Assembly Bill A6062A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 6062--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL,  LANCMAN, DenDEKKER -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee  on
  Codes  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assaulting a New York city
  sanitation worker

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law,
as separately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of  2010,  are
amended to read as follows:
  3.  With  intent  to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, regis-
tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, NEW
YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER,  a  firefighter,  including  a  firefighter
acting  as  a  paramedic  or  emergency medical technician administering
first aid in the course of performance of duty as such  firefighter,  an
emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service techni-
cian,  or  medical  or related personnel in a hospital emergency depart-
ment, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement officer or traffic  enforce-
ment  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  offi-
cer, police officer, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanita-
tion  enforcement  agent,  NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER, firefighter,
paramedic, technician, city  marshal,  traffic  enforcement  officer  or
traffic  enforcement  agent,  he  or  she causes physical injury to such
peace officer, police  officer,  registered  nurse,  licensed  practical
nurse,  sanitation  enforcement  agent, NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER,
firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related personnel in  a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09499-03-2

              

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hospital emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer
or traffic enforcement agent; 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  traffic  enforcement  officer,  traffic
enforcement  agent  [or],  sanitation  enforcement  agent, NEW YORK CITY
SANITATION WORKER, 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, registered nurse
or licensed practical nurse [or], sanitation enforcement agent[,] OR NEW
YORK  CITY  SANITATION  WORKER,  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 enforce-
ment  agent,  registered nurse or licensed practical nurse [or], sanita-
tion enforcement agent OR NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER, is performing
an assigned duty.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.