Assembly Bill A10703

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10703

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 15, 2012
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Titone) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on district attor-
  neys and assistant district attorneys

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as sepa-
rately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  3.  With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, registered nurse, licensed  prac-
tical  nurse,  sanitation  enforcement agent, a firefighter, including a
firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
istering first aid in the course of performance of duty  as  such  fire-
fighter,  an  emergency  medical  service paramedic or emergency medical
service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital  emer-
gency department, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement officer or traf-
fic enforcement agent, from performing a lawful duty, by means including
releasing  or  failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing
the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of  such
peace  officer,  police  officer,  DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical   nurse,   sanitation
enforcement  agent,  firefighter,  paramedic,  technician, city marshal,
traffic enforcement officer or traffic  enforcement  agent,  he  or  she
causes  physical  injury to such peace officer, police officer, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, registered nurse, licensed  prac-
tical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, firefighter, paramedic, tech-
nician  or  medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency depart-
ment, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or  traffic  enforcement
agent; or
  S  2. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately
amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010, is amended to  read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  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 traffic enforcement officer, traffic
enforcement agent, DISTRICT ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  or
sanitation  enforcement  agent,  registered  nurse or licensed practical
nurse he or she causes physical injury to such  train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor, signalperson, bus operator or station agent, city
marshal,  traffic  enforcement  officer,  traffic   enforcement   agent,
DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, registered nurse [or],
licensed practical nurse or sanitation  enforcement  agent,  while  such
employee  is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to, the
operation of a train or bus, or such city marshal,  traffic  enforcement
officer,   traffic   enforcement  agent,  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, registered nurse [or], licensed  practical  nurse  or
sanitation enforcement agent is performing an assigned duty.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.