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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S2406
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S2406 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §120.09-a, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2013-S2406 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2406 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of assault on an elected official PURPOSE: This legislation creates the offense of assault on an elected official when the assault occurs while the elected official is engaged in the course of performing his or her official duties. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends the penal law by adding a new section 120.09 which would create the crime of assault on an elected official. Subsection one defines the term "elected official." Subsection two states that a person is guilty of this crime when with intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an elected official engaged in the course of performing his or her official duties, he or she causes serious physical injury to such elected official. This crime is a class C felony. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, the Penal Law provides that an assault on a peace officer,
2013-S2406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2406 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 17, 2013 ___________ 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 establishing the offense of assault on an elected official THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.09-a to read as follows: S 120.09-A ASSAULT ON AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ELECTED OFFICIAL" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS A POSITION WITHIN ANY LEVEL OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFTER BEING ELECTED AT A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION. 2. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULT ON AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHEN, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A PERSON WHOM HE OR SHE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, HE OR SHE CAUSES SERI- OUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH ELECTED OFFICIAL. ASSAULT ON AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS A CLASS C FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 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. LBD06091-01-3
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