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Assembly Bill A7691

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of assault on a sports official or sports team coach; class A misdemeanor

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2011-A7691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง120.09, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6984

2011-A7691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of assault on a sports official or sports team coach when an individual causes physical injury to a sports official or coach prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur contest in which such sports official or sports team coach is participating, where the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should have known that the victim was a sports official or sports team coach; assault on a sports official or sports team coach is a class A misdemeanor.

2011-A7691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7691

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SALADINO,  MONTESANO,  N. RIVERA, BURLING --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, GRAF, McDONOUGH,  RA  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of assault on a
  sports official or sports team coach

  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 to
read as follows:
S 120.09 ASSAULT ON A SPORTS OFFICIAL OR SPORTS TEAM COACH.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ASSAULT ON A  SPORTS  OFFICIAL  OR  SPORTS  TEAM
COACH  WHEN  HE  OR  SHE  CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO A SPORTS OFFICIAL OR
COACH PRIOR TO, DURING, OR  IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOWING  AN  INTERSCHOLASTIC,
INTERCOLLEGIATE,  OR  ANY  OTHER ORGANIZED AMATEUR CONTEST IN WHICH SUCH
SPORTS OFFICIAL OR SPORTS TEAM COACH IS PARTICIPATING, WHERE THE  PERSON
COMMITTING  THE  OFFENSE  KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE
VICTIM WAS A SPORTS OFFICIAL OR SPORTS TEAM COACH.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION "SPORTS OFFICIAL" SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A REFEREE,
UMPIRE, OR LINESMAN, A "SPORTS TEAM  COACH"  SHALL  INCLUDE  COACHES  OF
TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS, AND COACHING ASSISTANTS.
  ASSAULT  ON A SPORTS OFFICIAL OR SPORTS TEAM COACH IS A CLASS A MISDE-
MEANOR.
  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.
                                                           LBD09017-01-1

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