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Assembly Bill A7138

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates new assault crime for an assault on a retired police officer who previously arrested the assailant

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2009-A7138 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5242
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5747, S4127
2013-2014: S4447
2015-2016: S1827
2017-2018: S1747

2009-A7138 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates new assault crime for an assault on a retired police officer who previously arrested the assailant; assaulting such a retired police officer with intent to seek retribution is assault in the first degree.

2009-A7138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7138

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE, DenDEKKER, TOWNSEND, PHEFFER, SALADINO --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to assaulting a retired
  police officer

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

  Section 1.  Section 120.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  WITH  INTENT  TO  CAUSE  SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY, HE OR SHE INTEN-
TIONALLY SELECTS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, AS POLICE OFFICER IS  DEFINED
PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW, AGAINST WHOM THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED OR INTENDED  TO  BE
COMMITTED IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART BECAUSE OF A BELIEF OR PERCEP-
TION  REGARDING  SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER'S INVOLVEMENT IN A PREVIOUS
ARREST OF SUCH PERSON WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10437-01-9

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