Senate Bill S2991A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a process server to obstruct the server's duty

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2991 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6772
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6759, A9902
2013-2014: S2599, A3091

2015-S2991 - Summary

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a process server to obstruct from performing his or her lawful duty, or as retaliation against the process server for performing his or her lawful duty.

2015-S2991 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2991 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2991

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, AVELLA -- 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 assaults upon process
  servers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 of section 120.05 of the penal
law, subdivision 10 as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000,  subdi-
vision  11 as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2014 and subdivision
12 as added by chapter 68 of the laws of 2008, are  amended  and  a  new
subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
  10.  Acting at a place the person knows, or reasonably should know, is
on school grounds and with intent to cause physical injury, he or she:
  (a) causes such injury to an employee of a  school  or  public  school
district; or
  (b)  not  being  a  student  of such school or public school district,
causes physical injury to another, and such other person is a student of
such school who is attending or present for  educational  purposes.  For
purposes  of  this  subdivision the term "school grounds" shall have the
meaning set forth in subdivision fourteen  of  section  220.00  of  this
chapter[.]; OR
  11.  With  intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose  operation is authorized by New York state or any of its political
subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant
to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law,  a  traffic
enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in
subdivision  thirty-one  of  section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law,
sanitation enforcement agent, New York city  sanitation  worker,  regis-
tered nurse or licensed practical nurse he or she causes physical injury

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03082-01-5
              

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2015-S2991A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6772
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6759, A9902
2013-2014: S2599, A3091

2015-S2991A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a process server to obstruct from performing his or her lawful duty, or as retaliation against the process server for performing his or her lawful duty.

2015-S2991A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2991A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2991--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  AVELLA, FLANAGAN, FUNKE, GALLIVAN -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
  ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to assaults upon process
  servers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  10,  11, 12 and 13 of section 120.05 of the
penal law, subdivision 10 as added by chapter 181 of the laws  of  2000,
subdivision 11 as separately amended by chapters 472 and 487 of the laws
of  2015,  subdivision 12 as added by chapter 68 of the laws of 2008 and
subdivision 13 as added by chapter 477 of the laws of 2015, are  amended
and a new subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
  10.  Acting at a place the person knows, or reasonably should know, is
on school grounds and with intent to cause physical injury, he or she:
  (a) causes such injury to an employee of a  school  or  public  school
district; or
  (b)  not  being  a  student  of such school or public school district,
causes physical injury to another, and such other person is a student of
such school who is attending or present for  educational  purposes.  For
purposes  of  this  subdivision the term "school grounds" shall have the
meaning set forth in subdivision fourteen  of  section  220.00  of  this
chapter[.]; OR
  11.  With  intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose  operation is authorized by New York state or any of its political
subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant
to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law,  a  traffic

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03082-02-6
              

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