishing or helping to extinguish a fire;
    8  [or]
    9    2. [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, police officer or peace officer in  perform-
   10  ing  his  OR  HER  duties  in circumstances involving an imminent danger
   11  created by an explosion, threat of explosion or the  presence  of  toxic
   12  fumes or gases; OR
   13    3.  FIREFIGHTER PERFORMING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE ON A SICK OR INJURED
   14  PERSON.
   15    Obstructing firefighting operations is a class A 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.
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